| AFDI | Annuaire Français de Droit International |
| AIDI | Annuaire de l’Institut de Droit International |
| AJIL | American Journal of International Law |
| ANSAs | Armed Non-State Actors |
| API | 1977 First Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on Humanitarian Law |
| APII | 1977 Second Protocol to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on Humanitarian Law |
| BYIL | British Yearbook of International Law |
| CIL | Customary International Law |
| CPW | Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness |
| CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CPA | Comprehensive Peace Agreement |
| ECHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EHRC | European Human Rights Convention (1950) |
| EJIL | European Journal of International Law |
| EU | European Union |
| FIA | Fédération Internationale Aéronautique |
| FRY | The Former Republic of Yusgoslavia |
| FYRM | The Former Yusgoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| GE 1949 | 1949 Geneva Conventions on International Humanitarian Law |
| HR | Human Rights |
| IAC | International Armed Conflict |
| IACHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| ICC | The International Criminal Court |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICLQ | International and Comparative Law Quarterly |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yusgoslavia |
| IDI | Institut de Droit International |
| IHL | International Humanitarian Law |
| ILC | International Law Commission of the United Nations |
| ILM | International Legal Materials |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
International Law Reports | |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMO | International Maritime Organisation |
| IMT | International Military Tribunal |
| IO | International Organization |
| IR | International Responsibility |
| IR 1996 | Provisional Draft Articles on State Responsibility for internationally Wrongfull Act (adopted by the International Law Commission of the United Nations, 1996) |
| IR 2001 | Articles on State Responsibility for internationally Wrongfull Act (Adopted by the International Law Commission of the United Nations, 2001) |
| IWA | Internationally Wrongful Act |
| IYIL | Italian Yearbook of International Law |
| LoN | League of Nations |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NIAC | Non-International Armed Conflict |
| NLM | National Liberation Movements |
| NM | Nautical Miles |
| NYU | New York University |
| PCA | Permanent Court of Arbitration |
| PCIJ | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| PIL | Public International Law |
| PLO | Palestine Liberation Organization |
| POLISARIOPopular Front for the Liberation of Sanguia e-Hamra and Rio de Oro (Western | |
| Sahara) | |
| RCADI | Recueil des Cours de l’Académie de Droit International |
| RDI | Rivista di Diritto Internazionale |
| RDISDP | Revue de Droit International et des Sciences Diplomatiques, Politiques et Sociales |
| RGDIP | Revue Générale de Droit international Public |
| RIAA | Report of International Arbitral Awards |
| RPD | Règlement Pacifique des Différends |
| RSDIE | Revue Suisse de Droit International et Européen |
| SPLA | Sudan People’s Liberation Army |
| SPLM | Sudan People’s Liberation Movement |
| TRNC | The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
| UNC | United Nations Charter |
| UNCLOS III | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948) | |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNO | United Nations Organisation |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| US | United States |
| USSR | The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| UNTAET | United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor |
| UNWCC | United Nations War Crimes Commission |
| VCDR 1961 | Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (April 18, 1961) |
| VCLT | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (May 23, 1969) |
| VCSS 1978 | Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties (August 23, 1978) |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WWI | World War I |
| WWII | World War II |
| YILC | Yearbook of International Law Commission |