| A | Article |
| AIR | All India Reporter |
| APHC | All Party Hurriyat Conference |
| BL | British Library, London |
| CA | Court of Appeal |
| CERD | The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination 1966 |
| CJK | Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Cmd | Command Papers |
| CO | Constitutional Order |
| COI | Constitution of India |
| CRO | Commonwealth Relations Office |
| CTBT | The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
| DFP | Democratic Freedom Party |
| DO | Dominion Office |
| EUPCFA | EU Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FO | Foreign Office |
| FP | Foreign Policy |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
| FRs | Fundamental Rights |
| FRUS | Foreign Relations of the United States |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic |
| GOIA | Government of India Act 1935 |
| GOI | Government of India |
| GOP | Government of Pakistan |
| HCD | House of Commons Debates |
| HCL | House of Commons Library |
| HCOR | House of Commons, Official Report |
| HCP | Habeas Corpus Petition |
| HCPP | House of Commons Parliamentary Papers |
| HCW | High Court Writ |
| HLOR | House of Lords, Official Reports |
| HLRO | House of Lords Record Office |
| HMSO | His Majesty’s Stationary Office |
| HRC | Human Rights Committee |
Letter code for Wartime Headquarters of the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) | |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights |
| IC | International Community |
| IIA | Indian Independence Act |
| ILC | International Law Commission |
| IOA | Instrument of Accession |
| IOK | India Occupied Kashmir |
| IOR | India Office Records |
| IPC | Indian Penal Code |
| J&K | Former State of Jammu and Kashmir |
| JKA (J) | Jammu and Kashmir Archives, Jammu Repository |
| JKA (S) | Jammu and Kashmir Archives, Srinagar Repository |
| JKA | Jammu and Kashmir Archives |
| JKCA | The J&K Constituent Assembly |
| JKLF | Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front |
| JKJ | Jammu and Kashmir Judgements |
| JKLR | Jammu & Kashmir Law Reporter |
| KFOR | Kosovo Force |
| KLA | Kosovo Liberation Army |
| LOC | Line of Control |
| LON | League of Nations |
| LP | Legal Position |
| MB | Mountbatten Papers, Special Collections Databases, the Hartley Library, University of Southampton |
| Mss Eur | Manuscripts European (British Library, India Office Records: Private Papers) |
| NAI | National Archives of India |
| NAL | The National Archives, London (Kew) |
| NC | All Jammu and Kashmir National Conference |
| NCM | National Commission for Minorities |
| NDTV | New Delhi Television |
| NHRC | National Human Rights Commission |
| NPT | The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
| NSGT | Non-Self-Governing Territories |
| NWFP | North West Frontier Province |
| OER | Old English Records |
| OWP | Other Writ Petition: OWP |
Permanent Court of Arbitration | |
| PF | Plebiscite Front |
| PHRA | The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 |
| POK | Pakistan Occupied Kashmir |
| QB | Queen’s Bench |
| RdC | Recueil des cours de l’Académie de droit international |
| Samvat | Term used to refer to era used in Hindu calendars. In Kashmir Vikrama Samvat was prevalent. In order to convert dates to the currently used Gregorian calendar 57 or 56 years are added. |
| SCOR | Security Council Official Record |
| SCR | Security Council Resolution |
| SC | Supreme Court |
| SHRC | State Human Rights Commissions |
| SLJ | Srinagar Law Journal |
| S | Section |
| TOA | Treaty of Amritsar |
| TWAIL | Third World Approach to International Law |
| UJC | United Jihad Council |
| UNAMET | UN Mission in East Timor |
| UNC | United Nations Charter |
| UNCHR | United Commission for Human Rights |
| UNCIP | United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNMIK | UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
| UNMOGIP | United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan |
| UNMPTAK | (Proposed) UN Military-Political Transitional Administration for Kashmir |
| UNTAET | UN Transitional Administration in East Timor |
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