Acronyms

ACHPR

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights


CAT

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment


CAT Committee

Committee Against Torture


CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women


CEDAW Committee

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women


CESCR

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights


CRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child


CRC Committee

Committee on the Rights of the Child


ECtHR

European Court of Human Rights


HRC

Human Rights Committee


IACHR

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights


IACtHR

Inter-American Court of Human Rights


ICC

International Criminal Court


ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross


ICTR

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda


ICTY

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia


LGBTIQA+

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Asexual and others


OHCHR

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights


PSVI Protocol

International Protocol on the Documentation and Investigation of Sexual Violence in Conflict


RPE

Rules of Procedure and Evidence


SCSL

Special Court for Sierra Leone


SGBC

Sexual and gender-based crimes


SGBV

Sexual and gender-based violence


UNDP

United Nations Development Programme


UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization


UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund


UNGA

United Nations General Assembly


UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees


UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund


UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime


UNSC

United Nations Security Council


UN Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women


WHO

World Health Organization