ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank AKPF Abot-Kaya Pabahay Fund AusAID Australian Agency for International Development Basic Principles OHCHR and UN-HABITAT Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-Based Evictions and Resettlement CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CERD Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CHR Commission on Human Rights CISFA Comprehensive Integrated Shelter and Financing Act CM P Community Mortgage Programme COSLAP Commission on the Settlement of Land Problems CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities DENR Department of Environment and Natural Resources DO J Department of Justice DPW H Department of Public Works and Highways DRIP Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ESC Rights Economic, Social and Cultural Rights FDUP Foundation for the Development of the Urban Poor GC IV General Comment 4 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (on the right to adequate housing) GC VII General Comment 7 of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (on forced evictions) GSIS Government Social Insurance System HDM F Home Development Mutual Fund HGC Home Guaranty Corporation HIGC Home Insurance and Guaranty Corporation HLURB Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board HRC Human Rights Council viii