| AG |
Attorney General |
| AHRC |
Asian Human Rights Commission |
| ALNAP |
Active Learning Network f. Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action |
| ALRC |
Asian Legal Resource Centre |
| CAT |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CAT Act |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Act, No 22 of 1994, Sri Lanka |
| CC |
Citizens’ Committee |
| CCPR |
Committee on Civil and Political Rights (under the ICCPR) |
| CID |
Criminal Investigation Division |
| CHRD |
Centre for Human Rights and Development |
| CIDTP |
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CJ |
Chief Justice |
| EU |
European Union |
| FR |
Fundamental Rights |
| GBV |
Gender Based Violence |
| GoSL |
Government of Sri Lanka |
| GSP+ |
Special Incentive Arrangement for Sustainable Development and Good Governance (EC) |
| HR |
Human Rights |
| HRC / HRCSL |
Human Rights Commission Sri Lanka |
| HVT |
Home for the Victims of Torture |
| ICC |
International Criminal Court |
| ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
| IGP |
Inspector General of Police |
| JMO |
Judicial Medical Officer |
| Logframe |
Logical Framework |
| LTTE |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| NPC |
National Police Commission |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OHCHR |
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OPCAT |
Optional Protocol to CAT |
| PAT |
People against Torture |
| PTA |
Prevention of Terrorism Act |
| R2L |
Right to Life |
| RCT |
Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims |
| SETIK |
the Development and Social Justice Agency of the Catholic Diocese of Kandy |
| SC |
Supreme Court |
| SIU |
Special Investigation Unit |
| UA |
Urgent Appeal |
| UNCAT |
UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| UNEG |
United Nations Evaluation Group |
| UNHRC |
United Nations Human Rights Council |
| SMART |
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timebound |
| SPICED |
Subjective, Participatory, Interpreted, Cross-checked and Compared, Empowering, Disaggregated |
| ToR |
Terms of Reference |
