ABBREVIATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

AHRC

Australian Human Rights Commission

Amnesty

Amnesty International Australia

Malaysian Arrangement or arrangement

Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Malaysia on Transfer and Resettlement

Bill

Migration Legislation Amendment (Offshore Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2011

CARAD

Coalition of Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Detainees

CAT

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

committee

Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee

CRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child

DASSAN

Darwin Asylum Seekers Support and Advocacy Network

DIAC or Department

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

EM

Explanatory Memorandum

Guardianship of Children Act

Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ICJA

International Commission of Jurists (Australia)

IOM

International Organisation for Migration

Migration Act

Migration Act 1958

Minister

Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

NGO

Non-Government Organisation

Ombudsman

Commonwealth and Immigration Ombudsman

Operational Guidelines

Operational guidelines to support transfers and resettlement

PNG

Papua New Guinea

Refugee Convention

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees

Refugee Protocol

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

RELA

Ikatan Relawan Rakyat (People's Volunteer Corps)

Transferees

the 800 asylum seekers to be sent to Malaysia

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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