Acronyms

ASF

Avocats Sans Frontières

CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

CNDP

National Congress for the Defense of the People

CPVS

Commission provinciale de lutte contre les violences sexuelles

DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo

EU

European Union

EUPOL

EU Police Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

EUSEC

EU Security Sector Reform Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

FAC

Forces Armées Congolaises

FARDC

Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo

FC

Francs congolais

FDLR

Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda

FIDH

Fédération internationale des droits de l'homme

ICC

International Criminal Court

ICCPR

International Covenant On Civil and Political Rights

ICRC

International Committee for the Red Cross

ICTJ

International Center for Transitional Justice

IFRI

Institut français des relations internationales

IOM

International Organization for Migration

IRC

International Rescue Committee

MONUC

UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo

NGO

Nongovernmental organization

OCHA

Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OHCHR

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

RCD-Goma

Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma

REJUSCO

Program for the Restoration of Justice in Eastern Congo

S2

Intelligence officer in the FARDC with the rank of investigating judicial officer (officier de police judiciaire)

SSR

Security Sector Reform

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNHRO

United Nations Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of Congo

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

US

United States