For more international legal abbreviations, see the following guides:
A/ |
General Assembly (UN document symbol.) |
AChHPR |
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights |
ACHR |
American Convention on Human Rights |
AEC |
African Economic Community |
ASIL |
American Society of International Law |
AU |
African Union |
CRC/C/ |
Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN document symbol) |
CAT |
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
CISG |
Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods |
CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
CRC |
Convention on the Rights of the Child |
COE |
Council of Europe |
DSB |
Dispute Settlement Body |
E/ |
Economic and Social Council (UN document symbol) |
EC |
European Community |
ECHR |
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
ECSC |
European Coal and Steel Community |
EEC |
European Economic Community |
EISIL |
ASIL's Electronic Information System for International Law, www.eisil.org |
ELJ |
European Law Journal |
EJIL |
European Journal of International Law |
ERG |
ASIL’s Electronic Research Guide, http://www.asil.org/erg/ |
EU |
European Union |
GATS |
General Agreement on Trade in Services |
GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
HRC |
Human Rights Committee |
HUDOC |
Database of case law from the European Court of Human Rights, European Commission of Human Rights, and the Committee of Ministers |
ICC |
International Criminal Court |
ICESCR |
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
ICSID |
International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
ICTR |
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
IHRR |
International Human Rights Reports |
IEL |
International Environmental Law |
ILC |
International Law Commission |
ILM |
International Legal Materials |
ILR |
International Law Reports |
IP |
Intellectual Property |
LNTS |
League of Nations Treaty Series |
NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
NATLEX |
Database of national labor, social security, and human rights legislation |
NGO |
Non-government organization |
OAS |
Organization of American States |
OAU |
Organization for African Unity |
OHADA |
Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa |
OJ |
Official Journal of the European Communities |
OSCE |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
PCIJ |
Permanent Court of International Justice |
RUD |
Reservations, declarations, and understandings |
SCSL |
Special Court for Sierra Leone |
TEU |
Treaty on European Union |
UN HRC |
United Nations Human Rights Committee |
UNAT |
Administrative Tribunal of the United Nations |
UNBISnet |
UN Bibliographic Information System |
UNCHR |
United Nations Commission on Human Rights |
UNCIO |
United Nations Conference on International Organization |
UNCITRAL |
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
UNSG |
United Nations Secretary-General |
UNTS |
United Nations Treaty Series |
UNYB |
United Nations Yearbook |
VCLT |
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
WCT |
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty |
WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Organization |
WIPO Lex |
World Intellectual Property Organization Intellectual Property Laws and Treaties Database |
WPPT |
World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty |
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
YBCA |
Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration |