Acronyms
| AAN | Archiwum Akt Nowych (The Archives of Modern Records) |
| AIDP | Association Internationale de Droit Pénal |
| AIPN GK | Archiwum Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej – Główna Komisja (The Archives of the Institute of National Remembrance – the Main Commission) |
| AJIL | American Journal of International Law |
| AK | Armia Krajowa (The Home Army) |
| AP | Additional Protocols of 8.06.1977 to the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War of 1949 |
| APISM | The Archives of the Polish Institute and Sikorski Musem in London |
| CHR | Commission on Human Rights |
| CLF | Criminal Law Forum |
| Code of Crimes | Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind |
| Code of Offences | Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind |
| CROWCASS | Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects |
| DPP | Demokratyczny Przegląd Prawniczy (Journal: Democratic Review of Law) |
| DPT | Departament Prawno-Traktatowy polskiego Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych (Legal and Treaty Department of Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
| Dz.U. | Dziennik Ustaw (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland) |
| Dz.Pr.P.P. | Dziennik Praw Państwa Polskiego (Journal of Laws of Polish State) |
| ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| EJIL | European Journal of International Law |
| GA | General Assembly of the United Nations |
| GC | Geneva Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War of 12.08.1949 |
| GKBZHWP | Główna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce (Chief Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland) |
| GKBZNWP | Główna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Niemieckich w Polsce (Chief Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland) |
| GKBZHWP-IPN | Główna Komisja Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich w Polsce – Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (Chief Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland – Institute of National Remembrance) |
| HC IV | Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land and its annex: Regulations concerning the Laws and Customs of War on Land. The Hague, 18 October 1907. |
| IBUCL | International Bureau for the Unification of Criminal Law (Bureau International pour l’Unification du Droit Pénal) |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICL | International Criminal Law |
| ICPRD | International Commission for Penal Reconstruction and Development |
| ICUCL | International Conference of Unification of Criminal Law (Conférence internationale pour l’unification du droit pénal) |
| ICTR | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| ICTY | International Criminal Trubunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| IDI | Institut de Droit International |
| IHL | International Humanitarian Law |
| ILA | International Law Association |
| ILC | International Law Commission |
| IPN | Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (Institute of National Remembrance) |
| ipn Act | Act on the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation |
| iupl | International Union of Penal Law |
| jicj | Journal of International Criminal Justice |
| kk | Kodeks karny (Polish Criminal Code) |
| kpk | Kodeks postępowania karnego (Polish Code of Criminal Procedure) |
| krn | Krajowa Rada Narodowa (State National Council) |
| LON | League of Nations |
| mfa | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| mon | Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (Polish Ministry of Defence) |
| M.P. | Monitor Polski (Official Gazette of the Republic of Poland) |
| NTN | Najwyższy Trybunał Narodowy (Supreme National Tribunal) |
| OR | Official Records |
| OSN | Orzecznictwo Sądu Najwyższego (Repertory of Polish Supreme Court) |
| OSP | Orzecznictwo Sądów Polskich (Repertory of Polish Jurisprudence) |
| PCIJ | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| PIP | Państwo i Prawo (Journal: State and Law) |
| PISM | Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych (Polish Institute of International Affairs) |
| PKWN | Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego (Polish Committee of National Liberation) |
| PPA | Przegląd Prawa i Administracji (Journal: Review of Law and Administration) |
| PPD | Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny (Journal: Polish Diplomatic Review) |
| PrepCom | Preparatory Committee (of the ICC) |
| PYIL | Polish Yearbook of International Law |
| RCADI | Recueil des Cours de l’Académie de Droit International |
| RDPC | Revue de droit pénal et de criminologie |
| RIDP | Revue internationale de droit pénal |
| RJN | Rząd Jedności Narodowej (Provisional Government of National Unity) |
| RPEIS | Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny (Journal of Law, Economics and Sociology) |
| RPW | Rocznik Prawniczy Wileński (Journal: Vilnius Yearbook of Law) |
| SN | Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court of Poland) |
| SM | Sprawy Międzynarodowe (Journal: International Affairs) |
| TK | Trybunał Konstytucyjny (Polish Constitutional Tribunal) |
| UNWCC | United Nations War Crimes Commission |
| WPP | Wojskowy Przegląd Prawniczy (Journal: Military Legal Review) |
| YILC | Yearbook of the International Law Commission |
| ZWZ | Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Union of Armed Struggle) |