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GLOSSARY

ACRONYM

ADDU

AFP

ASG

ATC

BCE

BIR

BLISS

BWS

CAFGU

CBCP

CDO

CEGP

CHDR

CHED

CHR

CICC

CICL

CIP

CITRUS

CMFR

CPP

CRC

CSI-IHL

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DBM

DFA

DHRD

DHSUD

DILG

DMRA

DMW

DND

DOF

DOJ

DOLE

DSEZ

DSWD

DTI

ECC

ELK

FPIC

GOCCs

HDMF

HLURB

HUDC

HRET

HRW

HSAC

IATFURE

ICC

ICCPR

ICESCR

ICRC​

IED

IHL

ILO

INC

IPRA

IRR

JAGO

JI

KALIBAPI

LGBTQ

MABINI

MHS

MILF

MLGCD

NBI

NCIP

NCSC

NDHS

NFI

NGOs

NHA

NHC

NHMFC

NHSB

NIA

NPA

NPC

NSC

NTF-ELCAC

NUJP

NUPL

OHCHR

OPAPRU

OSCA

OSG

OWWA

PAHRA

PCG

PCW

PCHUE

PEZA

PHC

PHRC

PIFA

PMDC

PNP

PPI

PSA

PWD

RPC

RH

SC

SHFC

SOGIE

SPC

TESDA

TFDA

TRO

TWG

UDHR

UN

UNCHR

UPR

UST

UTCEL

VAWC

FULL TERM

Ateneo de Davao University

Armed Forces of the Philippines

Abu Sayyaf Group

Anti-Terrorism Council

Before Christian Era

Bureau of Internal Revenue

Bagong Lipunan Improvement of Sites and Services

Battered Women Syndrome

Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines

Cease and Desist Order

College Editors Guild of the Philippines

Child Human Rights Defenders

Commission on Higher Education

Commission on Human Rights

Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center

Children in Conflict with the La

Carbon-in Pulp

Central Institute for the Training and Relocation of Urban Squatters

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility

Communist Party of the Philippines

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Civil Society Initiatives for International Humanitarian Law CSOs Civil

Society Organizations

Department of Budget and Management

Department of Foreign Affairs

Declaration on Human Rights Defenders

Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development

Departments of the Interior and Local Government

Diwalwal < Mineral Reservation Area

Department of Migrant Workers

Department of National Defense

Department of Finance

Department of Justice

Department of Labor and Employment

Diwalwal Special Economic Zone

Department of Social Welfare and Development

Department of Trade and Industry

Environmental Compliance Certificate

Extralegal Killing

Free, Prior, and Informed Consent

Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations

Home Development Mutual Fund

Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board

Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council

House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal

Human Rights Watch

Human Settlements Adjudication Commission

Inter-Agency Task Force to Undertake the Relocation of Families

International Criminal Court

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

International Committee of the Red Cross IDPs Internally Displaced Persons

Improvised Explosive Device

International Humanitarian Law

International Labour Organization

Iglesia ni Cristo

Indigenous Peoples Rights Act

Implementing Rules and Regulations

Judge Advocate General's Office

Jemaah Islamiyah

Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer LGU Local Government Unit

Movement for Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity and Nationalism, Inc.

Ministry of Human Settlements

Moro Islamic Liberation Front

Ministry of Local Government and Community Development

National Bureau of Investigation

National Commission on Indigenous Peoples

National Commission of Senior Citizens

National Demographic and Health Survey

National Forensics Institute

Non-Government Organizations

National Housing Authority

National Housing Commission

National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation

National Human Settlements Board

National Irrigation Administration

New People's Army

National Press Club

National Security Council

National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict

National Union of Journalists of the Philippines

National Union of People's Lawyers OFWs Overseas Filipino Workers

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity

Office for Senior Citizens Affairs

Office of the Solicitor General

Overseas Workers Welfare Administration

Presidential Assistant on Housing and Resettlement Agency

Philippine Coast Guard

Philippine Commission on Women

Presidential Committee for Housing and Urban Resettlement

Philippine Economic Zone Authority

People's Homesite Corporation

Presidential Human Rights Committee

Philippine Internet Freedom Association

Philippine Mining Development Corporation

Philippine National Police

Philippine Press Institute

Philippine Statistics Authority

Person with Disability

Revised Penal Code

Reproductive Health

Supreme Court

Social Housing Finance Corporation

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression

Sapang Palay Development Committee

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

Tondo Foreshore Development Authority

Temporary Restraining Order

Technical Working Group

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United Nations

United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Universal Periodic Review

University of Santo Tomas

United Tribal Council of Elders and Leaders

Violence Against Women and Children

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