Look up convention in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Convention may refer to: Convention (norm), a custom or tradition, a standard of presentation or...

The Geneva Conventions are international humanitarian laws consisting of four treaties and three additional protocols that establish international legal...

Constitutional convention may refer to: Constitutional convention (political custom), an informal and uncodified procedural agreement Constitutional convention (political...

Hague Convention may refer to: Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in international...

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable...

Vienna Convention can mean any of a number of treaties signed in Vienna. Most are related to the harmonization or formalization of the procedures of international...

Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention...

The National Convention (French: Convention nationale) was the constituent assembly of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic...

(shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral...

A convention bounce or convention bump refers to an increase in support that U.S. presidential candidates in the Republican or Democratic party typically...

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG), or the Genocide Convention, is an international treaty that criminalizes...

The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention, also called Strasbourg Convention or Strasbourg Patent...

The WIPO Convention (formally, the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization) is a multilateral treaty that established the...

Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer...

The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, also known as the Apostille Convention, is an...

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, was an international assembly held in 1886...

The Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations is a Convention passed by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 February 1946...

The Convention for the Unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air, commonly known as the Warsaw Convention, is an international...

The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States is a treaty signed at Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 26, 1933, during the Seventh International...

A convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also referred to as an Article V Convention, state convention, or amendatory convention...

A convention center (American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals...

The Tejeros Convention, also known as the Tejeros Assembly and the Tejeros Congress, was a meeting held on March 22, 1897, between Katipunan factions of...

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic...

The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, also known as the 1951 Refugee Convention or the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 is a United Nations...

The Lisbon Recognition Convention, officially the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region,...

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on 20 March 1883, was one of the first intellectual property treaties...

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) is an international maritime treaty which sets out minimum safety standards in the construction...

The Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, also known as the Bern Convention (or Berne Convention), is a binding...

The Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection is a multilateral anti-terrorism treaty that aims to prohibit and prevent...

Opium Convention refers either to the first International Opium Convention signed at The Hague in 1912, or to the second International Opium Convention signed...