List of Acronyms and Abbreviations CCPR UN Human Rights Committee CRC UN Convention on the Rights of the Child CVE/PVE Countering violent extremism/preventing violent extremism EU European Union FTF Foreign terrorist fighter ECHR Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights) ECtHR European Court of Human Rights IHL International humanitarian law ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ISIL “Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant” ODIHR OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UN United Nations UNCTED UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate UNOCT UN Office of Counter-Terrorism UNSC UN Security Council UNSG UN Secretary General UN Special Rapporteur UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of on counter-terrorism human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism UN Working Group on mercenaries UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination VERLT Violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism Guidelines for Addressing the Threats and Challenges of “Foreign Terrorist Fighters” 5