AC.x series: The numbering symbol used for working groups of the Sub-Commission. For example, the documents of the Working Group on Minorities use the AC.5 symbol
CAT: Convention against Torture
CCPR: Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
CERD: Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CHR: Commission on Human Rights (parent body to the Sub-Commission)
CN.4 series: The numbering symbol used for documents of the Commission on Human Rights
CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child
ECOSOC: The Economic and Social Council (parent body to the Commission on Human Rights)
ESC: Economic, social and cultural rights
NGO: Non-governmental organization
OHCHR: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Sub.2: The numbering symbol used for documents of the Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights
TNC: Transnational corporation
Traditional practices: Practices or customs imposed on women in some cultures which are considered demeaning, discriminatory or physically mutilating under international human rights standards, such as female genital mutilation
UDHR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UNHCR: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
WG: working group
WP: working paper