| ACHPR | African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights |
| ACHR | American Convention on Human Rights |
| Ad Hoc Tribunals | ICTY and ICTR |
| echr | European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
| ECmHR | European Commission of Human Rights |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| HRC | Human Rights Committee |
| IACmHR | Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |
| IACtHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICTR | International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
| MICT | International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals |
| Protocol 7 ECHR | Protocol No. 7 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |
| RPE |