4 | PROTECTING STATELESS PERSONS FROM ARBITRARY DETENTION IN BULGARIA
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
1954 Convention
1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
1961 Convention
1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
CJEU
Court of Justice of the European Union
CPD
Bulgarian Commission for Protection against Discrimination
CPT
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
ECN
European Convention on Nationality
ECtHR
European Court of Human Rights
ENS
European Network on Statelessness
EU
European Union
FAR
Foundation for Access to Rights
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
LFRB
Law on Foreign Nationals in the Republic of Bulgaria
NCTHB
National Commission on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings
OP-CAT
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment
SAC
Supreme Administrative Court
SANS
State Agency National Security
SAR
State Agency for Refugees
SCAC
Sofia City Administrative Court
SCTAF
Special Centre for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners
the Institute
Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees