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Convention on the Continental Shelf
The 1958 Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf (Convention sur le plateau continental) grants coastal states sovereign seabed-resource rights to 200 m depth or exploitability; adopted 29 April 1958, in force 1964, superseded largely by UNCLOS 1982.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, is a 1979 UN treaty defining discrimination against women; 189 states parties, monitored by a 23-expert committee, with a 1999 Optional Protocol.
Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980
Rome Convention (1980), Convention 80/934/EEC, opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980 and in force 1 April 1991, set uniform EU conflict-of-laws rules for contract governing law via party choice and closest connection, and was replaced by the Rome I Regulation except for Denmark.
Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea
The Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, often called the Aktau Convention, is a 2018 treaty signed by the Caspian's five littoral states.
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women
Convention on the Nationality of Married Women: a 1957 UN multilateral treaty (New York, 20 February 1957) under which marriage or a husband's change of nationality cannot automatically alter a wife's nationality; adopted by GA resolution 1040 (XI), in force 11 August 1958, UNTS vol. 309.
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
UN treaty, adopted as resolution 2391 (XXIII), barring statutes of limitations for war crimes and crimes against humanity; adopted 26 November 1968, in force 11 November 1970, 56 parties.
Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance
The Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance, done at New York 20 June 1956, is a UN multilateral treaty helping claimants recover maintenance from respondents abroad via Transmitting and Receiving Agencies; in force 25 May 1957, 64 parties.
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, concluded at New York 30 August 1961, a UN multilateral treaty obliging states to prevent statelessness at birth and restrict deprivation of nationality; entered into force 13 December 1975; 82 parties.
Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities
CRAMRA (Wellington Convention), adopted 2 June 1988, was an Antarctic Treaty minerals regime for prospecting, exploration, and development. Signed by 19 states, ratified by none; Australia and France's 1989 refusal led to the 1991 Madrid Protocol mining ban.
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the UN human rights treaty adopted 13 December 2006, in force 3 May 2008, reframing disability as a barrier-interaction social model; 194 States Parties, monitored by the CRPD Committee and Optional Protocol procedures.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the 1989 UN human rights treaty defining rights of everyone under 18; adopted 20 November 1989, in force 2 September 1990, with 196 states parties and the United States the only UN member state that has signed but not ratified.
Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (ETS No. 112), 1983 Council of Europe treaty letting foreign prisoners serve sentences in their home country; six transfer conditions, consent-based, EU-replaced by Framework Decision 2008/909 since 2011.
Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is Ghana's socialist Nkrumahist party, founded June 1949 by Kwame Nkrumah after splitting from the UGCC; it led the Gold Coast to independence in 1957 and is now a minor party.
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, with its 1967 Protocol, defines the refugee in Article 1 and anchors non-refoulement under Article 33; 146 states are party to the Convention and 147 to the Protocol.
Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
The Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954 Statelessness Convention) is a UN treaty adopted 28 September 1954, in force 6 June 1960, with 99 parties; it defines stateless persons and sets minimum treatment standards.
Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution
The Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, or Article V convention, is a gathering of state delegates that Congress must call when 34 states apply.
Conventional warfare
Conventional warfare: open armed conflict between organized state militaries using standard weapons, defined in US JP 1 doctrine; contrasted with irregular and hybrid warfare; benchmarked by the 1991 Gulf War and the Russia-Ukraine war.
Conventus Orthopaedics
Conventus Orthopaedics, also called Conventus Flower Orthopedics, is a privately held orthopedic device company founded in 2008 in Maple Grove, Minnesota, known for nitinol Cage fracture implants.
Converge ICT Solutions
Converge ICT Solutions is a Philippine fixed-broadband and telecommunications company co-founded by Dennis Anthony Uy and Maria Grace Uy, now the country's number-two fixed broadband provider behind PLDT.
ConvergeOne
ConvergeOne Holdings, Inc. was an Eagan, Minnesota-based global IT services provider of collaboration, cloud, and security solutions, listed on Nasdaq in 2018 and bankrupt by 2024.
Convergys
Convergys Corporation was a Cincinnati-based business process outsourcing company spun off from Cincinnati Bell in 1998, running contact centers and billing services until SYNNEX acquired it in 2018.
Conversation
Conversation: structured back-and-forth talk analyzed by conversation analysis (CA), founded by Sacks, Schegloff, and Jefferson in the 1960s–1970s. Key concepts: turn-taking rules, adjacency pairs, and repair.
Conversations with God
Conversations with God is a series of spiritual books by American author Neale Donald Walsch, presented as a dialogue with God; begun in 1995, it grew into nine books translated into 37 languages.
Converse (logic)
Converse (logic): the conditional q→p obtained by swapping hypothesis and conclusion of p→q. Related to the inverse (¬p→¬q) and contrapositive (¬q→¬p); unlike the contrapositive, the converse is not logically equivalent to the original statement.
Conversion (law)
Conversion (law): intentional tort of wrongfully exercising dominion over another's chattel, also called trover historically. Remedy is return or fair market value damages; English law limits it to tangible property, excluding Bitcoin.
Conversion (word formation)
Conversion, also called zero derivation, null derivation, or functional shift, is English word formation changing a word's class with no change in form, coined by Sweet (1891); types include total, partial, secondary, and approximate conversion.
Conversion Capital
Conversion Capital is a New York-based early-stage venture capital firm founded and led by Christian Lawless, investing in fintech, cloud infrastructure, and generative AI, with seed positions in Ramp and Blend.
Conversion of Adiabene to Judaism
The conversion of Adiabene to Judaism was the first-century CE acceptance of Judaism by the royal house of Adiabene, led by Queen Helena and King Izates II.
Conversion of Ghazan to Islam
The conversion of Ghazan to Islam (اسلام آوردن غازان خان) was Ghazan's June 1295 acceptance of Islam, urged by Nawruz, which made Islam the Ilkhanate's state religion.
Conversion of Kanem to Islam under Umme Jilmi
The conversion of Kanem to Islam under Umme Jilmi was the acceptance of Islam by the king (mai) of the Kanem Empire near Lake Chad in the late eleventh century.