| AA | Association Agreement |
| AAL | Art, Antiquity and Law |
| AAM | American Alliance of Museums |
| AAMD | Association of Art Museum Directors |
| AFSJ | Area of Freedom, Security and Justice |
| AJIL | American Journal of International Law |
| BFI | British Film Institute |
| CAHDI | Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law of the Council of Europe |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
| CCA | Cultural Cooperation Agreement |
| CCP | Common Commercial Policy |
| CDCPP | Steering Committee for Culture, Heritage and Landscape |
| CDIS | Culture for Development Indicators |
| CESCR | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| CETA | Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement |
| CETS | Council of Europe Treaty Series |
| CEU | Council of the European Union |
| CFR | Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union |
| CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CMLR | Common Market Law Review |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| CoE Publ | Council of Europe Publishing |
| CORDIS | Community Research and Development Information Service |
| CPPDCE | UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions |
| CUP | Cambridge University Press |
| DGs | Directorates-General |
| EC Bull | Bulletin of the European Communities |
| EC | European Community |
| ECC | European Cultural Convention |
| ECF | European Cultural Foundation |
| ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECJ | European Court of Justice |
| ECoC | European Capital of Culture |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
European External Action Service | |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EENC | European Expert Network on Culture |
| EES | European Statistical System |
| EHD | European Heritage Days |
| EHL | European Heritage Label |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EJIL | European Journal of International Law |
| ema | Euro-Mediterranean Agreement |
| EnDOW | ‘Enhancing access to 20th century cultural heritage through Distributed Orphan Works clearance’ project |
| ELR | European Law Review |
| ENP | European Neighbourhood Policy |
| EPA | Economic Partnership Agreement |
| ets | European Treaty Series |
| EU | European Union |
| EU Publ Office | Publications Office of the European Union |
| EUI | European University Institute |
| EYCH | European Year of Cultural Heritage |
| FCPNM | Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities |
| FPs | Framework Programmes |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDA | Giornale di diritto amministrativo |
| Hart | Hart Publishing |
| HRC | United Nations Human Rights Council |
| HRLR | Human Rights Law Review |
| HRQ | Human Rights Quarterly |
| HUP | Harvard University Press |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICH | Intangible Cultural Heritage |
| ICOM | International Council of Museums |
| IFAR | International Foundation for Art Research |
| IJCP | International Journal of Cultural Property |
| IJCPolicy | International Journal of Cultural Policy |
| IJHS | International Journal of Heritage Studies |
| ILA | International Law Association |
| IOLR | International Organizations Law Review |
Intellectual Property Rights | |
| ISSJ | International Social Science Journal |
| LEG | Leadership Group |
| Ln | League of Nations |
| MJECL | Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| NEMO | Network of European Museum Organizations |
| Nijhoff | Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
| NJIL | Nordic Journal of International Law |
| OJ | Official Journal of the European Union |
| OMC | Open Method of Coordination |
| PCA | Partnership Cooperation Agreement |
| PPP | Public–Private Partnerships |
| PUP | Princeton University Press |
| SAA | Stabilization and Association Agreement |
| SAACLR | Santander Art and Culture Law Review |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| TA | Trade Agreement |
| TEU | Treaty on European Union |
| TFEU | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| TTIP | Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration on Human Rights |
| ULR | Utrecht Law Review |
| UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNESCO Publ | UNESCO Publishing |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHRC | United Nations Human Rights Committee |
| UNIDROIT | International Institute for the Unification of Private Law |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| UNTS | United Nations Treaty Series |
| UNWTO | United Nations World Tourism Organization |
| VJTL | Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law |
| WG | Working Group |
| WHL | List of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |