Abbreviations
| aalco | Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization |
| Aarhus Convention | Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters of 25 June 1998 (sr 0.814.07) |
| ag-bs | Appellationsgericht des Kantons Basel-Stadt (Court of Appeals of the canton of Basel-Stadt) |
| ap ii | Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts of 8 June 1977 (sr 0.518.522) |
| App | Application |
| arsiwa | Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts |
| art. | article(s) |
| bdp | Bürgerlich-Demokratische Partei (Conservative Democratic Party) |
| bge | Amtliche Sammlung der Entscheidungen des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts (official compendium of the decisions of the Swiss Federal Tribunal) |
| BGer | Bundesgericht (Swiss Federal Tribunal) |
| bis | Bank for International Settlements |
| bk | book |
| BVerfG | Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Federal Constitutional Court) |
| BVerfGE | Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (decisions of the German Federal Constitutional Court) |
| cedaw | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women of 18 December 1979 (sr 0.108) |
| cerd | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 21 December 1965 (sr 0.104) |
| cern | European Organization for Nuclear Research (formerly: Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire) |
| cescr | un Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ch | chapter |
| cil | customary international law |
| cjeu | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| cj-ge | Cour de justice du canton de Genève (Supreme Court of the canton of Geneva) |
| cls | Critical Legal Studies |
| Cst. | Constitution of the Swiss Confederation of 18 April 1999 (sr 101) |
| Cst-be | Constitution of the canton of Bern of 6 June 1993 (sr 131.212) |
| Cst-bs | Constitution of the canton of Basel-Stadt of 23 March 2005 (sr 131.222.1) |
| Cst-fr | Constitution of the canton of Fribourg of 16 May 2004 (sr 131.219) |
| Cst-ge | Constitution of the Republic and canton of Geneva of 14 October 2012 (sr 131.234) |
| Cst-ti | Constitution of the canton of Ticino of 14 December 1997 (sr 131.229) |
| Cst-zh | Constitution of the canton of Zurich of 27 February 2005 (sr 131.211) |
| cvp | Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei (Christian Democratic Party) |
| detec | Swiss Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy, and Communications |
| dil | Swiss Directorate of International Law |
| dmcc | Decisions of the Military Court of Cassation |
| dta | Double Taxation Agreement |
| eg | exempli gratia |
| echr | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| ed(s) | editor(s) |
| eea | European Economic Area |
| eec | European Economic Community |
| efta | European Free Trade Association |
| et al. | et alii/aliae/alia |
| etc. | et cetera |
| eu | European Union |
| f/ff | and following |
| fa-cflfg | Federal Act on the Compilations of Federal Legislation and the Federal Gazette of 18 June 2004 (sr 170.512) |
| fa-cpp | Federal Act on Civil Peace Promotion and the Strengthening of Human Rights of 19 December 2003 (sr 193.9) |
| fa-fa | Federal Act on the Federal Assembly of 13 December 2002 (sr 171.10) |
| fa-fap | Federal Act on Federal Administrative Procedure of 20 December 1968 (sr 172.021) |
| fa-fn | Federal Act on Foreign Nationals and Integration of 16 December 2005 (sr 142.20) |
| fa-fpc | Federal Act on the Federal Patent Court of 20 March 2009 (sr 173.41) |
| fa-nl | Federal Act on the National Languages and Understanding Between the Linguistic Communities of 5 October 2007 (sr 441.1) |
| fa-ofca | Federal Act on the Organization of the Federal Criminal Authorities of 19 March 2010 (sr 173.71) |
| fa-sfac | Federal Act on the Federal Administrative Court of 17 June 2005 (sr 173.32) |
| fa-sft | Federal Act on the Swiss Federal Tribunal of 17 June 2005 (sr 173.110) |
| fdfa | Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs |
| fdp | Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party) |
| fg | Bundesblatt (Federal Gazette) |
| fta | Free Trade Agreement |
| greco | Group of States Against Corruption |
| IACtHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| ibid | ibidem |
| icc | International Criminal Court |
| icc Statute | Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 17 July 1998 (sr 0.312.1) |
| iccpr | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966 (sr 0.103.2) |
| icescr | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 16 December 1966 (sr 0.103.1) |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| icj Statute | Statute of the International Court of Justice of 26 June 1945 (sr 0.193.501) |
| icl | international criminal law |
| icrc | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ictr | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| icty | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| ie | id est |
| ihl | international humanitarian law |
| ihrl | international human rights law |
| ila | International Law Association |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| ilc Statute | Statute of the International Law Commission of 21 November 1947 |
| ildc | Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts |
| ilo | International Labor Organization |
| io | international organization |
| iso | International Organization for Standardization |
| itlos | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| mcc | Military Court of Cassation |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| ngo | non-governmental organization |
| No | number |
| oecd | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| oger-be | Obergericht des Kantons Bern (High Court of the canton of Bern) |
| oger-zh | Obergericht des Kantons Zürich (High Court of the canton of Zurich) |
| osce | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| p. | page(s) |
| para | paragraph(s) |
| pcij | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| pkk | Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) |
| scc | Swiss Civil Code of 10 December 1907 (sr 210) |
| SCrimC | Swiss Criminal Code of 21 December 1937 (sr 311.0) |
| sfac | Swiss Federal Administrative Court |
| sfcc | Swiss Federal Criminal Court |
| sfdi | Société française de droit international |
| smcc | Swiss Military Criminal Code of 13 June 1927 (sr 321.0) |
| sr | Systematische Sammlung des Bundesrechts (Systematic Compilation of Federal Legislation) |
| svp | Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People’s Party) |
| trips | Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of 15 April 1994 (sr 0.632.20, Annex 1C) |
| twail | Third World Approaches to International Law |
| ubs | Union de banques suisses |
| udhr | Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948 |
| uk | United Kingdom |
| un | United Nations |
| uncsi | un Convention on the Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property of 2 December 2004 |
| unhcr | un High Commissioner for Refugees |
| us | United States |
| v. | versus |
| vcdr | Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961 (sr 0.191.01) |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 23 May 1969 (sr 0.111) |
| Vol | volume(s) |
| vpb | Verwaltungspraxis der Bundesbehörden (Administrative Practice of the Federal Authorities) |
| VwGer-be | Verwaltungsgericht des Kantons Bern (Administrative Court of the canton of Bern) |
| VwGer-sg | Verwaltungsgericht des Kantons St. Gallen (Administrative Court of the canton of St. Gallen) |
| VwGer-zh | Verwaltungsgericht des Kantons Zürich (Administrative Court of the canton of Zurich) |
| who | World Health Organization |
| wipo | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| wto | World Trade Organization |