| clt | critical legal theory |
| dario | Draft Articles on the Responsibility of International Organisations |
| dars | Draft Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Actions |
| esd | right to external self-determination |
| ga | General Assembly of the United Nations |
| iccpr | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| icescr | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ictr | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| isd | right to internal self-determination |
| ln | League of Nations |
| rs | remedial secession |
| rdg | right to democratic governance |
| rsd | right to self-determination of peoples |
| sc | Security Council of the United Nations |
| sd | self-determination |
| udi | unilateral declaration of independence |
| un | United Nations |