List of abbreviations ACJ Advisory Council of Jurists AHRC Australian Human Rights Commission AIHRC Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission APF Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CPED International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CSO(s) civil society organisation(s) CSW UN Commission on the Status of Women ECOSOC UN Economic and Social Council GANHRI Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions GO General Observation of the SCA HRCM Human Rights Commission of the Maldives HRDs human rights defenders ICC International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ICHR Palestine Independent Commission for Human Rights Komnas HAM National Commission on Human Rights of Indonesia NCHR National Centre for Human Rights of Jordan NGO(s) non-governmental organisation(s) NHRC National Human Rights Commission NHRCK National Human Rights Commission of Korea NHRI(s) national human rights institution(s) NIRMS National Institutions and Regional Mechanisms Section, OHCHR NPM(s) national preventive mechanism(s) OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OP Operative Paragraph vii