| ACHPR | African Commission on Human Rights and Peoples' Rights |
| ACtHPR | African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights |
| AHRC | Arab Human Rights Committee |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AU | African Union |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa |
| CAT | UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT Committee | UN Committee Against Torture |
| CCJ | International Court of Justice |
| CCPR | UN Human Rights Committee |
| CED | UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances |
| CEDAW | UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| CEDAW Committee | UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women |
| CERD | UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| CESCR | UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| CMW | UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| COI | UN Commission of Inquiry |
| CPT | European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CRC | UN Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| CRC Committee | UN Committee on the Rights of the Child |
| CRPD Committee | UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| CRPD | UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| CSO | Civil Society Organisation |
| CSW | UN Commission on the Status of Women |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| ECOSOC | UN Economic and Social Council |
| ECSR | European Committee of Social Rights |
| ESC | European Social Charter |
| EU | European Union |
| FoAA | Freedom of Assembly and Association |
| FoE | Freedom of Expression |
| GA / UNGA | UN General Assembly |
| HRC | UN Human Rights Council |
| HRD | Human Rights Defender |
| IACHR | Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |
| IACtHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICCPR | UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICERD | UN International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| ICESCR | UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICPED | UN Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
| ICRMW | UN International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Families |
| IPHRC | Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission |
| ISHR | International Service for Human Rights |
| LGBTI | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex |
| LOI | List of Issues |
| LOIPR | List of Issues Prior to Reporting |
| MFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| NAM | Non-Aligned Movement |
| NAP | National Action Plan |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NHRI | National Human Rights Institution |
| OAS | Organisation of American States |
| OHCHR | UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OIC | Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
| OP | Operative Paragraph |
| OP | Optional Protocol |
| OP2 | Second Optional Protocol |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| PM | Permanent Mission to the UN |
| PP | Preambular Paragraph |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SOGI | Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity |
| SOGIESC | Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics |
| SPs | UN Special Procedures |
| SPT | UN Subcommittee against Torture |
| TBs | UN Treaty Bodies |
| UDHR | UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNHCR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UPR | UN Universal Periodic Review |
| WEOG | Western European and Others Group |
