| CAT | Convention Against Torture Committee Against Torture |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| CERD | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| CESCR | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child Committee on the Rights of the Child |
| CSW | Commission on the Status of Women (of the United Nations) |
| DAW | Division for the Advancement of Women (of the United Nations) |
| ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations) |
| GA | General Assembly |
| HRC | Human Rights Committee |
| CCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| CESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
| OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UN | United Nations |