Abbreviations
| ACHPR |
African Charter on Human and People’s Rights |
| ACHR |
American Convention on Human Rights |
| ACommHPR |
African Commission on Human and People’s Rights |
| AJIL |
American Journal of International Law |
| CAT |
Committee Against Torture |
| CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| CERD |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| CESCR |
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| CJEU |
Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CoC |
Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries |
| DOALOS |
Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea |
| ECHR |
European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECtHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
| EJIL |
European Journal of International Law |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FSA |
United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks |
| GC |
Grand Chamber |
| HRC |
Human Rights Committee |
| HSC |
Convention on the High Seas |
| IACHR |
Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| IACmHR |
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |
| ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICESCR |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
| ICLQ |
International & Comparative Law Quarterly |
| ICSID |
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| IJMCL |
The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law |
| ILC |
International Law Commission |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
| ITLOS |
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| IUU |
illegal, unreported and unregulated |
| MARPOL |
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
| MLC |
Maritime Labour Convention |
| MODU |
mobile offshore drilling unit |
| MOU |
memorandum of understanding |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| PCIJ |
Permanent Court of International Justice |
| PSCA |
Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing |
| Recueil des Cours |
Collected Courses of The Hague Academy of International Law |
| Refugee Convention |
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees |
| RIAA |
Reports of International Arbitral Awards |
| SAR Convention |
International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue |
| SFV |
Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels |
| Smuggling Protocol |
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
| SOLAS |
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea |
| STCW |
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers |
| STCW-F |
International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel |
| SUA Convention |
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation |
| TOC Convention |
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime |
| UDHR |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
| UNTS |
United Nations Treaty Series |
| VCLT |
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| WGT |
world gross tonnage |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |