Acronyms, abbreviations and local terms

AG                              Attorney General

AHRC                          Asian Human Rights Commission

ALNAP                        Active Learning Network f. Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action

ALRC                          Asian Legal Resource Centre

CAT                            Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

CAT Act                       Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Act, No 22 of 1994, Sri Lanka

CC                              Citizens’ Committee

CCPR                          Committee on Civil and Political Rights (under the ICCPR)

CID                             Criminal Investigation Division

CHRD                          Centre for Human Rights and Development

CIDTP                         Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

CJ                                Chief Justice

EU                               European Union

FR                                Fundamental Rights

GBV                             Gender Based Violence

GoSL                           Government of Sri Lanka

GSP+                           Special Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (EC)

HR                                Human Rights 

HRC / HRCSL                Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka

HVT                              Home for the Victims of Torture

ICC                              International Criminal Court

ICCPR                          International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICJ                               International Court of Justice

IGP                              Inspector General of Police

JMO                             Judicial Medical Officer

Logframe                     Logical Framework

LTTE                            Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

NPC                             National Police Commission

OECD                          Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OHCHR                        Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

OPCAT                         Optional Protocol to CAT

PAT                              People against Torture

PTA                              Prevention of Terrorism Act

R2L                              Right to Life

RCT                              Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims

SETIK                           the Development and Social Justice Agency of the Catholic Diocese of Kandy

SC                                Supreme Court

SIU                               Special Investigation Unit

UA                                Urgent Appeal

UNCAT                          UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

UNEG                            United Nations Evaluation Group

UNHRC                          United Nations Human Rights Council

SMART                          Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timebound

SPICED                         Subjective, Participatory, Interpreted, Cross-checked and Compared, Empowering, Disaggregated

ToR                              Terms of Reference