MONITORING PLACES OF DETENTION : A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR NGOS 10 SELECTED ABBREVIATIONS ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights APT Association for the Prevention of Torture BPP Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment BPTD Basic Principles for the Treatment of Detainees CAT Committee against Torture CPT European Committee for the Prevention of Torture ECPT European Convention for the Prevention of Torture EPR European Prison Rules ICCPR United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICPR Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross NGO Non-governmental organisation ODHIR Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the OSCE OHCHR Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights OPCAT Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture OSCE Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe UN United Nations UNCAT UN Convention against Torture Abbreviations for standards used only in the standard section of chapter IV are given at the beginning of that chapter.