Abbreviations
| ADF |
Allied Democratic Forces |
| AfCHPR |
African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights |
| ALIR |
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda |
| AMISOM |
African Union (AU) Mission in Somalia |
| AMYC |
Ansar Muslim Youth Centre |
| ATPU |
Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (Kenya) |
| CCM |
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Tanzania) |
| CEWARN |
Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism |
| CNDD-FDD |
National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for the Defence of Democracy (Burundi) |
| CNIDH |
Independent National Commission on Human Rights (Burundi) |
| CORD |
Coalition for Reform and Democracy (Kenya) |
| CUF |
Civic United Front (Zanzibar) |
| DPP |
Director of Public Prosecutions |
| EACJ |
East African Court of Justice |
| EASF |
East Africa Standby Force |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
| ESO |
External Security Organisation (Uganda) |
| FAR |
Forces Armées Rwandaises |
| FATF |
Financial Action Task Force |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation (United States) |
| FDC |
Forum for Democratic Change (Uganda) |
| FDLR |
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda |
| FIB |
UN Force Intervention Brigade |
| FNL |
National Forces of Liberation (Burundi) |
| GCTF |
Global Counterterrorism Forum |
| ICC |
International Criminal Court |
| ICD |
International Crimes Division (High Court of Uganda) |
| ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
| ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICTR |
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
| IGAD |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| IGG |
Inspector General of Government (Uganda) |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| IPI |
International Peace Institute |
| IPK |
Islamic Party of Kenya |
| IPOA |
Independent Policing Oversight Authority (Kenya) |
| ISO |
Internal Security Organisation (Uganda) |
| JATT |
Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force (Uganda) |
| KANU |
Kenya African National Union |
| KDF |
Kenya Defence Forces |
| KNCHR |
Kenya National Commission of Human Rights |
| KNFP |
Kenya National Focal Point |
| KPR |
Kenya Police Reserve |
| LRA |
Lord’s Resistance Army |
| MINUSCA |
UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic |
| MINUSMA |
UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali |
| MLAT |
Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty |
| NCHR |
National Commission for Human Rights (Rwanda) |
| NCRC |
National Constitutional Review Commission (South Sudan) |
| NCTC |
National Counterterrorism Center (Kenya) |
| NCTC |
National Counterterrorism Center (Tanzania) |
| NFP |
National Focal Point (Uganda) |
| NRM |
National Resistance Movement (Uganda) |
| ODM |
Orange Democratic Movement (Kenya) |
| PFLP |
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
| PNU |
Party of National Unity (Kenya) |
| RECSA |
Regional Centre on Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States |
| RDF |
Rwandan Defense Forces |
| RPF |
Rwandan Patriotic Front |
| RTLM |
Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (Rwanda) |
| SALW |
Small Arms and Light Weapons |
| SLAA |
Security Laws (Amendment) Act of 2014 (Kenya) |
| SLDF |
Sabaot Land Defense Force |
| SPLA |
Sudanese People’s Liberation Army |
| TANU |
Tanganyika National African Union |
| UMFF |
Uganda Muslim Freedom Fighters |
| UNAMID |
UN-African Union Mission in Darfur |
| UNDP |
UN Development Programme |
| UNMISS |
UN Mission in South Sudan |
| UNODC |
UN Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNSCR |
UN Security Council Resolution |
| UPDF |
Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces |