| AHRC |
Australian Human Rights Commission |
| AI |
Amnesty International |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AU |
African Union |
| Beijing Rules |
UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice |
| Body of Principles |
United Nations Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons Under Any Form of Detention or imprisonment |
| CAT |
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading treatment or Punishment |
| CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| CERD |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| CCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) |
| CESCR |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) |
| CHRCHR |
UN Human Rights Committee – UN Council on Human Rights |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CoE |
Council of Europe |
| CPT |
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture |
| CRC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| DIAC |
Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australia |
| ECHR |
European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950) |
| ECJ |
European Court of Justice |
| ECOSOC |
UN Economic and Social Council |
| EEC |
European Economic Community |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| EU |
European Union |
| FGM |
Female Genital Mutilation |
| FYROM |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| GA |
UN General Assembly |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| HIPC |
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| HRC |
United Nations Human Rights Committee |
| lBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICC |
International Criminal Court |
| ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
| ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICTR |
International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda |
| ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
| IDA |
International Development Association |
| IDP |
Internally Displaced Persons |
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IGO |
Inter-Governmental Organization |
| ILC |
International Law Commission |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| INTERFET |
International Force for East Timor |
| JDL Rules |
United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived
of their Liberty |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MWC |
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Membersof their Families, 1990 |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NGO |
Non-governmental Organization |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| ODIHR |
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSeE) |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OIC |
Organization of the Islamic Conference |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| RCOA |
Refugee Council of Australia |
| Refugee Convention |
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees |
| RRT |
Refugee Review Tribunal |
| SC |
UN Security Council |
| SG |
Secretary General |
| TIS |
Translating and Interpreting Service |
| UDHR |
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNO |
United Nations Organization |
| UNAMET |
UN Mission in East Timor |
| UNDP |
UN Development Programme |
| UNEP |
UN Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNRIDYP |
UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus |
| UNHCHR |
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UNHCR |
UN High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children Fund |
| UNICEF |
UNICEF Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| UNIFEM |
UN Development Fund for Women |
| USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| VDPA |
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993) |
| WFP |
World Food Programme |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
| WWDA |
Women With Disabilities Australia |