MAPPING OF THE POPULATION AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN ALBANIA
List of Acronyms
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against
Women (1979)
CERD Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Racial Discrimination
(1965)
CoE Council of Europe
CPU Child Protection Unit
CRC Convention on the Rights of the
Child (1989)
CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (2006)
CSO Civil Society Organisation
CWD Children with Disabilities
ECHR European Convention on
Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms (1950)
ECtHR European Court of Human Rights
ECN European Convention on
Nationality (1997)
ECSR European Committee of Social
Rights
ECOSOC United Nations’ Economic and Social
Council
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights (1966)
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (1966)
ILC International Law Commission
INSTAT Albanian Institute of Statistics
IOM International Organisation for
Migration
ISI Institute on Statelessness and
Inclusion
MoEFAA Ministry for Europe and
Foreign Affairs
MoHSW Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
MoJ Ministry of Justice
MoI Ministry of Interior
MoESY Ministry of Education, Sports and
Youth
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
SAPCR State Agency for the
Protection of Children’s Rights
SSS State Social Service
EMN European Migration Network
TLAS Tirana Legal Aid Society
ENS European Network on
Statelessness
UNDP United Nations Development
Programme
ESC European Social Charter (1961)
ExCom Executive Committee of the
Programme of the United
Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees
EU European Union
EUDO European Union Observatory on
Democracy
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HRC Human Rights Committee
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees
UNTS United Nations Treaty Series
UN United Nations
UDHR Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948)
UNHCR - TLAS / May 2018