Human Rights and Disability Advocacy

List of Abbreviations

ABBREVIATIONS AHC/Ad Hoc Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral Committee International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities APF Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions Bangkok Draft Bangkok Draft: Proposed Elements for a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities CAT Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CICC Coalition for the International Criminal Court CESCR UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CRESOR Corporation of Real Citizenry of the Deaf in Chile CRPD / Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities the Convention CSIE Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education CSO(s) civil society organization(s) DPO(s) disabled people’s organizations DRI Disability Rights International ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council GA United Nations General Assembly GRULAC Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries ICBL International Campaign to Ban Landmines x Abbreviations ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICC-NHRI International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights IDA International Disability Alliance IDC International Disability Caucus ILO International Labour Organization LSN Landmine Survivors Network MDRI Mental Disability Rights International NDAC National Disability Advisory Council of Australia NGO(s) nongovernmental organization(s) NHRI(s) national human rights institution(s) OHCHR United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Paris Principles Principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights PWD-Australia People with Disability Australia Standard Rules Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities UNDRIP United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People UNESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund Vienna Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Declaration WFD World Federation of the Deaf WFDB World Federation of the Deafblind WG Working Group on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities WGIP Working Group on Indigenous Populations WHO World Health Organization WNUSP World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry ...