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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2024

Edited by
Michelle Foster ,
Jaclyn Neo  and
Christoph Sperfeldt
Michelle Foster
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Jaclyn Neo
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
Christoph Sperfeldt
Affiliation:
Macquarie University, Sydney

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Statelessness in Asia , pp. xviii - xx
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

Abbreviations

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BBC

British Broadcasting Corporation

BIN

Indonesia’s national intelligence agency

BJP

Bhartiya Janata Party

BNPT

Indonesian National Counter-Terrorism Agency

CA

Central Asia

CANS

Central Asian Network on Statelessness

CCP

Chinese Communist Party

CEDAW

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CIC

Ceylon Indian Congress

CRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child

CRPD

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

CTITF

United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force

DFA

Department of Foreign Affairs, the Philippines

DOJ

Department of Justice, the Philippines

FAKSI

Forum Aktivis Syariat Islam (Forum of Islamic Law Activists)

FSU

Former Soviet Union

FVLWB

Ferghana Valley Lawyers without Borders

GCPIO

Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin Act

HRC

Human Rights Committee

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICERD

IInternational Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

ICESCR

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ICJ

International Court of Justice

IMDT

Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act

INC

Indian National Congress

IPRA

Indian and Pakistani Residents (Citizenship) Act

ISIS

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

JAT

Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid

JCPC

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

JI

Jemaah Islamiyah

JTJ

Jamaah Tauhid wal Jihad

KMT

Kuomintang

KTP

Kartu Tanda Penduduk (Indonesian identification card)

LSSP

Lanka Sama Samaja Party, Sri Lanka

MIB

West Indonesian Mujahideen

MIT

Mujahideen Indonesia Timor

MOOTW

Military Operations Other Than War

MyKad

Kad Pengenalan Malaysia (Malaysia’s identification card)

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NIA

National Immigration Agency, Taiwan

NLD

National League for Democracy, Myanmar

NRC

National Register of Citizens, India

OI

Original Inhabitants

PhilID

Philippine Identification Card

POLRI

The State Police of the Republic of Indonesia

PRC

People’s Republic of China

RoC

Republic of China

RSD

Refugee Status Determination

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SEA

Southeast Asia

SSD

Stateless Status Determination

TNI

Indonesian National Armed Forces

TPB-UNODC

UN Office for Drugs and Crime Terrorism Prevention Branch

TSMP

Tun Sakaran Marine Park

UDHR

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UN

United Nations

UNCTED

United Nations Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNGCTS

United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNP

United National Party

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

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