| ACHPR | African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights |
| AI | Amnesty International |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ALECSO | Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization |
| AU | African Union |
| BIRPI | Bureaux internationaux réunis pour la protection de
la propriétéintellectuelle (International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property |
| CAT |
Committee against Torture |
| CBSS | Council of the Baltic Sea States |
| CE | Council of Europe |
| CEDAW | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women |
| CERD | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| CESCR | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| CFS | Committee on World Food Security |
| CIM | Inter-American Commission of Women |
| CIOMS | Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences |
| CJCE | Court of Justice of the European Communities |
| CPT | European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| C RC | Committee on the Rights of the Child |
| CSCE | Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| EC | European Community |
| ECHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council |
| ECRI | European Commission against Racism and Intolerance |
| ECSR | European Committee of Social Rights |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EIDHR | European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights |
ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | | EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GA | General Assembly (UN) |
| GEMS | Global Environment Monitoring System (UNEP) |
| GRID | Global Resource information Data Base (UNEP) |
| HABITAT | United Nations Centre for Human Settlements |
| HCNM | High Commissioner on National Minorities (OSCE |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HRC | Human Rights Committee |
| HRE | Human Rights Education |
| IBC | International Bioethics Convention (UNESCO) |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICC | International Criminal Court (UN) |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN) |
| ICEM | Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICPD | International Conference on Population and Development |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICTR | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| IGO | Intergovernmental organisation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INIA | International Institute on Ageing |
| INSTRAW | International Research and Training Institute
for the Advancement of Women |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| IPU | Inter-Parliamentary Union |
| IRO | International Refugee Organization |
| MOST | Management of Social Transformations |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| NHRI | National Human Rights Institutions |
| OAS | Organization of American States |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity |
| ODIHR | Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE) |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights |
| OPCW | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| PICMME | Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movements
of Migrants from Europe |
| POW | Prisoner of War |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAIDS | United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCHR | United Nations Centre for Human Rights |
| UNDAW | United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women |
| UNDCP | United Nations Drug Control Programme |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environmental Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| VDPA | Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action |
| WCAR | World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WMA | World Medical Association |
| WSSD | World Summit for Sustainable Development |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
