ACHR American Convention on Human Rights

							                                                ACRONIMI

A


ABA              American Bar Association
ACHR             American Convention on Human Rights
ALI              American Law Institut
Art.             Article
Art(s).          Articles
ASEAN            Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATCA             Alien Tort Claims Act (USA)
AU               African Union


B


BGB              Bundesgesetzbuch
BGH              Bundesgerichtshof
BIT              Bilateral Investment Treaty


C


CA               Court of Appeal
CA               Corte d’appello/Cour d’appel
(Milano/Paris)
C Cost           Corte costituzionale (Italy)
Cass (fr)        Cour de cassation (France)
Cass (it)        Corte di cassazione (Italy)
Cod. Civ.        Codice civile (Italy)/Code civil (France)
ccp              Code of Civil Procedure
cpp              Codice procedura penale
CEDAW            Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
CENTCOM          Central Command
CERD             International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CESCR            Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CFI              (EC) Court of First Instance
CIS              Commonwealth of Independent States
CJ               Code Judiciaire (Belgium)
CP               Codice penale (Italy)
cpc              Codice di procedura civile (Italy)
cpp              Codice di procedura penale (Italy)
CPR              Civil procedure Rules
CRC              Convention on the Rights of the Child
CSCE             Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CST              (EC) Civil Service Tribunal

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D


dlg.       Decreto legislativo
dl.        Decreto legge
dpr.       Decreto presidenziale
DGS        Directorate of General Security
Doc        Document (followed by official classification number)
DoD        Department of Defence


E


EAEC       European Atomic Energy Community/Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community


EC         European Community/Treaty establishing the European Community
ECHR       European Convention of Human Rights
ECJ        European Court of Justice
ECommHR    European Commission of Human Rights
ECOSOC     Economic and Social Council
ECSC       European Coal and Steel Community/Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community


ECT        Energy Charter Treaty
ECtHR      European Court of Human Rights
ed/eds     Editor/Editors
EEC        European Economic Community/Treaty establishing the European Economic Community


EGBGB      Einführungssezetz zum BGB
EIB        European Investment Bank
et seq     following/seguenti
EU         European Union/Treaty on European Union
EWCA       Court of Appeal, England and Wales
EWHC       High Court, England and Wales


F


FRY        Federal Republic of Yugoslavia


G


GAO        General Accounting Office (USA)
GAOR       United Nations General Assembly Official Records
Geneva I   Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the
           Field of 12 August 1949


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Geneva II    Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked in Armed
             Forces at the Sea of 12 August 1949
Geneva III   Convention relative to the Protection of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949
Geneva IV    Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949



H


HCHR         High Commissioner for Human Rights
HG           Handelsgericht (Austria)
Hrsg.        Herausgeber
HL           House of Lords (UK)
HR           Hoge Raad (Netherlands)
HRC          Human Rights Committee
HRW          Human Rights Watch


I


IACAC        Inter-American Commercial arbitration Commission
IACommHR     Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
IACtHR       Inter-American Court on Human Rights
IBA          International Bar Association
ICAO         International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC          International Chamber of Commerce (when followed by award/year number, it designates an arbitral
             award) or International Criminal Court
ICCA         International Council for Commercial Arbitration
ICCPR        International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR       International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICJ          International Court of Justice
ICRC         International Committee of the Red Cross
ICSID        International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
ICTR         International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY         International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
IHL          International Humanitarian Law
ILA          International Law association
ILC          International Law Commission
ILO          International Labour Organization
ILOAT        Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization
IMT          International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Tribunal)
IMTFE        International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokio Tribunal)


L



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LDIP          Loi fédérale sur le Droit International Privé (Switzerland)
LG            Landgericht (Germany)/Landesgericht (Austria)


N


n             Numero
NAFTA         North American Free Trade Agreement
NATO          North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCPC          Nouveau Code de Procédure Civile (France)
NGOs          Non Governmental Organizations
No            number (of an Act, Report etc)
no            Number


O


OECD          Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGH           Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria)
OLG           Oberlandesgerichtshof (Germany or Austria)
OSCE          Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe


P


Par.          Paragrafo
para/paras    paragraph/paragraphs
PC            Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (United Kingdom)
PCA           Permanent Court of Arbitration
PCIJ          Permanent Court of International Justice
PE            Parlamento europeo
PLO           Palestine Liberation Organization
POW           Prisoner of War
Protocol I    Protocol Additional to Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of
              Victims of International Armed Conflicts of 8 June 1977
Protocol II   Protocol Additional to Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of
              Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts of 8 June 1977


R


RSC           Rules of the Supreme Court (England & Wales)


S


SC            Supreme Court
SCSL          Special Court for Sierra Leone

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T


TF         Tribunal fédéral (Switzerland)
TGI        Tribunal de Grande Instance
TPI        Tribunal de Première Instance
TS         Tribunal Supremo (Spain)


U


UDHR       Universal Declaration on Human Rights
UKPC       United Kingdom Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
UN         United Nations Organization
UN Doc     Documents of the United Nations
UNCAT      United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
           Punishment
UNCC       United Nations Compensation Commission
UNCITRAL   United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNCTAD     United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP       United Nations Development Programme
UNEP       United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO     United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNGA       United Nations General Assembly
UNPROFOR   United Nations Protection Force
UNRWA      United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
UNSC       United Nations Security Council
UNSCOR     United Nations Security Council Official Records
UNSG       United Nations Secretary General
USC        United States Code


V


vol/vols   volume/volumes


Z
ZPO        Zivilprozeβordnung (Germany)




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