Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Definition |
|---|---|
| APT | Association for the Prevention of Torture |
| 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 |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| CPT | European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| DHRA | Diyarbakir Human Rights Association |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| EHRAC | European Human Rights Advocacy Centre |
| ERRC | European Roma Rights Centre |
| ETA | Basque Country and Freedom |
| IACtHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| IRA | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
| KHPR | Kurdish Human Rights Project |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organisation |
| OHCHR | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OSJI | Open Society Justice Initiative |
| PKK | Kurdistan Workers’ Party |
| RAF | Red Army Faction |
| Romani CRISS | Roma Center for Social Intervention and Studies |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UN | United Nations |
| VCLT | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |