A4EA Action for Empowerment and Accountability [UK]
ABMA All Burma Monk’s Alliance
ACS Asociación Colombiana de Sociología [Colombian Association of Sociology]
AUC Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia [United Self-Defenders of Colombia]
BGF Border Guard Force [Myanmar]
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party [India]
BSPP Burma Socialist Programme Party
BWU Burmese Women’s Union
CAFTA Central American Free Trade Agreement
CAVIDA Comunidad de Auto-Determinacion, Vida y Dignidad [Community of Self-Determination, Life and Dignity, Colombia]
CEGSS Center for the Study of Equity and Governance in Health Systems [Guatemala]
CEH Comisión de Esclarecimiento Histórico [Historical Clarification Commission, Guatemala]
CICIG Comisión Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala [United Nations International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala]
CINEP Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular [Centre of Research and Popular Education, Colombia]
CPI (M) Communist Party of India (Maoist)
CPI-Marxist Communist Party of India (Marxist)
CPI (ML) Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)
CPRC Chronic Poverty Research Centre [UK]
CSO civil society organisation
DAKMS Dandakaranya Adivasi Kisan Mazdoor Sangathana [India]
DNP Departamento Nacional de Planeación [National Planning Department, Colombia]
EAO ethnic armed organisation
ELN Ejército de Liberación Nacional [National Liberation Army, Colombia]
ETA Euskadi Ta Askatasuna [Basque Homeland and Liberty, Spain/France]
FARC Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia [Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]
FCRA Foreign Contribution Regulation Act [India]
GAD General Administration Department [Myanmar]
HiCN Households in Conflict Network [UK]
ICJ International Commission of Jurists [Switzerland]
IDEAS Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives [Pakistan]
IDP internally displaced person
INGO international non-governmental organisation
ISEAS Institute of Southeast Asian Studies [Singapore]
KCSN Karenni Civil Society Network [Myanmar]
KESAN Karen Environmental and Social Action Network [Myanmar]
KHRG Karen Human Rights Group [Myanmar]
KIO Kachin Independence Organisation [Myanmar]
KMAS Krantikari Mahila Adivasi Sangathana [India]
KNPP Karenni National Progressive Party [Myanmar]
KNU Karen National Union [Myanmar]
KWAT Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand
LFO Legal Framework Order
LGBT lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
LHC Lahore High Court
LWE left-wing extremist/extremism
MCC Maoist Communist Centre [India]
MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act [India]
MKSS Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan [India]
MoHA Ministry of Home Affairs [Myanmar]
MPSI Myanmar Peace Support Initiative
MRD Movement for the Restoration of Democracy [Pakistan]
NAC National Action Committee [Pakistan]
NBA Narmada Bachao Andolan [India]
NFSA National Food Security Act [India]
NGO non-governmental organisation
NLD National League of Democracy [Myanmar]
OMP Odisha Maobadi Party [India]
ONIC Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia [National Indigenous Organization of Colombia]
PBC Pakistan Bar Council
PCO Provisional Constitutional Order
PDS Public Distribution Scheme [India]
PILDAT Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency
PLFI People’s Liberation Front of India
PML-N Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
PPP Pakistan People’s Party
PUCL People’s Union for Civil Liberties [India]
RTF Right to Food
RTI Right to Information
SCBA Supreme Court Bar Association [Pakistan]
SHRF Shan Human Rights Foundation [Myanmar]
SJC Supreme Judicial Council [Pakistan]
SJD Juridicae Scientiae Doctor [Doctor of Juridical Science]
SLORC State Law and Order Restoration Council [Myanmar]
SPDC State Peace and Development Council [Myanmar]
SWAN Shan Women’s Action Network [Myanmar]
UMEHL Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited
UNDP United Nations Development Programme [USA]
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [Switzerland]
UPA United Progressive Alliance [India]
USDP Union Solidarity and Development Party [Myanmar]
USIP United States Institute of Peace
WLB Women’s League of Burma