| AmCHR | American Convention on Human Rights |
| eln | National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional) |
| farc | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) |
| iac | International Armed Conflict |
| icc | International Criminal Court |
| iccpr | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| icerd | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| icescr | International Covenant on Economics, Social, and Cultural Rights |
| icl | International Criminal Law |
| icrc | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ihl | International Humanitarian Law |
| ihrl | International Human Rights Law |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| ilo | International Labor Organization |
| ngos | Non-Governmental Organizations |
| niac | Non-International Armed Conflict |
| UN | United Nations |
| unsc | United Nations Security Council |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |