Abbreviations

AB

Appellate Body

ANSA

Armed non-state actor(s)

APL

Anti-personnel mines

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BIC

Bank Information Center

CAO

Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman

CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

CEO

Chief executive officer

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CSO

Chief sales officer

DAWN

Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era

DSM

Dispute Settlement Mechanism

ECtHR

European Court of Human Rights

EDF

Environment Defense Fund (now Environment Defense)

EPI

Environment Policy Institute (now Friends of the Earth)

GHP

Global Health Partnerships

GNI

Gross national income

GNWP

Global Network of Women Peacebuilders

HRC

Human Rights Council

HPTLO

Human Protection Transnational Legal Order

IAW

International Alliance of Women

IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICC

International Criminal Court

ICERD

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

ICJ

International Court of Justice

ICSID

International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes

IDA

International Development Association

ICW

International Council of Women

IFC

International Finance Cooperation

IHL

International humanitarian law

IHRL

International human rights law

IIM

Independent Investigation Mechanism

IL

International law

ILO

International Labour Organization

IO

International organisation

IOM

International Organization for Migration

IPAM

Independent Project Accountability Mechanism

IR

International Relations

IRN

International Rivers Network

IRM

Independent Recourse Mechanism

IRM

Independent Review Mechanism

KGB

Committee for State Security (Soviet Union)

LIO

Liberal international order

MBT

Mine Ban Treaty

MDB

Multilateral development banks

MICI

Consultation and Investigation Mechanism

MIGA

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NGOWg

NGO Working Group on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda

NRDC

Natural Resources Defense Council

NWF

National Wildlife Federation

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OHCHR

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

OP

Operational policies

OSCE

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

PCM

Project Complaint Mechanism

RO

Regional organisation

R2P

Responsibility to Protect

TFN

Transnational Feminist Network

TLO

Transnational legal orders

TRIPS

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNDRIP

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNSC

United Nations Security Council

UNSCR

United Nations Security Council Resolution

VAW

Violence against women

WILPF

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

WEDO

Women’s Environmental and Development Organization

WHO

World Health Organization

WIDE

Women in Development Europe

WPS

Women, Peace and Security (agenda)

WTO

World Trade Organization

WWI

World War I

WWII

World War II