Abbreviations
Rārangi whakarāpototanga

ACE

Adult and community education

ACYA

Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa

ADA Act

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966

APHR

Action Plan for Human Rights

BoRA

New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

CAB

Citizens Advice Bureaux

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

CERD

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

CP (MIP)

Criminal Procedure (Mentally Impaired Persons) Act 2003

CTO

Compulsory Treatment Order

DDRIP

Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

DHB

District Health Board

ECE

Early childhood education

EEO

Equal employment opportunity

ERO

Education Review Office

HRA

Human Rights Act 1993

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ILO

International Labour Organisation

ISCOP

International Students' Code of Practice (Code of Practice for the Pastoral Care of International Students)

MFaT

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

MH(CAT) Act

Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992

MoE

Ministry of Education

MoWA

Ministry of Women's Affairs

MSD

Ministry of Social Development

NCEA

National Certificate of Educational Achievement

NGO

Non-government organisation

NZDF

New Zealand Defence Force

NZQA

New Zealand Qualifications Authority

NZUSA

NZ University Students' Association

OCC

Office of the Children's Commissioner

OECD

Organisation for Economic and Cultural Development

OHCHR

Office of the High Commission for Human Rights

PARS

New Zealand Prisoner's Aid and Rehabilitation Society

PCA

Police Complaints Authority

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

SRI

Suspension Reduction Initiative

TEC

Tertiary Education Commission

TEI

Tertiary education institution

UDHR

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UNCRC

United Nations Children's Rights Committee

UNCROC

Convention on the Rights of the Child

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

UNHCHR

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNCHR

United Nations Commission on Human Rights

UNHRC

United Nations Human Rights Committee

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