Abbreviations
| ajil | American Journal of International Law |
| ariel | Austrian Review of International and European Law |
| asean | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| biicl | British Institute of International and Comparative Law |
| bit | Bilateral investment treaty |
| bleu | Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union |
| caricom | Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| cddh | Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights |
| ceta | Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union |
| cjeu | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| co | company |
| comesa | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| corp | corporation |
| crcica | Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration |
| cuts | Consumer Unity & Trust Society |
| cup | Cambridge University Press |
| dnr | Peoples’ Republics of Donetsk |
| drc | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| ecj | European Court of Justice |
| echr | Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
| ecowas | Economic Community of the West African States |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| ejil | European Journal of International Law |
| EU | European Union |
| EuGRZ | Europäische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift |
| ewc | Extended war clause |
| fet | Fair and equitable treatment |
| fps | Full protection and security |
| fta | Free trade agreement |
| gatt | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| gdp | Gross domestic product |
| hkiac | Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre |
| IACtHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| iasb | International Accounting Standards Board of the ifrs Foundation |
| icc | International Chamber of Commerce |
| iccpr | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| icescr | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| icj | International Court of Justice |
| iclq | International and Comparative Law Quarterly |
| icsid | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| icty | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| ifrs | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| ihl | International humanitarian law |
| iia | International investment agreement |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| ilr | International Law Reports |
| ipc | Immovable Property Commission |
| iusctr | Iran-US Claims Tribunal Reports |
| jerl | Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law |
| jids | Journal of International Dispute Settlement |
| jilpac | Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict / Humanitäres Völkerrecht |
| lcia | London Court of International Arbitration |
| lnr | Peoples’ Republic of Luhansk |
| lrtwc | Law Reports of Trials of War Criminals |
| jwit | Journal of World Investment & Trade |
| jwelb | Journal of World Energy Law & Business |
| lcia | London Court of International Arbitration |
| Max Planck unyb | Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law |
| mfn | Most-favoured nation (treatment) |
| mlr | Modern Law Review |
| mssr | Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| mup | Manchester University Press |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| oecd | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ohada | Organisation pour l’Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires |
| ohchr | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| oup | Oxford University Press |
| osce | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| pca | Permant Court of Arbitration |
| pcij | Permanent Court of International Justice |
| riaa | Reports of International Arbitral Awards |
| scc | Stockholm Chamber of Commerce |
| siac | Singapore International Arbitration Centre |
| sfry | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| tdm | Transnational Dispute Management |
| trnc | Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
| twc | Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals |
| ucljlj | ucl Journal of Law and Jurisprudence |
| udhr | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UN | United Nations |
| uncitral | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law |
| unctad | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| unga | United Nations General Assembly |
| unsc | United Nations Security Council |
| uqlj | University of Queensland Law Journal |
| us-gaap | United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
| ussr | Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| vcst | Vienna Convention on the Succession of States in Respect of Treaties |
| wto | World Trade Organization |
| ybilc | Yearbook of the International Law Commission |