Tenth International Conference on War Tax Resistance
and Peace Tax Campaigns - Brussels, Belgium 2004
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ABBREVIATIONS
UNO
CHR UN Commission of Human Rights: formulates resolutions/policy guidelines for the world. Yearly session (March-April) in Geneva, CH
CtteeHR UN Committee on Human Rights composed of 13 legal experts. Receives complaints against govmts; reviews HR reports of govnmts; can give “general comments”
DPI Department of Public Information of ECOSOC
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council of the UNO: with many commissions (like CHR, …)
ICJ International Court of Justice (of the UNO) (The Hague, Netherlands)
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (of the UNO)
UDHR Universal Declaration on Human Rights (of the UNO)
UNOG United Nations Organization Office in Geneva, CH
UNONY United Nations Organization in New York, USA
EU
CM Council of Ministers (of the EU)
Commission European Commission of the EU
ECJ European Court of Justice (of the EU) (Luxembourg)
EEC European Economic Community: now part of the EU
EP (elected) European Parliament (of the EU: 25 countries) in Brussels and Strasbourg
EU European Union (25 European countries): economic and political union
CoE
CHR-CoE Court of Human Rights of the CoE (Strasbourg, France)
CoE Council of Europe (Strasbourg, France): human rights and parliamentary democracy: some 30 member countries
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights (of the CoE) - with additional protocols
ECHR European Commission on Human Rights (of the CoE) (Strasbourg, France), which is a filter to the Court of Human rights in Strasbourg
LAC Legal Affairs Committee (with a sub-committee on human rights) (of the CoE) (Strasbourg, France)
PA Parliamentary Assembly (of national delegates to CoE) (Strasbourg, France)
OTHER
CO Conscientious Objector/ion
COF Campaña de Objeción Fiscal (Pamplona-Iruñea, Spain)
COMS Conscientious Objection to Military Service
COMT Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation
CPTI Conscience and Peace Tax International (Leuven, Belgium)
EBCO European Bureau of Conscientious Objectors (Barcelona/Brussels)
NCPTF National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund (USA: Washington, DC)
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NIPP Nos impôts pour la paix (Canada)
NWTRCC National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (USA)
NWFS Netzwerk Friedenssteuer (Rauenberg, Germany)
OSM-DPN Campagna Nazionale di Obiezione alle Spese Militari per le Difesa Populare Nonviolenta (Milano, Italy)
PTC Peace Tax Campaign
QCEA Quaker Council on European Affairs (Brussels, Belgium)
QUNOG Quaker Office at UNO (Geneva, CH)
QUNONY Quaker Office at UNO (N.Y., USA)
VRAK AKtie VRedesbelasting (Antwerp, Belgium)
WTR War Tax Resistance