Acronyms AOF ECOWAS IOM UEMOA UNDP UNHCHR UNHCR UNICEF Afrique occidentale française (French West Africa) Economic Community of West African States International Organisation for Migration Union économique et monetaire ouest-africaine (West African Economic and Monetary Union) UN Development Programme UN High Commissioner for Human Rights UN High Commissioner for Refugees UN Children’s Fund French-English vocabulary list French English audience foraine attestation de refugié autochtone court hearing away from usual seat refugee identity document indigenous (note that indigenous does not have the pejorative connotation of indigène in French, while autochthonous is rarely used in English) criminal record (proof of) nationality certificate birth certificate court judgement on late birth registration laissez passer (one way travel document) citizenship/nationality from birth guardianship order residence permit legal presumption established by the appearance of the facts forcible return of a person to a place where they have a wellfounded fear of persecution safe conduct pass (for children) casier judiciaire certificat de nationalité extrait (d’acte) de naissance jugement supplétif laissez passer (titre de voyage) nationalité d’origine ordonnance de garde permis de séjour possession d’état refoulement sauf conduit iii