Untitled - International Commission of Jurists
Untitled - International Commission of Jurists
Untitled - International Commission of Jurists
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IBA [HRI] <strong>International</strong> Bar Association [Human Rights Institute]<br />
ICC <strong>International</strong> Coordinating Committee <strong>of</strong> National Human Rights<br />
Institutions [United Nations]<br />
ICCPR <strong>International</strong> Covenant on Civil and Political Rights<br />
IGP Inspector General <strong>of</strong> Police<br />
IIGEP <strong>International</strong> Independent Group <strong>of</strong> Eminent Persons<br />
IPKF Indian Peace Keeping Force<br />
JOC Joint Operations Command<br />
JSAB Judicial Services Advisory Board<br />
JSC Judicial Service <strong>Commission</strong><br />
JSDB Judicial Services Disciplinary Board<br />
JVP Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna<br />
LST Law & Society Trust<br />
Lt. Col. Lieutenant Colonel <strong>of</strong> Army<br />
Lt. General Lieutenant General <strong>of</strong> Army<br />
LTTE Liberation Tigers <strong>of</strong> Tamil Eelam<br />
MC Magistrate Court<br />
MIRJE Movement for Inter-Racial Justice and Equality<br />
MP Member <strong>of</strong> Parliament<br />
MPU Missing Persons Unit<br />
MSF Medecins Sans Frontieres<br />
NLR New Law Reports [a Sri Lankan publication <strong>of</strong> law reports]<br />
NPC National Police <strong>Commission</strong><br />
NSSP Nava Sama Samaja Party<br />
OIC Officer-in-Charge<br />
O Level Ordinary Level Examination<br />
P.C. President’s Counsel<br />
PCIIRP Presidential <strong>Commission</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Inquiry into the Involuntary Removal <strong>of</strong><br />
Persons<br />
PLOTE People’s Liberation Organization <strong>of</strong> Tamil Eelam<br />
PSO Public Security Ordinance, No. 25 <strong>of</strong> 1947 (as amended) [a statute]<br />
PTA Prevention <strong>of</strong> Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 <strong>of</strong> 1979 (as<br />
amended) [a statute]<br />
QC Queen’s Counsel<br />
RCT Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims<br />
RI Rigorous Imprisonment<br />
SC Supreme Court [<strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka]<br />
SCM Supreme Court Minutes<br />
SC (FR) No. Supreme Court Fundamental Rights Application Number<br />
SC Ref No. Supreme Court Reference Number<br />
SC (Spl.) L.A. No. Supreme Court Special Leave Application Number<br />
SD No. Supreme Court Determination Number<br />
SLFP Sri Lanka Freedom Party<br />
SLMC Sri Lanka Muslim Congress<br />
SLRC Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation<br />
SPCI Law Special Presidential <strong>Commission</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Inquiry Law No. 7 <strong>of</strong><br />
1978 (as amended)<br />
Sri LR Sri Lanka Law Reports [a Sri Lankan publication <strong>of</strong> law reports]<br />
SSP Senior Superintendent <strong>of</strong> Police [upper rank <strong>of</strong>ficers having wide range <strong>of</strong><br />
powers]<br />
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