ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACHPR or “the Commission” AIDS ART AU CEDAW CRC DEVW ECCC ECOWAS FGM FIDH HIV ICC ICGLR ICTR ICTY LHR NHRI OHCHR PEP PKO SADC SCSL SDGEA STI UDHR UN UNHCR UNSC WHO African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Antiretroviral Therapy African Union Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women Convention on the Rights of the Child Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Economic Community of West African States Female genital mutilation International Federation for Human Rights Human Immunodeficiency Virus International Criminal Court International Conference on the Great Lakes Region International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Lawyers for Human Rights – South Africa National Institutions for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Post-exposure prophylaxis Peacekeeping operation South African Development Community Special Court for Sierra Leone Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa Sexually transmitted infection Universal Declaration of Human Rights United Nations Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Security Council of the United Nations World Health Organisation GUIDELINES ON COMBATING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN AFRICA 11