GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

AFRC           Armed Forces Revolutionary Council

APC              All People's Congress

CAT              Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

CCP              Commission for the Consolidation of Peace

CCSSP          Commonwealth Community Safety and Security Project

CDC              Centers for Disease Control

CDF              Civil Defense Forces

CEDAW               Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

CMRRD       Commission for the Management of Strategic Resources, National Reconstruction and Development

C. O.             Commanding Officer

CRC              Convention on the Rights of the Child

DDR              Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Program

DFID             Department for International Development, United Kingdom

ECOMOG    Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group

ECOWAS     Economic Community of West African States

EIDHR         European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights

E.U.                      European Union

GDP              Gross Domestic Product

HIV/AIDS     Human Immunodeficieny Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ICC                      International Criminal Court

ICCPR          International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR               International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ICRC            International Committee of the Red Cross

ICTR            International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

ICTY            International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

IMATT         International Military Advisory and Training Team

IRC                      International Rescue Committee

FAWE           Forum for African Women Educationalists

MSF              Médecins Sans Frontières

NPFL            National Patriotic Front of Liberia  

OAU             Organization of African Unity

OFR              Operation Focus Relief

OHCHR               Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

PHR              Physicians for Human Rights

RUF              Revolutionary United Front

SBU                      Small Boys Unit

SCSL             Special Court for Sierra Leone

SLA                       Sierra Leone Army

SLP                Sierra Leone Police

SLPP             Sierra Leone People's Party

STD                      Sexually Transmitted Disease

TRC              Truth and Reconciliation Commission

UNAMSIL    United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone

UNDP           United Nations Development Program

UNIFEM       United Nations Development Fund for Women

UNOMSIL    United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone

USAID          United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

VRF              Vasico-rectal Fistula

VVF              Vasico-vaginal Fistula

WHO            World Health Organization