Geneva Convention

English

Proper noun

Geneva Convention

(international law) An international treaty which defines the required treatment for prisoners of war by their captors.

Usage notes

There are four international treaties, collectively the "Geneva Conventions", establishing international law for conduct during war.

Translations

international treaty

Afrikaans: Geneefse Konvensie
Arabic: اِتِّفَاقِيَّة جِنِيف‎ f (ittifāqiyya jinēf)
Bulgarian: Жене́вска конве́нция f (Ženévska konvéncija)
Catalan: Convencions de Ginebra f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日內瓦公約, 日内瓦公约 (Rìnèiwǎ gōngyuē)
Czech: Ženevská úmluva f
Danish: Geneve-konventionen
Dutch: Geneefse Conventie f
Finnish: Geneven sopimus
French: convention de Genève f
Galician: Convención de Xenebra f
German: Genfer Konvention (de) f
Hebrew: אמנה ג׳נבה‎ f (ʾamānā Ǧænævā)
Hungarian: Genfi Egyezmény

Italian: convenzione di Ginevra f
Japanese: ジュネーブ条約 (じゅねーぶじょうやく, Junēbu jōyaku)
Korean: 제네바 협약 (jeneba hyeobyak)
Maltese: Konvenzjoni ta’ Ġinevra
Norwegian: Genève-konvensjonene
Persian: کنوانسیون ژنو‎ (konvânsiyon-e ženev)
Polish: konwencja genewska f
Portuguese: Convenção de Genebra f
Romanian: Convenție de la Geneva f
Russian: Жене́вская конве́нция f (Ženévskaja konvéncija)
Slovak: Ženevská konvencia f
Slovene: Ženevska konvencija f
Spanish: Convenciones de Ginebra f pl
Swedish: Genèvekonventionen
Vietnamese: Hiệp định Geneva, Hiệp định Genève

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