Abbreviations
| aap | Allied Administrative Publication |
| ajp | Allied Joint Publication |
| ampl | Amplification |
| AP I/II | Additional Protocol I/II |
| cas | Close Air Support |
| cde | Collateral Damage Estimation |
| cdm | Collateral Damage Estimation Methodology |
| cer | Collateral Effects Radius |
| cha | Collateral Hazard Area |
| checo | Contemporary Historical Examination of Current Operations (U.S. project) |
| civcas | Civilian Casualties |
| cjcs | (U.S.) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| copd | Comprehensive Operations Planning Directive |
| desig | Designate |
| DoD | (U.S.) Department of Defense |
| dph | Direct Participation in Hostilities |
| dpko | Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| echr | European Convention of Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| EoF | Escalation of Force |
| frago | Fragmentary Order |
| GC | Geneva conventions; General Chamber of echr |
| gentext | General text |
| HA | Hostile Act |
| HI | Hostile Intent |
| iac | International Armed Conflict |
| icc | International Criminal Court |
| iccpr | International Convention on Civil and Political Rights |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| icl | International Criminal Law |
| icrc | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ihrl | International Human Rights Law |
| ied | Improvised Explosive Device |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| loac | Law of Armed Conflict |
| low | Law of War |
| macv | Military Assistance Command, Vietnam |
| MC | Military Committee |
| moag | Member(s) of Organised Armed Group |
| nac | North Atlantic Council |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| niac | Non-International Armed Conflict |
| nsl | No-Strike List |
| opcom | Operational Command |
| opcon | Operational Control |
| oplan | Operational Plan |
| pdss | Person with Designated Special Status |
| pid | Positive Identification |
| proe | (U.S.) Peacetime Rules of Engagement |
| qrf | Quick Reaction Force |
| roe | Rules of Engagement |
| roeauth | Rules of Engagement Authorisation |
| roeimpl | Rules of Engagement Implementation |
| roereq | Rules of Engagement Request |
| rtl | Restricted Target List |
| saceur | Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| shape | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| sofa | Status of Forces Agreement |
| sop | Standing Operating Procedures |
| sroe | (U.S.) Standing Rules of Engagement |
| stanag | Standardised Agreement |
| tacom | Tactical Command |
| tacon | Tactical Control |
| tcn | Troop Contributing Nation |
| tic | Troops in Contact |
| toa | Transfer of Authority |
| tst | Time Sensitive Targeting |
| TTP | Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures |
| unclos | United Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| unsc | United Nation Security Council |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |