Geneva Convention

Definition: Geneva Convention

Geneva Convention

Noun

1. An agreement concerning the treatment of war prisoners.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Geneva Convention

You are in violation of the Geneva convention! (Red Dawn; writing credit: John Milius; Kevin Reynolds)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Civil Liberties

Hungary

In 2000 the Government granted 197 out of 7,801 applicants refugee status under the Geneva Convention; 680 applicants were granted temporary protected status. (references)

Germany

Individuals attempting to enter via a "safe third country" (any country in the European Union (EU) or adhering to the Geneva Convention on Refugees) are ineligible for asylum and can be turned back at the border or returned to that "safe third country" if they manage to enter the country. (references)

Economic History

India

India is a party to the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Rights of Producers of Phonograms and the Universal Copyright Convention, and a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization and UNESCO. (references)

Human Rights

Switzerland

The 1967 revised Military Penal Code (MPC) requires that all war crimes or violations of the Geneva Convention be prosecuted and tried in Switzerland, notwithstanding where a crime was committed and whether the defendant is member of an army or a civilian. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

Colombia belongs to the Berne and Universal Copyright Conventions, the Buenos Aires and Washington Conventions, the Rome Convention on Copyrights, and the Geneva Convention for Phonograms. (references)

MEXICO

Mexico is a member of the major international organizations regulating the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms, the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1971), the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967), the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, the Universal Copyright Convention, and the Brussels Satellite Convention. (references)

Trade

Burma

The problem is that the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award is not recognized by the existing Arbitration Act, unless the country in which arbitration is concluded is a party to the 1923 Protocol and/or the 1927 Geneva Convention. (references)

Burma

Besides the Arbitration Act of 1944, there are international treaties to which Burma is a signatory: the Protocol Relating to Arbitration Clause (1923, Geneva Protocol) and the Convention Relating to the Enforcement of Foreigner Arbitral Awards (1927, Geneva Convention). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Arabic 

‏ميثاق جنيف. (various references)

Danish

Genferkonvention II til forbedring af vilkårene for sårede,syge og skibbrudne i de væbnede styrker til søs (Geneva Convention for the Protection of War Victims), Genève-konventionen om grænseoverskridende forurening over store afstande (Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution), Genève-konvention om bekæmpelse af svovlemissioner (Geneva Convention on Combating Sulphur Emissions). (various references)

Dutch

Verdrag van Genève met betrekking tot de beheersing van zwavelemissies (Geneva Convention on Combating Sulphur Emissions), Verdrag van Genève betreffende grensoverschrijdende luchtverontreiniging over lange afstand (Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution). (various references)

French

Recommandation R(84)1 relative � la protection des personnes remplissant les conditions de la Convention de Genève qui ne sont pas formellement reconnues comme réfugiés (Recommendation R(84)1 on the protection of persons satisfying the criteria in the Geneva Convention who are not formally recognised as refugees), convention sanitaire internationale (Geneva Convention for the Protection of War Victims), Convention de Genève sur la pollution atmosphérique transfrontière � longue distance (Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution), Convention de Genève sur la pollution atmosphérique (Geneva Convention on Air Pollution), convention de Genève relative � la lutte contre les émissions de soufre (Geneva Convention on Combating Sulphur Emissions). (various references)

German

genfer konvention. (various references)

Greek 

Σύμβαση της �"ενεύης σχετικά με την καταπολέμηση των εκπομπών θείου (Geneva Convention on Combating Sulphur Emissions). (various references)

Italian

Convenzione di Ginevra sull'inquinamento atmosferico transfrontaliero a grande distanza (Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution), convenzione di Ginevra relativa alla lotta contro le emissioni di ossido di azoto (Geneva Convention on Combating Sulphur Emissions). (various references)

Pig Latin

enevagay onventioncay

Portuguese

Convenção de Genebra sobre a poluição atmosférica transfronteiras a longa distáncia (Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution), convenção de Genebra relativa � luta contra as emissões de enxofre (Geneva Convention on Combating Sulphur Emissions). (various references)

Spanish

Convenio de Ginebra sobre la contaminación atmosférica transfronteriza a gran distancia (Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution), convenio de Ginebra relativo a la lucha contra las emisiones de azufre (Geneva Convention on Combating Sulphur Emissions), Convención de Ginebra para la Protección de las Víctimas de Guerra (Geneva Convention for the Protection of War Victims). (various references)

Turkish

cenevre antlaşması. (various references)

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