Abbreviations and acronyms

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Abbreviations and acronyms

ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution

AfCHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

CARICOM Caribbean Community

CAT UN Convention Against Torture

CC Constitutional Court

CEDAW UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against

Women; also Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination

against Women

CERD Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

CHR Commission on Human Rights

CJ Chief Justice

CLB Commonwealth Law Bulletin

CLR Commonwealth Law Reports

CMJA Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association

CSW Commission on the Status of Women

DCJ Deputy Chief Justice

DVA Domestic Violence Act (South Africa)

ECHR European Convention on Human Rights

FGM female genital mutilation

FMJ Federal Ministry of Justice (Lagos)

IACHR Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ILO International Labour Organization

J Justice

JA Judge Advocate or Judge of Appeal

JCA Justice Court of Appeal

JHRLP Journal of Human Rights Law and Practice

JJA Juvenile Justice Authority

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