The acronyms used throughout this book are explained at the first use and sometimes again if particularly important or if they have not been used in a long while. However, they are not explained in each chapter. This glossary provides the full version of acronyms and, where needed, their English translations
Acronym |
Full Version |
English Translation |
ARBiH |
Armija Republike Bosne i Hercegovine |
Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BiH |
Bosna i Hercegovina |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
DS |
Demokratska stranka |
Democratic Party |
DOS |
Demokratska opozicija Srbije |
Democratic Opposition of Serbia |
DSS |
Demokratska stranka Srbije |
Democratic Party of Serbia |
ECCC |
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia |
— |
FRY |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
— |
GSS |
Građanski savez Srbije |
Civic Alliance of Serbia |
HDZ |
Hrvatska demokratska zajednica |
Croatian Democratic Union |
HV |
Hrvatska vojska |
Croatian Army |
HVO |
Hrvatsko vijeće obrane |
Croatian Defense Council |
ICC |
International Criminal Court |
— |
ICJ |
International Court of Justice |
— |
ICL |
International Criminal Law |
— |
ICTR |
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
— |
ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia |
— |
JCE |
Joint criminal enterprise |
— |
JNA |
Jugoslovenska narodna armija |
Yugoslav Peoples’ Army |
JSO |
Jedinica za specijalne operacije |
Special Operations Unit |
KLA |
Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës |
Kosova Liberation Army (see UÇK) |
KOS |
Kontraobaveštajna služba |
(Military) Counterintelligence Service |
KVM |
Kosovo Verification Mission |
— |
LDK |
Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës |
Democratic League of Kosova |
LCY |
Savez komunista Jugoslavije |
League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
MOS |
[refers to Pros. v. Milutinović et al.] |
— |
MUP |
Ministarstvo unutrašnjih poslova |
Ministry of Internal Affairs |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
— |
NLA |
Ushtria Çlirimtare Kombëtare |
National Liberation Army (see UÇK) |
OHR |
Office of the High Representative |
— |
OSCE |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
— |
OTP |
Office of the Prosecution |
— |
RECOM |
Regional Commission for Establishing the Facts about War Crimes and Other Serious Violations of Human Rights Committed on the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia in the Period from 1991–2001 |
— |
RS |
Republika Srpska |
Serbian Republic (often rendered ‘Republic of Srpska’ or Republika Srpska in English) NB does not refer to the Republic of Serbia, the Yugoslav republic and later independent state governed from Belgrade |
RSK |
Republika Srpska Krajina |
Serbian Republic of the Krajina |
SAO |
Srpska automna oblast |
Serbian Autonomous Oblast |
SCSL |
Special Court for Sierra Leone |
— |
SDA |
Stranka demokratkse akcije |
Democratic Action Party |
SDB |
Služba državne bezbednosti |
State Security Service |
SDG |
Srpska dobrovoljačka garda |
Serbian Volunteer Guard (also known as the Tigers) |
SFRY |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
— |
SRS |
Srpska radikalna stranka |
Serbian Radical Party |
STL |
Special Tribunal for Lebanon |
— |
SPS |
Socialistička partija Srbije |
Socialist Party of Serbia |
SVK |
Srpska Vojska Krajine |
Serbian Army of the Krajina |
TO |
Teritorijalna odbrana |
Territorial Defense |
UÇK |
Ushtria Çlirimtare e Kosovës |
Kosova Liberation Army (see KLA) NB: In Albanian, the UÇK also identifi es the National Liberation Army (see NLA) |
UNDU |
United Nations Detention Unit |
— |
VJ |
Vojska Jugoslavije |
Army of Yugoslavia |
VRS |
Vojska Republike Srpske |
Army of Republika Srpska (see RS) |
VSO |
Vrhnovi savet odbrane |
Supreme Defense Council |