DESK REVIEW ON POPULATIONS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS
Acronyms and
Abbreviations
UNHCR / April 2021
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
BARMM
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
BASULTA
Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi
BI
Bureau of Immigration
CA
Commonwealth Act
CHRP
Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines
CID
Criminal Investigation Department
CoE
Certificate of Eligibility
COWA
Committee on Overseas Workers’ Affairs
CRVS
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
DFA
Department of Foreign Affairs
DOJ – RSPPU
Department of Justice – Refugees and Stateless Persons Protection Unit
DOLE
Department of Labor and Employment
DSWD
Department of Social Welfare and Development
ESCAP
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
ICRRA
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
IOM
International Organization for Migration
Komnas HAM
National Commission on Human Rights of Indonesia
LRI
Labor Reform Initiative
MC
Memorandum Circular
MOU
Memorandum of Understanding
NAP
National Action Plan to End Statelessness by 2024
NCIP
National Commission on Indigenous Peoples
NGO
Non-Government Organization
OFs
Overseas Filipinos
OFWs
Overseas Filipino Workers
OSG
Office of the Solicitor General
PDP
Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022
PID
Persons of Indonesian Descent
PJD
Persons of Japanese Descent
PNLSC
Philippine Nikkei-jin Legal Support Center
POC
Persons of Concern
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