the Conventions definition

the Conventions means the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes and the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents, done at Helsinki on 17 March 1992;

the Conventions. ’ means the 1968 Convention, the 1971 Protocol and the Accession Conventions;

the Conventions means the First Convention, the Second Convention, the Third Convention and Fourth Convention;

Examples of the Conventions in a sentence

• In particular and in accordance with the legal basic act concerned, tenderers that have been awarded contracts must abide by core labour standards as defined in the relevant International Labour Organisation conventions (such as the Conventions on freedom of association and collective bargaining; Abolition of forced and compulsory labour; Elimination of forced and compulsory labour; Abolition of child labour).

• The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

• This chapter also consists of the theoretical framework used to underpin this study.

• The expressionCommon Article 2 asserts that the Conventions apply as soon as an armed conflict occurs between two High Contracting Parties, it does not include a definition of international armed conflict.

• Uhler and Coursier (n 5) 18 citing the ‘Report on the Works of the Conference of Government Experts for the Study of the Conventions for the Protection of War Victims’ (Geneva, 14-26 April 1947) 8.

More Definitions of the Conventions

the Conventions means the Hague Convention, and the Geneva Conventions or any one or more of them;

the Conventions means the numbering conventions set out in the Schedule

the Conventions means the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 1946, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialised Agencies, 1947, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963;

the Conventions means the Geneva Conventions of the 12th August, 1949, for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and the sick of armed forces in the field and of sick and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea, and relative to the treatment of prisoners of war and to the protection of civilian persons in time of war;

the Conventions. ’ means the international instruments referred to in section 1 which are part of the law by virtue of that section;

the Conventions means the First, Second, Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions;

the Conventions means the Brussels Convention, the 1971 Protocol, the 1978 Accession Convention, the 1982 Accession Convention, the 1989 Accession Convention and the 1996 Accession Convention (each as defined in section 2 of the Act of 1998);