Acronyms and Abbreviations
| au | African Union |
| asean | The Association of South East Asian Nations |
| asp | Assembly of State Parties |
| bit | Business Investment Treaties |
| ceta | EU-Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement |
| cicc | Coalition for the International Criminal Court |
| cjeu | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| crc | Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| drc | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| echr | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court on Human Rights |
| fidh | International Federation of Human Rights |
| fta | Free Trade Agreement |
| iachr | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| iba | International Bar Association |
| icc | International Criminal Court |
| iccpr | International Convention on Civil and Political Rights |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| icsid | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| ictr | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| icty | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| imo | International Maritime Organization |
| iom | Independent Oversight Mechanism |
| isds | Investor State Dispute Settlement |
| iwc | International Whaling Commission |
| nafta | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| pcij | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| ptc | Pre-Trial Chamber |
| rpe | Rules of Procedure and Evidence |
| sgg | Study Group on Governance |
| stl | Special Tribunal of Lebanon |
| unctad | UN Conference on Trade and Development |
| unga | UN General Assembly Resolution |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| wto | World Trade Organization |