DTP - Quick Guide to Common Acronyms
ADB Asian Development Bank
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Council
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
AIAmnesty International
AICHRASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights
CAT Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CEDConvention for the Protection all Persons from Enforced Disappearance
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CHR Commission on Human Rights (replaced by UN Human Rights Council)
CMW Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families/Committee on Migrant Workers
CROC Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRPDConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
ECOSOC Economic and Social Council
EMRIPExpert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
FAOFood and Agricultural Organisation
FUR Follow-up and Review
GAGeneral Assembly
GC General Comment
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GNP Gross National Product
HCHRHigh Commissioner for Human Rights
HLPF High-level Political Forum
HRCUN Human Rights Council
HRWHuman Rights Watch
ICC International Criminal Court
ICC Statute The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICJ International Court of Justice
IDPs Internally Displaced Peoples
IEL International Environment Law
IFIs International Finance Institutions
IHL International Humanitarian law
ILO International Labour Organisation
IMFInternational Monetary Fund
IOM International Organisation of Migration
UNCLOSUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
NGO Non-Government Organisation
OECD Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development
OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN United Nations
UNAIDSJoint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
UNCED United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
UNCHE United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNEP United Nations Environment Program
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNGA United Nations General Assembly
UNHCROffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEFUnited Nations Children’s Fund
UNIFEMUnited Nations Development Fund for Women – now UN Women
UNPFIIUN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
UN-REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries
UPRUniversal Periodic Review
WCED World Commission on Environment and Development
WEOG Western European and Other Governments
WFP World Food Program
WGIP Working Group on Indigenous Populations – replace by EMRIP
WHO World Health Organisation
WTOWorld Trade Organisation
27th Annual Human Rights & People’s Diplomacy Training ProgramTimor-Leste