PONTIFICIA UNIVERSITAS LATERANENSIS

INSTITUTUM UTRIUSQUE IURIS

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Table Of Contents

AEC: Arab Executive Committee

AHC: Arab High Committee

BL: Basic Law

CC: Central Council

CM: Council of Ministers

DBL: Draft of Basic Law

DOP: Declaration of Principles of 1993, Oslo I

DPC: Draft of the Palestinian Constitution

EC: PLO’s Executive Committee

GS: Gaza Strip

HR: Human Rights

IA: Interim Agreement, Oslo II

IDF: Israeli Defence Force

LC: Legislative Council, in the 1^st DPC indicates the 1^st Chamber of the parliament.

LDC: Less Developed Countries

MC: Military Commander

NC: National Council, in the 1^st DPC indicates the 2^nd Chamber of the Parliament.

OETA: Occupied Enemy Territories Administration

OPT: Occupied Palestinian Territories

PANU: Palestinian Arab National Union

PLC: Palestinian Legislative Council

PLO: Palestine Liberation Organization

PM: Prime Minister

PA: Palestinian Authority

PNA: Palestinian National Authority

PNC: Palestinian National Council

PNCh: Palestinian National Charter of 1968

PS: President of the State

RL: Rule of Law

SJC: Supreme Judicial Court

7^th DBL: Seventh Draft of the Temporary Constitutional Law for the PNA in the Transitional Period (Drafted by the Legal Committee of the PLC, July 9^th, 1996)

TP: Transitional Period

UN: United Nations

UNGA: United Nations General Assembly

WB: West Bank

WBGS: West Bank and Gaza Strip

WF: Al-Waqa’a al-Felasteeniyya {PNA Official Gazette}