List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ICJ International Court of Justice ICMW International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families IGCR Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees ILC International Law Commission ILEC Involuntary Loss of European Citizenship IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union IRO International Refugee Organisation ISI Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion LAS League of Arab States LoN League of Nations MEP Member of European Parliament (EU) NGO Non-governmental organization OAS Organization of American States OAU Organisation of African Unity OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe PACE Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe PCIJ Permanent Court of International Justice Refugee Convention See 1951 Convention SDG Sustainable Development Goal SFRY Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Statelessness Conventions See 1954 Convention and 1961 Convention TCN Third-country national (EU) TEU Treaty on European Union TFEU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNGA United Nations General Assembly UNHCR (Office of the) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UPR Universal Periodic Review USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics VC Venice Commission, see also CDL Intersentia vii