AANES | Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria |
AAP | Accountability to Affected Populations |
ANSA | Armed Non-State Actor |
CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
CESCR | Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (UN) |
CIHL | Customary International Humanitarian Law |
CPMS | Child Protection Minimum Standards |
CRC | Convention on the Rights of the Child |
CRPD | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
HLP | Housing, Land and Property |
HRBA | Human Rights-Based Approach |
HRDD | Human Rights Due Diligence |
HTS | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham |
IAC | International Armed Conflict |
IASC | Inter-Agency Standing Committee (UN) |
ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights |
ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
IDP | Internally Displaced Person |
IHL | International Humanitarian Law |
IHRL | International Human Rights Law |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
INGO | International Non-Governmental Organization |
LNGO | Local Non-Governmental Organisation |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
NIAC | Non-International Armed Conflict |
OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN) |
OHCHR | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN) |
PCM | Project Cycle Management |
PSEAH | Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Harassment |
PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
R2HE | Right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment |
SDF | Syrian Democratic Forces |
SNA | Syrian National Army |
UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
UNCAT | United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
UNGPs | United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights |
UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
WASH | Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene |
List of Acronyms
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Updated on April 13, 2025