HRC
(UN) Human Rights Committee
IACHR
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
ICCPR
(UN) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR
(UN) International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights
ICRMW
(UN) International Convention on the Protection of the
Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their
Families
ILO
International Labour Organisation
IMF
International Monetary Fund
NGOs
Non-governmental organisations
NHRIs
National Human Rights Institutions
Maastricht Guidelines
Maastricht Guidelines on Violations of Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights
MDGs
(UN) Millennium Development Goals
OAS
Organization of American States
OAS Charter
Charter of the Organization of American States as amended
by the Protocol of Buenos Aires
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OHCHR
(UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIC
Organisation of the Islamic Conference
Protocol of San Salvador
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human
Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
SAARC
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
Special Rapporteur
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education
TVE
Technical and Vocational Education
UDHR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN
United Nations
UNESCO
(UN) Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNICEF
(UN) Children’s Fund
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