POLICY BRIEFS ON IDENTIFIED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES Acronyms and Abbreviations 1951 Refugee Convention 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees 1967 Protocol 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 1954 Statelessness Convention 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 1961 Statelessness Convention 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness ACSG Asylum Capacity Support Group AEP Alien Employment Permit ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BI Bureau of Immigration CA Commonwealth Act CAMP COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CoC Certificate of Concurrence CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child CSOs Civil Society Organizations CWC Council for the Welfare of Children DFA Department of Foreign Affairs DILG Department of the Interior and Local Government DOJ Department of Justice DOLE Department of Labor and Employment DOT Department of Tourism DTI Department of Trade and Industry ExCom Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme GCM Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration GCR Global Compact on Refugees HLS High-Level Segment on Statelessness HB House Bill HRC Human Rights Committee IASC Inter-Agency Steering Committee on the Protection of Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Stateless Persons in the Philippines ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights JMC Joint Memorandum Circular NAP National Action Plan to End Statelessness by 2024 NPAC National Commission on Indigenous Peoples OFs Overseas Filipinos OSG Office of the Solicitor General PAO Public Attorney’s Office PCW Philippine Commission on Women PDP Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 PSA Philippine Statistics Authority UNHCR / October 2021 3