List of Abbreviations
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
CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
ECN European Convention on Nationality
EU European Union
EUR Euro
FRC Foreigners’ Registration Centre
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
LTL Lithuanian Litas
NGO Non-governmental organization
OPT Occupied Palestinian Territories
RRNR Regional Representation for Northern Europe
RSFSR Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
SBGS State Border Guard Service
SSR Soviet Socialist Republic
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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