List of Abbreviations ACHPR African Charter on Human Rights and Peoples’ Rights ACHR American Convention on Human Rights ACLU American Civil Liberties Union ACmHRP African Commission on Human Rights and Peoples’ Rights Add Addendum AFA African Legal Aid AFDI Annuaire Francais de Droit International AfrYIL African Yearbook of International Law AI Amnesty International AJIL American Journal of International Law AJPIL Austrian Journal for Public and International Law ALR Albany Law Review Am U Int’l L Rev American University International Law Review AMDI Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional APF Asia Pacific Forum APJHRL Asia Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law App Application APT Association for the Prevention of Torture Art Article Austr YIL Australian Yearbook of International Law BBC British Broadcasting Corporation Berk JIL Berkeley Journal of International Law BIM Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights BJIL Brooklyn Journal of International Law BYBIL British Yearbook of International Law BYIL Baltic Yearbook of International Law CAMPACC Campaign Against Criminalising Communities CAT Convention against Torture CCAIL Code of Crimes Against International Law (Germany) CCPR Covenant on Civil and Political Rights CDL Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) CEAJ Committee of Eminent African Jurists CED Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CERD Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination CESCR Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights cf compare CHR United Nations Commission on Human Rights CIA Central Intelligence Agency