REPORTING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES TRAINING GUIDE: Part I — Manual
List of Acronyms
Human Rights Treaties
UDHR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICCPR-OP1
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICCPR-OP2
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
ICESCR
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICESCR-OP
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights
ICERD
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
OP-CEDAW
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
CAT
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment
OPCAT
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and
Degrading Treatment or Punishment
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRC-OPAC
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of
children in armed conflict
CRC-OPSC
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children,
child prostitution and child pornography
CRC-OPIC
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications
Procedure
ICRMW
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families
CRPD
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
OP-CRPD
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
ICPED
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance
Human Rights Treaty Bodies
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HRCttee
Human Rights Committee
CESCR
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CERD
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CEDAW
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
CAT
Committee against Torture
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