| 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