| aan | Afghanistan Analyst Network |
| AfCHPR | African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights |
| achr | American Convention on Human Rights |
| aihrc | Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission |
| andf | Afghan National Detention Facility Parwan |
| api | Additional Protocol i |
| apii | Additional Protocol ii |
| aps | Additional Protocols |
| btif | Bagram Theater Internment Facility |
| cat | Convention against Torture |
| comisaf | Commander International Security Assistance Force |
| csrt | Combatant Status Review Tribunal |
| ctc | Counter-Terrorism Court |
| dfip | Detention Facility in Parwan |
| dod | Department of Defense |
| dpr | Donetsk People’s Republic |
| echr | Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights) |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| fidh | International Federation for Human Rights |
| fsa | Free Syrian Army |
| gciii | Geneva Convention iii |
| gciv | Geneva Convention iv |
| gcs | Geneva Conventions |
| hig | Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin |
| hm | Her Majesty |
| hr | Hague Regulations |
| hrc | Human Rights Committee |
| hrmmu | Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine |
| hts | Hayat Tahrir al-Sham |
| iac | International Armed Conflict |
| icc | International Criminal Court |
| iccpr | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| icg | International Crisis Group |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| icl | International Law Commission |
| icrc | International Committee of the Red Cross |
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
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| ihat | Iraq Historic Allegations Team |
| ihl | International Humanitarian Law |
| ihrl | International Human Rights Law |
| isaf | International Security Assistance Force |
| isis | Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham |
| is-k | Islamic State Khorasan |
| isn | Internment Serial Number |
| jcip | Justice Center in Parwan |
| lpr | Luhansk People’s Republic |
| mod | Ministry of Defence |
| mou | Memorandum of Understanding |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| nds | National Directorate of Security |
| niac | Non-international Armed Conflict |
| ocg | Operational Coordination Group |
| oef | Operation Enduring Freedom |
| osce | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| ohchr | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| pcij | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| pkk | Kurdistan Workers’ Party |
| pow | Prisoner of War |
| pw | Protected Witness |
| rulac | Rule of Law in Armed Conflict |
| sdf | Syrian Democratic Forces |
| smm | Special Monitoring Mission |
| sop | Standard Operating Procedure |
| sssc | Supreme State Security Court |
| ssu | State Security Unit |
| uecrb | Unlawful Enemy Combatant Review Board |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| unama | United Nations Assistance Mission |
| US | United States |
| usfora | United States ForcesAfghanistan |
| vrs | Bosnian Serb Army |
| ypg | Kurdish People’s Protection Units |