Geneva Convention
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- noun
- /dʒəˈniːvə kənˈvɛnʃən/
- Formal
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Convención de Ginebra
- The U.S. government made every attempt to adhere to the rules of the Geneva Convention regarding prisoners of war.
- the Fourth Geneva Convention
- the 1949 Geneva Convention
- Geneva Convention and Protocol
And then in fact, we've even been talking with the Red Cross about torture and the need to have a new Geneva Convention on torture.
- And then in fact, we've even been talking with the Red Cross about torture and the need to have a new Geneva Convention on torture.
- Well, OK, well, like we have we have the Geneva Convention as it pertains to war.
- I mean, it's, it's true that that Russia is violating the Geneva Convention in Ukraine right now.
Examples
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America ratified the 1949 Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians in wartime.
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They violated the Geneva Convention.
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This has to be against the Geneva Convention.
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Colonel, the Geneva Convention states that...
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The rules of the Geneva Convention...
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The Geneva Convention applies to prisoners of war.
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To me, the bottom line is that the US signed onto the Geneva Convention, which, among other actions, prohibits torture.
Blog text (33) -
I mean, it's, it's true that that Russia is violating the Geneva Convention in Ukraine right now.
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America ratified the 1949 Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians in wartime.
Academic text (2001) -
He's a prisoner of war, and under the Geneva Convention, he's entitled to humane treatment!
Synonyms
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Agreements between countries that set rules for how to treat people in war, especially wounded soldiers, prisoners, and civilians
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'Geneva' (a city associated with international diplomacy) and 'convention' (an international agreement), so a learner who knows both constituents would infer it denotes an agreement linked to Geneva. Although the specific humanitarian scope and historical details are not derivable from the words alone, the core idea of a formal international pact is compositional and readily accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Geneva Convention comes from the Swiss city Geneva, where countries met in 1864 and later to make rules about how to care for wounded soldiers and prisoners in war. The word Convention means a big meeting and the decisions from it, so the name now means an international 'agreement' to protect and treat people humanely during war.