Abbreviations

Abbreviations

AS Act

Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011

AUSIRAN

Australian United Solidarity for Iran

AWADA

Australian Wrongful and Arbitrary Detention Alliance

CFICC

Counter Foreign Interference Coordination Centre

COTUNA

Charter of the United Nations Act 1945

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

DPRK

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)

EO

Executive Order

Home Affairs

Department of Home Affairs

HRFC

Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell

HRG

Hostage Response Group

IRGC

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp

IRI

Islamic Republic of Iran

NGO

non-government organisation

PRC

People’s Republic of China

SOHA

Senior Official for Hostage Affairs

SPEHA

Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs

the Charter

Consular Services Charter

the committee

Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee

the Declaration

Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations

the Levinson Act

Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (US)

UK

United Kingdom

UN

United Nations

UNHRC

United Nations Human Rights Council

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

US

United States of America

WGAD

Working Group on Arbitrary Detention