List of Abbreviations ACHPR African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights ACtHPR African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights AFRC Armed Force Revolutionary Council CAT Committee Against Torture CEDAW Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women COHRE Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions DPP Director of Public Prosecutions DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo ECCC Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia ECtHR European Court of Human Rights ECOWAS Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of the West African States EECC Eritrea Ethiopia Claims Commission HRC Human Rights Committee IACHR Inter-American Commission of Human Rights IACtHR Inter-American Court of Human Rights ICC International Criminal Court ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia IHL International Humanitarian Law IWHRC International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic LTTE Lankan Tigers of Tamil Eelam NGO Non-governmental Organisation NHRC National Human Rights Commission OAU Organization of African Unity OTP Office of the Prosecutor PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration PRWA Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa PTC Pre-Trial Chamber RUF Revolutionary United Front SADC Southern African Development Community SCSL Special Court of Sierra Leone UNCAT United Nations Convention Against Torture WIGJ Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice vi INTRODUCTION | REDRESS