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ABBREVIATIONS
AALCO – Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization
ACH – Appeals Chamber
ACHR – American Convention on Human Rights
AM – appeal mechanism
ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATCM – Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
BITs – bilateral investment treaties
CAHDI – Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law
(Council of Europe)
CEAS – Common European Asylum System
CEDAW– Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination Against Women
CEP – Committee on Environmental Protection
CETA – Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
(FTA of the EU with Canada)
CJEU – Court of Justice of the EU
CLCS – Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
CRPD – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
EASO – European Asylum Support Office
EC – European Commission
ECHR – European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights)
ECJ – European Court of Justice
ECSC – European Coal and Steel Community
ECtHR – European Court of Human Rights
EEC – European Economic Community
EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment
Espoo Convention –Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment
in a Transboundary Context
EU – European Union
GATT – General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
IADB – Inter-American Development Bank
IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency
ICC – International Criminal Court
ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICJ – International Court of Justice
ICMW – International Convention on the Protection of the Rights
of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families