List of abbreviations and glossary

Table of contents

 

A • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • Q • R • S • T • U • W

 

A

ACLED

 Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
ACAPS Assessment Capacities Projects 
Agid  Tribal military leaders
Amir Tribal leaders
AOAV Action on Armed Violence

 

C

CAR Central African Republic
CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union
CPA Comprehensive Peace Agreement
COI Country of Origin Information
CRP Central Reserve Police
CRSV Conflict-Related Sexual Violence

 

D

Darfur Historically refers to the entire Darfur region, which was divided into three states in 1994 and then subsequently into five states in 2011. Sometimes it is also known as Greater Darfur
DUP Democratic Unionist Party

 

E

ERRs Emergency Response Rooms
EU+ countries  Member States of the European Union and associated countries
EUAA European Union Agency for Asylum

 

F

Faza'a An ancient pre-Islamic Sudanese tradition that allows tribes to call on their members and allies for support against attacks by other tribes or to take revenge for killings.
FFC Forces for Freedom and Change
FGM/C Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

 

G

GBV Gender-based Violence

 

H

Hudud In Muslim law, hudud (singular hadd) are the penalties explicitly established by the Koran and the Sunnah 

 

I

ICC International Criminal Court
IDP Internally Displaced Person
IOM International Organisation for Migration

 

J

Jana jaish Child soldiers
Janjaweed Arab nomad militia group operating in the Sahel region
JEM Justice and Equality Movement
JFASM Joint Force of Armed Struggle Movements also known as the 'Darfur Joint Forces' or 'Joint Forces'
JPA Juba Peace Agreement

 

K

Kordofans, The Referring to all Kordofan States or regions, also known as Greater Kordofan

 

L

LGBTIQ

LGBTIQ people are persons:

•    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).
LNA Libyan National Army (self-styled)
LSHTM London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

 

M

Mustanfareen The mobilised, referring to armed popular resistance

 

N

NCP National Congress Party  
NIAC Non-International Armed Conflicts  
NMJD National Movement for Justice and Development   
NUP National Umma Party  

 

O

OHCHR Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights  
Omda Leader of a village  

 

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.
Qisas In Muslim law, Qisas, are proportionate retaliation for intentional bodily harm or murder.
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.

 

R

RCs Resistance Committees 
RSF Rapid Support Forces

 

S

SA Sudan Alliance
SAF Sudan Armed Forces
SCP Sudan Congress Party
Sharia The religious law of Islam, Islamic canonical law
SLM Sudan Liberation Movement
SLM-AW  Sudan Liberation Movement – Abdel Wahid al-Nur
SLM-MM Sudan Liberation Movement – Minni Minnawi
SLM-Tambour Sudan Liberation Movement – Mustafa Tambour
SLM-TC Sudan Liberation Movement –Transitional Council
SOGIESC Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics
SPLM-N Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North
SPLM-N-Agar Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North-Malik Agar
SPLM-N-al-Hilu Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North-al-Hilu

 

T

Ta’zir In Muslim law, Ta’zir are discretionary punishments that can range from a harsh warning from the judge to corporal punishment such as flogging, imprisonment and exile. 

 

U

UAE United Arab Emirates
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
UNOCHA United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

 

W

WHO World Health Organisation