Last updated: September 2009

GDP Acronyms

AA

ACAT

 

ACHR
ACLL
ACLU

AGC

AHRC

AI

AIDA

 

AIT
ALP

AMN
ANAO

APD

ASA

ASTI


AU

 

BCCI

BCHR

BIA
BOP

 

CAT

 

CAT
CBP

CBSA

CCR
CCR

CDA
CDF

CDU

CEACR


CEDAW

CEDH
CEP
CFR
ChilOut

CHR

CIA

CIC

CIE

CIT

CLIC
CMW

 

 

CNDH

COA


CPL

 

CPR

CPT

CRA

CRC

 

DCS

DCR
DFAE
DFAT
DFJP
DHA
DHS
DIAC
DIE
DIMA
DIS

DOJ

DPP

DRC
DRO
DRSC


EC

ECRI
EOIR
ERF

ESW

EU

 

FAPA

 

FIDH

FPP

 

FRONTEX

 

GDISC

GDP

GMI

GONGGAM
GPA
GSL


HCA

HHC

HKHRC

HKHRM

HRCA
HRCM
HREOC

HRW

HSRC


IACHR  
ICCPR
ICRRA
ICE
ICERD

 

ICJ
ICRMW

 

IDC
IGSA
IIRIRA

INA

IND


INM

 

INS

IOPCR

IRPA
ITA

JFBA

JRS

 

LCHR

LFR

LGP

LHR

LIBE

 

LMRA

LRC

 

MAE

 

MFT

MINBYUN

MOFA

MOI
MOJ

MTU

 

NCADC

 

NEM
NGO

NHRCK
NIDC
NMI

 

NRO

 

OAS

OCMA

OCP
ODM
ODR
OECD

OFADEC
OFE

OHCHR

OIN

OIWAS

 
OPCAT
ORR
OSAR


PFP

 

PPS

 

RADDHO

RAID

RFE

RIO

RLGP
ROE
RRT

RSD


SAHRC
SANDF
SAPA

SAPS

SCW

SEF

SHC

SMG
SPC

SRTP

STHF

SUARAM

SUHAKAM

 


TOC

TPA
TPV

TRIM
TSETT


UK

UKBA

UN
UNHCR
USCIS

USCR

USCRI

 

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
Administrative Case Litigation Law (Japan)
American Civil Liberties Union (United States)

Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Asian Human Rights Commission

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

Asian Migration News
Australian National Audit Office

Alien Policing Department (Hungary)

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)
Bureau of Prisons (United States)

 

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Committee against Torture
Customs and Border Protection

Canada Border Services Agency

Canadian Council for Refugees
Counselling Centre for Refugees (Czech Republic)
Centri di Accoglienza (Italy)

Contract Detention Facility (United States)

Comitato de Dirriti Umani (Human Rights Commission Italy)

ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Cours Européenne des Droits de l'Homme à Strasbourg
Centre d'enregistrement et de procédure (Switzerland)
Code of Federal Regulations (United States)
Children Out of Detention (Australia)

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)

Community Legal Information Centre (Hong Kong)
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (Committee on Migrant Workers)

National Human Rights Commission (Mexico)

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)
Convention on the Rights of the Child

 

Department of Correctional Services (South Africa)

Dutch Council for Refugees
Département fédéral des Affaires étrangères (Switzerland)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)
Département fédéral de Justice et Police (Switzerland)
Department of Home Affairs (South Africa)
Department of Homeland Security (United States)
Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia)

Danish Immigration Service
Department of Immigration and Emigration (Maldives)
Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (Australia)
Department of Justice
Department of Prison and Probation (Denmark)

Danish Red Cross

Office of Detention and Removal Operations (United States)
Determination of Refugee Status Committee (Australia)


European Commission

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance

Executive Office of Immigration Review (United States)
European Refugee Fund

European Social Watch

European Union

 

Ley Federal de Procedimiento Administrativo (Federal Administrative Procedure Act)

International Federation for Human Rights
Federal Preventive Police / Policia Federal Preventiva

(Mexico)

European External Borders Agency

 

General Directors' Immigration services Conference (EU)

Global Detention Project

Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (Malaysia)

Korean Public Interest Lawyers Group
General Population Act / Ley General de Población (Mexico)
Global Solutions Limited


Hungarian Helsinki Committee

Helsinki Citizens' Assembly

Hong Kong Human Rights Commission

Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor

Human Rights Council of Australia
Human Rights Commission of the Maldives

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (Australia)

Human Rights Watch 

Human Sciences Research Council (South Africa)


Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Japan)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (United States)
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
International Commission of Jurists
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Immigration Detention Center
Intergovernmental Service Agreement (United States)
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility (United States)
Immigration and Nationality Act (United States)

Immigration and Naturalisation Service (Immigratie-en Naturalisatiedienst) (Netherlands)

Instituto Nacional de Migracion / National Migration Institute (Mexico)
Immigration and Naturalization Service (United States)

International Organisation for Peace Care and Relief (Libya)

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada)
Immigration Transit Accommodation (Australia)

 

Japan Federation of Bar Associations

Jesuit Refugee Service

 

Latvian Centre for Human Rights

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

Labor Market Regulatory Authority (Bahrain)

Lithuanian Red Cross

 

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
Ministry of Justice

Migrants' Trade Union (Korea)

 

National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns (United Kingdom)

Décision de "non-entrée en matière" (Switzerland)

Non-governmental organization

National Human Rights Commission of Korea
Northern Immigration Detention Center (Australia)
National Migration Institute / Instituto Nacional de Migracion (Mexico)

National Refugee Office (Romania)

 

Organization of American States
Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (Latvia)

Office cantonal de la Population de Genève (Switzerland)
Office fédéral des Migrations (Switzerland)
Office fédéral des Réfugiés (Switzerland)
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Office Africain pour le développement et la coopération

Office fédéral des Etrangers (Switzerland)
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Office of Immigration and Nationality (Hungary)

Organisation for the Integration and Welfare of Asylum Seekers (Malta)

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
Office of Refugee Resettlement (United States)
Organisation suisse d'Aide aux Réfugiés (Switzerland)

 

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)

Radio Free Europe

Romanian Immigration Office
Reglamento de la Ley General de Poblacion (Mexico)

Représentant d'Oeuvre d'Entraide (Switzerland)
Refugee Review Tribunal (Australia)

Refugee Status Determination

 

South African Human Rights Commission
South African Defence Force

UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons

South African Press Agency
South African Police Service

Supreme Council for Women (Bahrain)

Immigration and Borders Service (Portugal)

Slovak Humanitarian Council

Soutpansberg Military Grounds (South Africa)
Service Processing Center (United States)

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)
Temporary Permit Visas (Australia)
Transit and Irregular Migration Management in Libya (IOM)

Transnational Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking Teams

 

United Kingdom

United Kingdom Border Agency

United Nations
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Committee for Refugees

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

 

West African Refugees and Displaced Persons Network

UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

UN Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review