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(ultimo aggiornamento maggio 2013)
A
A.
Autore
ABA
American Bar Association
AC
Appeals Chamber, International Criminal Court
ACHPR
African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
ACHR
American Convention on Human Rights
ADRM
American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man
AfChHPR
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights 1981
ALI
American Law Institut
Art.
Article
Art(s).
Articles
ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATCA
Alien Tort Claims Act (USA)
AU
African Union
B
BCE
Banca centrale europea
Basic Principles
Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross
and Guidelines
Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian
Law
BGB
Bundesgesetzbuch
BGH
Bundesgerichtshof
BIT
Bilateral Investment Treaty
BP Justice
Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power 1985
C
CA
Court of Appeal / Corte d’appello / Cour d’appel
Cass (fr)
Cour de cassation (France)
Cassazione civile
Cass. civ.
Cassazione penale
Cass. pen.
CAT
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
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CAT Committee
Committee Against Torture
C Cost
Corte costituzionale (Italy)
cc
Codice civile (Italy)/Code civil (France)
ccp
Code of Civil Procedure
cp
Codice penale (Italy)
cpc
Codice di procedura civile (Italy)
cpp
Codice di procedura penale (Italy)
CDCJ
European Committee on legal cooperation
CE
Comunità europea
CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Cedu
Convenzione europea per la salvaguardia dei diritti dell’uomo e delle libertà fondamentali
CENTCOM
Central Command
CERD
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
CESCR
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
CFI
(EC) Court of First Instance
CIS
Commonwealth of Independent States
CJ
Code Judiciaire (Belgium)
co.
Comma
CoE
Consiglio d’Europa
Corte EDU
Corte europea dei diritti dell’uomo
Cost.
Costituzione della Repubblica italiana
CGCE
Corte di giustizia delle Comunità europee (prima del Trattato di Lisbona)
CGUE
Corte di giustizia dell’Unione europea (con il Trattato di Lisbona)
CPI
Corte penale internazionale
CPR
Civil procedure Rules
CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
CSCE
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CSM
Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura
CST
(EC) Civil Service Tribunal
D
DGS
Directorate of General Security
dl.
Decreto legge
d.lgs.
Decreto legislativo
Doc
Document (followed by official classification number)
DoD
Department of Defence
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DPPED
Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
dpr.
Decreto presidenziale
E
EAEC
European Atomic Energy Community/Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
EC
European Community/Treaty establishing the European Community
ECCVC
European Convention on the Compensation of Victims of Violent Crimes 1983
ECHR
European Convention of Human Rights
ECJ
European Court of Justice
ECommHR
European Commission of Human Rights
ECOSOC
Economic and Social Council
ECSC
European Coal and Steel Community/Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
ECT
Energy Charter Treaty
ECtHR
European Court of Human Rights
ed/eds
Editor/Editors
EEC
European Economic Community/Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EGBGB
Einführungssezetz zum BGB
EIB
European Investment Bank
et seq
following/seguenti
EU
European Union/Treaty on European Union
EWCA
Court of Appeal, England and Wales
EWHC
High Court, England and Wales
F
FRY
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
G
GAO
General Accounting Office (USA)
GAOR
United Nations General Assembly Official Records
Geneva I
Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the
Field of 12 August 1949
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Geneva II
Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked in Armed
Forces at the Sea of 12 August 1949
Geneva III
Convention relative to the Protection of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949
Geneva IV
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949
H
Hague Convention
Convention with respect to the laws and customs of war on land and its annex: regulations concerning
II
the laws and customs of war on land, The Hague, 29 July 1899
Hague Convention
Convention respecting the laws and customs of war on land, The Hague, 18 October 1907
IV
Hague Convention
Convention relative to the Creation of an International Prize Court, The Hague, 18 October 1907
XII
HCHR
High Commissioner for Human Rights
HG
Handelsgericht (Austria)
HL
House of Lords (UK)
HR
Hoge Raad (Netherlands)
HRC
UN Human Rights Committee
Hrsg.
Herausgeber
HRW
Human Rights Watch
I
IACAC
Inter-American Commercial arbitration Commission
IAI
Istituto Affari Internazionali
IACommHR
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
IACtHR
Inter-American Court on Human Rights
IBA
International Bar Association
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC
International Chamber of Commerce (when followed by award/year number, it designates an arbitral
award) or International Criminal Court
ICCA
International Council for Commercial Arbitration
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICC Statute
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998
ICESCR
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICJ
International Court of Justice
ICRC
International Committee of the Red Cross
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ICrPC
Indian Criminal Procedure Code
ICRMW
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of
their Families
ICSID
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
ICTR
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
ICTY
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
IHL
International Humanitarian Law
ILA
International Law association
ILC
International Law Commission
ILO
International Labour Organization
ILOAT
Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization
IMADR
International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IMT
International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg Tribunal)
IMTFE
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokio Tribunal)
IPC
Indian Penal Code
ISTAT
Istituto nazionale di statistica
IUSCT
Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
L
l.
Legge
LDIP
Loi fédérale sur le Droit International Privé (Switzerland)
LG
Landgericht (Germany)/Landesgericht (Austria)
M
MUDHR
Muslim Universal Declaration on Human Rights
N
n
Numero
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCPC
Nouveau Code de Procédure Civile (France)
NGO
Non Governmental Organization
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NGOs
Non Governmental Organizations
No
number (of an Act, Report etc)
no
Number
O
OAS
Organization of American States
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGH
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria)
OHCHR
Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights
OIC
Organization of the Islamic Conference
OLG
Oberlandesgerichtshof (Germany or Austria)
OMS
Organizzazione mondiale della sanità
ONU
Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite
OP
Ordinamento penitenziario
OSCE
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
P
Par./parr.
Paragrafo/paragrafi
Para/paras
paragraph/paragraphs
PC
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (United Kingdom)
PCA
Permanent Court of Arbitration
PCIJ
Permanent Court of International Justice
PCJ
Public Choice Journal
PE
Parlamento europeo
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
POW
Prisoner of War
Protocol I
Protocol Additional to Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of
Victims of International Armed Conflicts of 8 June 1977
Protocol II
Protocol Additional to Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and Relating to the Protection of
Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts of 8 June 1977
PTC
Pre-Trial Chamber, International Criminal Court
Pub. L.
Public Law, United States
Q
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R
Raccolta
Raccolta
RSC
Rules of the Supreme Court (England & Wales)
S
SC
Supreme Court
SCSL
Special Court for Sierra Leone
SCUS
Supreme Court of the United States
SEAE
Servizio Europeo per l’Azione Esterna
ss./et seq.
Seguenti (Italian/English)
SS.UU.
Sezioni Unite, Cassazione italiana
T
TCE
Trattato che istituisce la Comunità europea
TF
Tribunal fédéral (Switzerland)
TFUE
Trattato sul funzionamento dell’Unione europea
TGI
Tribunal de Grande Instance
TPI
Tribunal de Première Instance
TPIR
Tribunale penale internazionale per il Ruanda
TPIY
Tribunale penale internazionale per la ex Iugoslavia
TS
Tribunal Supremo (Spain)
TUE
Trattato che istituisce l’Unione europea
U
UDHR
Universal Declaration on Human Rights
UE
Unione europea
UK
United Kingdom
UKPC
United Kingdom Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
UN
United Nations Organization
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UNCC
United Nations Compensation Commission
UNCHR
United Nations, Commission on Human Rights
UNCITRAL
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UN Doc
Documents of the United Nations
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNGA
United Nations General Assembly
UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNMIK
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
UNOG
United Nations Centre for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Geneva
UNOV
United Nations Centre for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Vienna
UNPROFOR
United Nations Protection Force
UNRD
United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees
UNSC
United Nations Security Council
UNSCOR
United Nations Security Council Official Records
UNSG
United Nations Secretary General
UNTAET
United Nations Transnational Administration in East Timor
US
United States
USC
United States Code
UNSubCHR
United Nations Sub Commission on Human Rights
V
VFVT
Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture
Vienna
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, World Conference on Human Rights, 25 June 1993
Declaration
vol/vols
volume/volumes
VWS
Victims and Witnesses Section, ICTY
W
WB
World Bank
WTO
World Trade Organization
WWI
World War I
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WWII
World War II
WZO
World Zionist Organization
Z
ZPO
Zivilprozeβordnung (Germany)
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