ACRONYMS
ACHR – American Convention on Human Rights
ACHPR – African Convention on Human and Peoples’ Rights
CEDAW – Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
CESCR – Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
COP – Conference of the Parties
CRC – Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRPD – Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
ECHR – European Convention on Human Rights
ECOSOC – United Nations Economic and Social Council
FPIC – Free, Prior and Informed Consent
ICCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR – International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
LDC – Least Developed Country
NAPA – National Adaptation Programmes of Action
OHCHR – Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights
SIDS – Small Island Developing States
UDHR – Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UNDRIP – United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees
UNHRC – United Nations Human Rights Council
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