Geneva Convention

English

Proper noun

Geneva Convention

1. (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, 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
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• 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