| BiH | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| chr | Commissioner for Human Rights (of the Council of Europe) |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| CoM | Committee of Ministers (of the Council of Europe) |
| echr | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| hrc | Human Rights Council (of the United Nations) |
| HRCBiH | Human Rights Chamber for Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| IACtHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| icty | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| ihl | International Humanitarian Law |
| pace | Parliamentary Assembly (of the Council of Europe) |
| recom | Regional Commission for Establishing the Facts about War Crimes and Other Gross Violations of Human Rights Committed on the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia |
| tj | Transitional Justice |
| trcs | Truth Commissions |
| UN | United Nations |
| unga | United Nations General Assembly |