A/HRC/25/CRP.1 Acronyms 4 ACF Action contre la Faim (Action against Hunger) CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations HRNK Committee for Human Rights in North Korea HRW Human Rights Watch ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICNK International Coalition to Stop Crimes against Humanity in North Korea ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross KBA Korean Bar Association KCNA Korean Central News Agency of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea KINU Korea Institute for National Unification KPA Korean People’s Army KWAFU Korean War Abductees’ Family Union KWARI Korean War Abductees’ Research Institute LFNKR Life Funds for North Korean Refugees MPS Ministry of People’s Security MSF Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) NGO Non-governmental organization NHRCK National Human Rights Commission of Korea NKDB Database Center for North Korean Human Rights NKHR Citizens’ Alliance for North Korea Human Rights PDS Public Distribution System POW Prisoner of War ROK Republic of Korea SSD State Security Department UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees USA United States of America WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization WGEID Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances