Nominal Commitment to Human Rights: A Global Survey
Abbreviations
The Survey uses a significant number of abbreviations, some of which are commonly used in human rights literature (such as 'ICCPR' for the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights) and some which have had to be created for practical purposes of this project (for example 'IACPW' for the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment & Eradication of Violence Against Women).
Here is a complete list of the abbreviations:
OP - Optional Protocol P - Protocol
International Human Rights System
ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICCPR-OP1 | On individual petition
ICCPR-OP2 | On the abolition of the death penalty
ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICERD | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
OP-CEDAW | On individual petition
CAT | Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel or Inhuman Treatment or Punishment
OP-CAT | On inspection
CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRC-OP-AC | On the involvement of children in armed conflicts
CRC-OP-SC | On the sale of children, child prostitution and pornography
ICRMW | International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
CRPD | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
OP-CRPD | On individual petition
Regional Human Rights Systems
ACHPR | African Charter on Human and People's Rights
ACHPR-P | On the establishment of the African Court of Human Rights
ACHPR-P | On the rights of women in Africa
ACRWC | African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
OAUCR | African Union Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa
ACHR | American Convention on Human Rights
ACHR-P | On economic, cultural and social rights
ACHR-P | On the abolition of the death penalty
IACPT | Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
IACFD | Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearances
IACPW | Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence Against Women
IACPD | Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities
RCJ | Recognition of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Jurisdiction
RCC | Recognition of the Competence of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (Art. 45)
ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights
+ Protocols 1, 4, 7, 12, 13, 14
ESC | European Social Charter (Revised)
ESC-P | On collective complaints
ECT | European Convention on Torture
Intl. Criminal Court / Intl. Humanitarian Law / Intl. Refugee Law
CPCG | Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
ICC | International Criminal Court
GC | Geneva Conventions (1949)
GC-PI | On the protection of victims of international armed conflicts
GC-PII | On the protection of victims of non-international armed conflicts
GC-PIII | On the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem
CSR | Convention on the Status of Refugees
CSR-OP | On the removal of geographical and temporal restrictions
