GLOSSARY
CAT Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
CPR
Central Office of Civil Registration
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
DIHR
Danish Institute for Human Rights
DRC
Documentation and Advisory Centre on Racial Discrimination
ECHR
European Convention on Human Rights
ECDH
Electronic Case and Document Handling System
ECN
European Convention on Nationality
Guidelines No. 4 UNHCR Guidelines on Statelessness No. 4: Ensuring Every Child’s Right to Acquire a
Nationality through Articles 1-4 of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
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Handbook
UNHCR Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICERD
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
DIS
Danish Immigration Service
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization
NUC
Aliens Division of the Danish National Police
POLSAS
National Police Case Registration System
RW
Refugees Welcome
SD
Statistics Denmark
UCN
National Operational Aliens Centre
UNHCR RNB
UNHCR Representation for the Nordic and Baltic Countries
UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
1954 Convention
1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
1961 Convention
1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
1951 Refugee
Convention
1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol
Mapping Statelessness in Denmark