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Glossary of Terms

An age of uncertainty

Inquiry into the treatment of individuals suspected of people smuggling offences who say that they are children

Glossary of Terms

Abbreviation
Term
AFP
Australian Federal Police
AGD
Attorney-General’s Department
ALARA
As Low As Reasonably Achievable
ARPANSA
Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
CDPP
Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CJSC
Criminal Justice Stay Certificate
CJSV
Criminal Justice Stay Visa
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
DFAT
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DIAC
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
DOB
Date of birth
IAEA
International Atomic Energy Agency
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
INP
Indonesian National Police
MOB
Ministers’ Office Brief
MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging
NTLAC
Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission
OIL
Office of International Law, Attorney-General’s Department
OPG
OrthoPantomoGraphic x-ray
QTB
Question Time Brief
RANZCR
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
SIEV
Suspected Irregular Entry Vessel
UAM
Unaccompanied minor
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
VLA
Victoria Legal Aid

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