| ACHR | American Convention on Human Rights |
| ACLU | American Civil Liberties Union |
| AFA 2006 | Armed Forces Act 2006 (UK) |
| AG | Attorney General |
| AIHRC | Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission |
| AP I | Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 (1977) |
| AP II | Additional Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 (1977) |
| CF | Canadian Forces |
| CFNIS | Canadian Forces National Investigation Service |
| CID | US Army Criminal Investigation Command |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| DMP | Director of Military Prosecutions (Canada) |
| DoD | Department of Defense (US) |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| GOI | Government of Israel |
| HMIC | Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (UK) |
| HRCm | Human Rights Committee |
| HRW | Human Rights Watch |
| IAC | International Armed Conflict |
| IACHR | Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |
| IACtHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
| IDF | Israel Defence Forces |
| IHL | International Humanitarian Law |
| IHRL | International Human Rights Law |
| ILC | International Law Commission |
| IPCC | Independent Police Complaints Commission (UK) |
| ISAF | International Security Assistance Force |
| JAG | Judge Advocate General (Canada, US) |
| LOAC | Law of Armed Conflict |
| MAG | Military Advocate General (Israel) |
| MJA | Military Justice Act 1955 (Israel) |
Ministry of Defence (UK) | |
| MP | Military Police |
| MPCC | Military Police Complaints Commission (Canada) |
| MPCID | Military Police Criminal Investigation Division (Israel) |
| MSF | Médecins Sans Frontières |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| NDA | National Defence Act (Canada) |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NIAC | Non-International Armed Conflict |
| oPt | Occupied Palestinian Territory |
| PA | Palestinian National Authority |
| PIID | Police Internal Investigations Department (Israel) |
| QR&Os | Queen Regulations and Orders (Canada) |
| RMP | Royal Military Police (UK) |
| RoE | Rules of Engagement |
| SIB | Special Investigation Branch (UK) |
| SIR | Shooting Incident Review (UK) |
| UNAMA | UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan |
| UNCHR | UN Commission on Human Rights |
| UNGA | UN General Assembly |
| UNHRC | UN Human Rights Council |
| UNSC | UN Security Council |