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 6 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