Acronyms and Abbreviations
| afrc | Armed Forces Revolutionary Council |
| AP I | Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) |
| AP II | Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) |
| aumf | Authorization for Use of Military Force |
| car | Central African Republic |
| drc | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| eecc | Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission |
| GC I | Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field |
| GC II | Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea |
| GC III | Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War |
| GC IV | Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Civilian Persons in Time of War |
| iachr | Inter-American Court of Human rights |
| icc | International Criminal Court |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| icrc | International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ict | International Crimes Tribunal |
| ictr | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| icty | International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
| ihffc | International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission |
| ihl | International Humanitarian Law |
| imt | International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg |
| IS | Islamic State |
| isis | Islamic State of the Iraq and Syria |
| jce | Joint Criminal Enterprise |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| okw | German High Command |
| nnrc | Neutral Nations Repatriation Council |
| pows | Prisoners of War |
| ruf | Revolutionary United Front |
| scsl | Special Court of Sierra Leone |
| sdf | Syrian Democratic Forces |
| socom | US Special Operations Command |
| uav | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States |