| 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 |
