Abbreviations and glossary

Table of contents

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A

ACLED

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project

Asayish

intelligence services of the KRG

 

C

CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union
COI country of origin information
CSID civil status identification documentation
CTS Counter Terrorism Service

 

E

EUAA European Union Agency for Asylum
ECHR Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights), as amended by Protocols Nos. 11 and 14, 4 November 1950
ECtHR European Court of Human Rights
ERW explosive remnants of war
EU European Union

 

F

fasliya A traditional practice, whereby family members, including women and children, are traded to settle tribal disputes
FGM/C female genital mutilation/cutting

 

I

IBC Iraq Body Count
ID identification documentation
IDP(s) internally displaced person(s)
IED improvised explosive device
IOM International Organization for Migration
IPA internal protection alternative
IRGC Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
ISF Iraqi Security Forces
ISIL The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State, or Daesh

 

K

KDP Kurdistan Democratic Party
KRG Kurdistan Regional Government
KRI Kurdistan Region of Iraq – refers to Dohuk, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah governorates

 

L

LGBTIQ

LGBTIQ people are people:

 

  • who are attracted to others of their own gender (lesbian, gay) or any gender (bisexual);
  • whose gender identity and/or expression does not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth (trans, non-binary);
  • who are born with sex characteristics that do not fit the typical definition of male or female (intersex); and
  • whose identity does not fit into a binary classification of sexuality and/or gender (queer)

 

M

Mukhtar local community leader

 

P

PDS Public Distribution System  
Peshmerga Military forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq  
PKK Kurdistan Worker’s Party  
PMF Popular Mobilisation Forces  
PUK Patriotic Union of Kurdistan  

 

Q

QD

(Qualification Directive)

 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted

QR

(Qualification Regulation)

 Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted, amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC and repealing Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

 

S

SOGIESC Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics
Sharia The religious law of Islam, Islamic canonical law

 

T

Takfir

an Arabic word meaning ‘unbeliever’;

extremist Islamist ideology employed by ISIL to declare individuals as apostates or impure, used against those who do not pledge allegiance.

 

U

UCDP Uppsala Conflict Data Program
UN United Nations
UNAMI United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
UNID Unified identification documentation 
UNRWA The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
US United States of America
UXO Unexploded ordnances