Abbreviations and Acronyms
| AGA | Additional Government Agent |
| CAT | Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| CFA | Ceasefire agreement |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Department |
| CRC | Convention on the Rights the Child |
| EMPPR 2005 | Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions and Powers) Regulation, No. 1 of 2005 as amended |
| EPPTSTAR 2006 | Emergency (Prevention and Prohibition of Terrorism and Specified Terrorist Activities) Regulation, No. 7 of 2006 as amended |
| GA | Government Agent |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| HRCSL | Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka |
| IAAC | Inter-Agency Advisory Committee |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICC-NHRI | International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICTR | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| IDPs | internally displaced persons |
| IIGEP | International Independent Group of Eminent Persons |
| INGO | international non-governmental organization |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| JVP | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or People’s Liberation Front |
| LLRC | Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission |
| LST | Law & Society Trust |
| LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| MBRL | Multi-Barrel Rocket Launchers |
| MSF | Médecins Sans Frontières |
| NFZ | No Fire Zone |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| NHRI | national human rights institution |
| OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OLA | Office of Legal Affairs |
| PARC | Protective Accommodation and Rehabilitation Centre |
| PLOTE | People’s Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam |
| PSO | Public Security Ordinance, No. 25 of 1947 |
| PTA | Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1979 |
| PTK | Puthukkudiyiruppu |
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