ABBREVIATION |
MEANING |
AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
AEC |
Australian Electoral Commission |
AFP |
Australian Federal Police |
ASAS |
Asylum Seekers Assistance Scheme |
ASP |
Asylum Seekers Project |
CAAIP |
Committee to Advise on Australia's Immigration Policies |
CAT |
Convention Against Torture |
CCJDP |
Catholic Commission for Justice,
Development and Peace |
CLA |
Christopher Levingston & Associates |
CROC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
DIMA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural
Affairs (now DIMIA) |
DIMIA |
Department of Immigration and Multicultural
and Indigenous Affairs |
DLO |
Departmental liaison officer |
EXCOM |
Executive Committee (of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees) |
HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
IAAAS |
Immigration Application Advice and
Assistance Scheme |
IARC |
Immigration Advice and Rights Centre |
ICCPR |
International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights |
IRT |
Immigration Review Tribunal |
LAC |
Legal Aid Commission |
MARA |
Migration Agents Registration Authority |
MIA |
Migration Institute of Australia |
MIRO |
Migration Internal Review Office |
MIU |
Ministerial Intervention Unit |
MRT |
Migration Review Tribunal |
MSI |
Migration Series Instruction |
NGO |
Non-government organisation |
PCMS |
Parliamentary Correspondence Management
System |
Refugee Convention |
Convention Relating to the Status of
Refugees |
RRT |
Refugee Review Tribunal |
SBICLS |
South Brisbane Immigration and Community Legal Service |
UNCAT |
United Nations Committee Against Torture |
UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees |