Key acronyms and abbreviations
APT
Association for the Prevention of Torture
CAT
(United Nations) Committee against Torture
CEDAW (United Nations) Committee on the Elimination
of Discrimination against Women
CESC
(United Nations) Committee on Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights
CPT
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CRC
(United Nations) Committee on the Rights of the Child
IACHR Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
LGBTI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans(gender) and Intersex
LPM
Local Preventive Mechanism
MSM Men who have sex with men
NGO
Non-governmental organisation
NHRI
National Human Rights Institution
NPM
National Preventive Mechanism