List of abbreviations CAT UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Convention against Torture) Rights Reception Directive Council Directive 2003/9/EC CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child. Dublin II Regulation Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers Refugee Convention Convention relating to the status of refugees UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for ECHR European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Refugees