Abbreviations
| arsiwa | 2001 Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts |
| cbdr | Common but differentiated responsibilities |
| cbdrrc | Common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities |
| ceas | Common European Asylum System |
| cirefca | Conferencia Internacional sobre los Refugiados Centroamericanos (International Conference on Central American Refugees) |
| cop | Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change |
| cpa | Comprehensive Plan of Action |
| ecowas | Economic Community of West African States |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
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| European Union |
| ExCom | unhcr Executive Committee |
| gatt | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| icescr | International Covenant on Economic Social Cultural Rights |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| indc | Intended Nationally Determined Contribution |
| iom | International Organisation on Migration |
| itlos | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| meas | |
| ndc | Nationally Determined Contribution |
| nieo | New International Economic Order |
| oau | Organisation of African Unity |
| oecd | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| ospar | 1992 Oslo and Paris Conventions for the Protection of North-East Antlantic |
| stc | Safe Third Country |
| twail | Third World Approaches to International law |
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| United Nations |
| unced | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| unchr | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| unclos | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| unctad | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| unfccc | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| unga | United Nations General Assembly |
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| United States |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| wto | World Trade Organization |