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Acronyms
AGC
Attorney General’s Office
ATHAM
Human Rights Best Practices in Schools
B40
Bottom 40%
CC
Children’s Commissioner
CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CRPD
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
CSOs
Civil Society Organisations
DOSM
Department of Statistics Malaysia
ESCR
Economic, social and cultural rights
GANHRI
Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institution
HRC
United Nations Human Rights Committee
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
ICRMW
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of Their Families
ICPPED
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
IT
Information technology
JPM
Prime Minister’s Department
MCO
Movement Control Order
MoFA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MoE
Ministry of Education
MoH
Ministry of Health
NHRAP
National Human Rights Action Plan 2018
NHRI
National Human Rights Institution
OCC
Office of Children’s Commissioner
PT3
Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3
SCA
Sub-Committee on Accreditation
SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals
SoPs
Standard Operation Procedures
SUHAKAM
Human Rights Commission of Malaysia
SUHAKAM Act
Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act 1999 /Act 597
ToR
Terms of Reference
UDHR
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UNCAT
United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment
UNHCR
United Nations Refugee Agency
UNICEF
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UPR
Universal Periodic Review
UPSR
Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah
12MP
12th Malaysia Plan
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