List of Abbreviations

AALCO

Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization

ACJFS

Japanese Act on Civil Jurisdiction over Foreign States 2010

AEDPA

Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act 1996

AFP

Australian Federal Police

ASI

Agreement on Succession Issues

ATS

Alien Tort Statute 1789

CAVV

Dutch Advisory Committee on Issues of Public International Law

CFA

Court of Final Appeal

CJJA

Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982

COE

Council of Europe

CPIUN

Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations

CPR

Civil Procedure Rules 1998

DARIO

ILC Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations

DPP

Director of Public Prosecutions

ECB

European Central Bank

ECHR

European Convention on Human Rights

ECtHR

European Court of Human Rights

ECSI

European Convention on State Immunity

ELDO

European Launcher Development OrganiZation

EMBL

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

ESA

European Space Agency

ESDP

European Security and Defence Policy

ESRO

European Space Research Organization

FCO

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

FRY

Former Republic of Yugoslavia

FSIA

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act 1976

HKSAR

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

HRA

Human Rights Act 1998

ICC

International Criminal Court

ICJ

International Court of Justice

ICTR

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

ICTY

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

ICSID

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

ILA

International Law Association

ILC

International Law Commission

ILOAT

Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization

IOIA

International Organizations Immunities Act 1945

ITC

International Tin Council

ITLOS

UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

NTC

National Transitional Council

NYC

New York Convention 1958

PRC

People’s Republic of China

PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization

RICO

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

SAR

Special Administrative Region

SFRY

States to the former Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia

SIA

State Immunity Act 1978

SCSL

Special Court for Sierra Leone

SOI

suggestion of interest

SOFA

Status of Forces Agreement

SOMA

Status of Mission Agreement

TRIA

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act 2002

TRNC

Turkish Republic of North Cyprus

TVPA

Torture Victim Protection Act 1991

UNCLOS

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNMEE

UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea

UNSCI

UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property

VCCR

Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1964

VCDR

Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations