Mapping Children on the Move within Africa LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACERWC African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare  of the Child ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights ACPF African Child Policy Forum ACRWC African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child AU African Union CRC Committee on the Rights of the Child  CRC  Convention on the Rights of the Child DAC Day of the African Child DIIS Danish Institute for International Studies DRC  Democratic Republic of Congo EAC East African Community EU European Union ECA Economic Commission for Africa ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States HRW  Human Rights Watch ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICESCR International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights IHRDA Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa INGO International Non-Governmental Organizations  IOM International Organization for Migration REC Regional Economic Community RMMS Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat SADC Southern African Development Community UK United Kingdom UN  United Nations  UNDESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs UNHCR United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF  United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund 1