Abbreviations x AfrCommHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ACHPR African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights ACHR American Convention on Human Rights CAT Committee against Torture CRC Committee on the Rights of the Child ECHR European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms HRC Human Rights Committee IACommHR Inter-American Commission on Human Rights IACPPT Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture IACtHR Inter-American Court of Human Rights ICC International Criminal Court ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights UN United Nations UNCAT UN Convention against Torture UNCRC UN Convention on the Rights of the Child