List of Abbreviations and Acronyms CJ-NA Committee of Experts on Nationality (CoE) CJ-NA GT Committee of Experts on Nationality Working Party (CoE) CJ-PL Committee of Experts on Multiple Nationality (CoE) CJ-S-NAT Group of Specialists on Nationality (CoE) CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union CM Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe CoE Council of Europe CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CRCI Covenant on the Rights of the Child in Islam CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities EC European Commission (EU) ECHR European Convention on Human Rights / European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ECN European Convention on Nationality ECOSOC Economic and Social Council ECRE European Council on Refugees and Exiles ECRI European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (CoE) ECSC European Coal and Steel Community ECSS Council of Europe Convention on the Avoidance of Statelessness in relation to State Succession ECtHR European Court of Human Rights EEC European Economic Community EMN European Migration Network ENS European Network on Statelessness EP European Parliament (EU) ERRC European Roma Rights Centre ERT Equal Rights Trust EU European Union EU Charter Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union Euratom European Atomic Energy Community FCNM Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights HO Home Office (UK) IACtHR Inter-American Court of Human Rights ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights vi Intersentia