Last updated: September 2009
GDP Acronyms
AA ACAT
ACHR ACRI AGC AHRC AI AIDA
AIT AMERA AMN APD ARCI ASA ASTI
BCCI BCHR BIA BID BIS
CAT
CAT CBSA CCR CDA CDU CEACR
CHR CIA CIC CIE CIT CLDJP
CLIC
CNDH CNPT COA
CPR CPT CRA CYF
DCS DCR DFT
DHA DNSA DOJ DPP DRC
ECRI ENERO EOIR ERT ESW EU
FAPA
FIDH FNP FOM FOR FPP FRONTEX
GADEM
GDISC GDP GMI GONGGAM
HHC HKHRC HKHRM HMW HRCA HRF HRW HSRC
ICJ
IDC
IMES INA IND
INS INZ IOPCR IRC IRPA JRS
LCHR LDSG LFR LGP LHR LIBE
LMC
LMRA LRC
MAC MAE
MFT MINBYUN MOFA MOI MTU
NAM NCADC
NEM NHRCK
NRO NSGB
OAS OCMA OCP OFADEC OHCHR OIN OIWAS
PFP
PPS
RADDHO RAID RCNZ RFE RIO RLGP RSAA RSD
SAHRC SAPS SCW SEF SEF SHC SME SMG SRTP STHF SUARAM SUHAKAM
TPA TRIM
UKBA UN USCIS USCR USCRI USDS
WARIPNET WGAD WGUPR | Act on Asylum (Slovakia) Action des Chrétiens pour l'Abolition de la Torture (Christians for the abolition of torture) American Convention on Human Rights Association for Civil Rights in Israel Office of the Auditor General of Canada Amnesty International Centre d'Accueil Intérimaire en vue d'un Départ Accompagné (interim reception centre for accompanied departure) Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (United Kingdom) Australian Labor Party Africa and Middle East Refugee Assistance Asian Migration News Alien Policing Department (Hungary) Auckland Refugee Council Inc. Act on Stay of Aliens (Slovakia) Association de Soutien aux Travailleurs Immigrés (association for the support of workers and immigrants) African Union
Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Board of Immigration Appeals (United States) Bail for Immigration Detainees (UK) Bahama Islands Info
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Canada Border Services Agency Canadian Council for Refugees Contract Detention Facility (United States) Comitato de Dirriti Umani (Human Rights Commission Italy) ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.) Citizenship and Immigration Canada Centri di Identificazione ed Espulsione (Italy) Temporary Installation Centre (Portugal) Conférence latine des Chefs des Départements de justice et police Community Legal Information Centre (Hong Kong) National Human Rights Commission (Mexico) Swiss National Commission for the Prevention of Torture Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (Netherlands) Centre Pénitentiaire de Luxembourg (Luxembourg Penitentiary Centre) Portugese Refugee Council Centri di Permanenza Temporanea (Italy) Commission suisse de Recours en matière d'Asile (Switzerland) Child, Youth, and Family (New Zealand)
Department of Correctional Services (South Africa) Dutch Council for Refugees Detained Fast Track (UK) Director General for National Security (la direction générale de la sureté nationale) (Morocco) Danish Immigration Service Non-Suspensive Appeals (UK) Danish Red Cross Office of Detention and Removal Operations (United States)
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network European Network for Asylum Reception Organisations Executive Office of Immigration Review (United States) The Equal Rights Trust European Social Watch European Union
Ley Federal de Procedimiento Administrativo (Federal Administrative Procedure Act) International Federation for Human Rights Foreign National Prisoner Federal Office for Migration (Switzerland) Federal Office for Refugees (Switzerland) Federal Preventive Police / Policia Federal Preventiva (Mexico) European External Borders Agency
Le groupe antiraciste de défence et d'accompagnement des étrangers et migrants (Morocco) General Directors' Immigration services Conference (EU) Global Detention Project Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (Malaysia) Korean Public Interest Lawyers Group
Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Hong Kong Human Rights Commission Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor Hotline for Migrant Workers Human Rights Council of Australia Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Australia) Human Rights Foundation of New Zealand Human Rights Watch Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)
Federal Office of Immigration, Integration and Emigration (Switzerland) Immigration and Naturalisation Service (Immigratie-en Naturalisatiedienst) (Netherlands) Instituto Nacional de Migracion / National Migration Institute (Mexico) Immigration New Zealand International Organisation for Peace Care and Relief (Libya) Immigration Removal Centre Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada)
Japan Federation of Bar Associations Jesuit Refugee Service
Latvian Centre for Human Rights London Detainee Support Group Letzebuerger Fluchtlingsrot (Luxembourg Refugee Council) Ley General de Poblacion (Mexico) Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa) European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Etablissement concordataire de détention administrative de Frambois (Switzerland) Labor Market Regulatory Authority (Bahrain) Lithuanian Red Cross
Mangere Accommodation Centre (New Zealand) Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de l'Immigration (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration) Multi-Functional Team (Hungary) Lawyers for a Democratic Society (Korea) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahrain) Ministry of the Interior Migrants' Trade Union (Korea)
New Asylum Model (UK) National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (United Kingdom) Décision de "non-entrée en matière" (Switzerland) Non-governmental organization National Human Rights Commission of Korea National Refugee Office (Romania) National Status Granting Body (Israel)
Organization of American States Office cantonal de la Population de Genève (Switzerland) Office fédéral des Etrangers (Switzerland) Office of Immigration and Nationality (Hungary) Organisation for the Integration and Welfare of Asylum Seekers (Malta) Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
Police Aux Frontières (Morocco) Policia Federal Preventiva / Federal Preventive Police (Mexico) Prison and Probation Service (Denmark)
Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme Rights and Accountability in Development (Australia) Refugee Council of New Zealand Radio Free Europe Romanian Immigration Office Représentant d'Oeuvre d'Entraide (Switzerland) Refugee Status Appeals Authority (New Zealand) Refugee Status Determination
Service d'aide Juridique aux Exiles South African Human Rights Commission South African Press Agency Supreme Council for Women (Bahrain) Immigration and Borders Service (Portugal) Save Egypt Front (Egypt) Slovak Humanitarian Council Service for Migration and Foreigners (Angola) Soutpansberg Military Grounds (South Africa) UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons Short Term Holding Facility (United Kingdom) Suara Rakyat Malaysia (NGO Working for Human Rights) Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Malaysia (Human Rights Commission of Malaysia)
UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Tri-Partite Agreement (Romania) Transnational Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Teams
United Kingdom United Kingdom Border Agency United Nations United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants U.S. Committee for Refugees U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants U.S. Department of State
West African Refugees and Displaced Persons Network UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention UN Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review |



