Abbreviations and Acronyms

ACABQ

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

ACHPR

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

ADB

Asian Development Bank

AHRLR

African Human Rights Law Report

AI

Artificial Intelligence

AKO

Analytics, Knowledge, and Output Quality

ARIO

Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations

ARSIWA

Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts

ASEAN

Association of South East Asian Nations

ATD/ATDs

Alternative(s) to Detention

AVR

Assisted Voluntary Return(s)

AVRR

Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration

CCCM

Camp Coordination and Camp Management

CCEMA

Climate Change, Environment and Migration Alliance

CEB

United Nations Chief Executives Board for Coordination

CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

CERF

Central Emergency Response Fund

COVID

Coronavirus Disease

CRC

Convention on the Rights of Child

CREST

IOM Corporate Responsibility in Eliminating Slavery and Trafficking

CSO

Civil Society Organization

CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility

DCIM

Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration

DCM

Digital Content Management

DDP

DTM and Data Partnerships

DFID

United Kingdom’s Department for International Development

DIAC

Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship

DIO

Data Initiated Operations

DML

Data Models and Learning

DMM

IOM Department of Migration Management

DOE

IOM Department of Operations and Emergencies

DSC

Data Systems and Centralization

DSEG

Data Science and Ethics Group

DTM

Displacement Tracking Matrix

ECHO

European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations

ECHR

European Convention on Human Rights

ECOSOC

United Nations Economic and Social Council

ECtHR

European Court of Human Rights

ERU

Emergency Response Unit

ETM

Emergency Transit Mechanism

ETU

Ebola Treatment Units

EU

European Union

EUTF

EU Trust Fund for Africa

EVD

Ebola Virus Disease

FMPs

Flow Monitoring Points

GAL

Global Administrative Law

GATT

General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs

GCIM

Global Commission for International Migration

GCM

Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

GCR

Global Compact for Refugees

GDP

Global Detention Project

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GFMD

Global Forum on Migration and Development

GMDAC

Global Migration Data Analysis Centre

GPN

Global Policy Network on Recruitment

GPs

Guiding Principles

GSA

Geospatial Analytics

GSM

Global System Management

GU

Georgetown University

HBM

Humanitarian Border Management

HBMM

Health, Border, and Mobility Management

HDS

Humanitarian Development Solutions

HEC

Humanitarian Evacuation Cell

HRDDP

Human Rights Due Diligence Policy

HRW

Human Rights Watch

IACtHR

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

IASC

Inter-Agency Standing Committee

ICC

International Criminal Court

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICEM

Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration

ICJ

International Court of Justice

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

IDC

International Detention Coalition

IDM

International Dialogue on Migration

IDP

Internally Displaced Person

IHRL

International Human Rights Law

ILC

International Law Commission

ILO

International Labour Organization

IO

International Organization

IOM

International Organization for Migration

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IR

International Relations

IRIS

International Recruitment Integrity System

IRO

International Refugee Organization

ISIL

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant

ITC

International Tin Council

ITC

International Trade Centre

JDC

Joint Data Center on Forced Displacement

JIPS

Joint IDP Profiling Service

LCG

Libyan Coast Guard

MCIIP

Management and Care of Irregular Immigrants Project

MCOF

Migration Crisis Operational Framework

MDN

Migration Development Nexus

MICIC

IOM Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative

MiGOF

Migration Government Framework

MMC

Mixed Migration Centre

MSI

Multi-Stakeholder Initiative

MVP

Data Management, Verification, and Procedures

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

NSAG

Non-State Armed Groups

OCHA

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OHCHR

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

OIG

(IOM) Office of the Inspector General

OMF

Operations and Methodological Framework

OPCW

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

OPEC

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

OSCE

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

PCA

Permanent Court of Arbitration

PICMME

Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe

POS

Project and Operations Support

PRDS

Progressive Resolution of Displacement Situations

RCA

Regional Cooperation Agreement

RWG

Returns Working Group

SAAS

Social Accountability Accreditation Services

SAI

Social Accountability International

SDG

Sustainable Development Goals

SIDA

Swedish International Development Agency

UDHR

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UN

United Nations

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNEP

United Nations Environmental Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNGA/GA

United Nations General Assembly

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNMEER

UN Mission for Ebola Emergency

UNNM

UN Network on Migration

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

UNRWA

UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

UNSMIL

UN Support Mission in Libya

UNTB

United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries

US(A)

United States of America

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VCLT

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

VHR

Voluntary Humanitarian Return

WEC

World Employment Confederation

WHO

World Health Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization