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
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