The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits was a 1936 agreement that gives Turkey control over the Bosporus Straits and the Dardanelles and regulates the transit of naval warships.

The Hague Convention ( III ) in 1907 called " Convention Relative to the Opening of Hostilities " gives the international actions a country should perform when opening hostilities.

* Rijwiel Automobile Industrie, which gives its initials to Amsterdam RAI railway station in south Amsterdam and the nearby conference complex Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre

James Brindley was the engineer charged with building the canal, a man who gives his name to the busy district in the centre of Birmingham near the International Convention Centre, National Indoor Arena and Broad Street.

* April 8-In the Lansdowne-Cambon Convention France gives up some of its longstanding rights in Newfoundland

However, the Supreme Court also stated that the freedom of expression as well as freedom of religion provided by the European Convention on Human Rights, which is superior to Swedish law, gives him protection, since jurisprudence shows that a conviction would probably not be upheld by the European Court.

The Act requires Acts of the Scottish Parliament and actions of the Scottish Ministers to be compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, and does so in a way which gives courts greater control than they have over UK Acts of Parliament as provided for by the Human Rights Act 1998.

The Convention Centre has 30, 800 square feet ( 2900 m² ) of exhibit space, which in addition to the Coliseum's 42, 207 square feet ( 3921 m² ) gives a total of 73, 007 square feet ( 6783 m² ) of exhibit space for the complex, which also has 26, 279 square feet ( 2441 m² ) of meeting space divided into 14 meeting rooms.

As the country is a party to the Berne Convention, Philippine copyright law expressly gives copyright ownership to the copyright holder automatically for creative works which fit in one of the categories.

Bush gives the keynote address to the National Convention of the Fraternal Order of Police.

In order to contain Russia's influence, he launched an invasion of Afghanistan and signed the Cyprus Convention with Turkey, whereby this strategically placed island was handed over to Britain.

However, most of the Christian population of Turkey and the Turkish population of Greece had already been deported under the earlier Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations signed by Greece and Turkey.

All seven sites are in modern-day Turkey and no longer have significant Christian populations because the majority of the Greek population had been deported under the Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations signed by Greece and Turkey.

According to 1932 Convention between Italy and Turkey all these islets-with the exception of Rho and Strongili-were assigned to Turkey.

The 1932 Convention between Italy and Turkey, which defined the sea border between the two powers, assigned all the islets of the small archipelago around Kastelorizo except Rho and Strongili to Turkey.

Similar debates on the education of girls in headscarves have long raged in secular-yet-Muslim Turkey ; the European Court of Human Rights upheld the laws of Turkey, which are more restrictive than the French law ; it therefore seems highly unlikely it would declare the French law contrary to the Convention.

Technically, Allenby noted, the appointment was illegal, in that a civil administration that would compel the inhabitants of an occupied country to express their allegiance to it before a formal peace treaty ( with Turkey ) was signed, was in violation of both military law and the Hague Convention.

That if Russia restores to Turkey Kars, and the other conquests made by her in Armenia during the last war, the Island of Cyprus will be evacuated by England, and the Convention of the 4th of June, 1878, will be at an end.

He negotiated the Convention of El-Arish with Britain and Turkey to allow him to evacuate by sea, but Britain later repudiated the agreement.

This is the result of the Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations of 1923 and of the Treaty of Lausanne of 1924, when the old millet categories were used for the forced population exchanges ( reciprocal ethnic cleansing ) of the Greek Orthodox Christians from Turkey ( except from Istanbul, and the iles of Gokcheada and Bozcaada ) and Muslims from Greece ( except from Western Thrace ), as well as for the protection of the two remaining recognized minorities, the " Muslims of Western Thrace " ( Turks, Pomaks and Roms ) and the " Greek Orthodox of Istanbul ".

:* The European Convention on Human Rights ( 1954 ) places Turkey under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights ( ECtHR ).

In 1987, Turkey accepted the right to apply individually to the ECtHR ( Article 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights

The prospect of EU membership ( which also entails subscription to the European Convention on Human Rights ) has encouraged several European states, most notably Croatia and Turkey, to improve their human rights, especially on freedom of speech and banning the death penalty.

In 1976 and again in 1983, the European Commission of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of repeated violations of the European Convention of Human Rights.

Greek Cypriots who were enclaved in the occupied Karpass Peninsula in 1975 were subjected by the Turks to violations of their human rights so that by 2001 when the European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of the violation of 14 articles of the European Convention of Human Rights in its judgement of Cyprus v. Turkey ( application no.

The Muslim nations of Turkey and Egypt were instrumental in banning opium, cocaine, and cannabis when the League of Nations ( the forerunner of the United Nations ) committed to the 1925 International Convention relating to opium and other drugs ( later the 1934 Dangerous Drugs Act ).

* To perform search and rescue missions within the search and rescue area of Turkey, in conformity with the International Search and Rescue Convention and National Search and Rescue Regulations.

See the United Nations website for full text on " Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation ".

They contend that the Boers of the South African Republic ( ZAR ) and Orange Free State republics were recognized as a separate people or cultural group under international law by the Sand River Convention ( which created the South African Republic in 1852 ), the Bloemfontein Convention ( which created the Orange Free State Republic in 1854 ), the Pretoria Convention ( which re-established the independence of the South African Republic 1881 ), the London Convention ( which granted the full independence to the South African Republic in 1884 ) and the Vereeniging Peace Treaty, which formally ended the Second Anglo-Boer War on 31 May 1902.

Diplomats themselves still retain full diplomatic immunity, and ( as an adherent to the Vienna Convention ) the host country may not enter the premises of the mission without permission of the represented country.

On 31 October 2007 the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate, by a vote of 17 to 4, recommended ratification, and President George W. Bush publicly supported U. S. accession to the Convention ; no date has yet been set for action by the full Senate.

* Helen Keller's Speech The full text of Helen Keller's speech at the 1925 International Convention

Kruger was elected president in 1883 and the republic was restored with full independence in 1884 with the London Convention, but not for long.

* August 24 – 27 – The Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City nominates incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson for a full term, and U. S. Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota as his running mate.

The Republican Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio from June 10 to June 12, with the easy choice of nominating incumbent President Coolidge for a full term of his own.

Its full name is the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.

Andorra is a full member of the United Nations ( UN ), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO ), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), International Criminal Court ( ICC ), International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ( ICCROM ), International Telecommunications Union ( ITU ), International Red Cross, Universal Copyright Convention, Council of Europe, EUTELSAT, World Tourism Organization, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), Customs Cooperation Council ( CCC ), and Interpol.

* Convention of London ( 1814 ), ( full name: Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 ), returning colonies to the Netherlands

* London Convention ( 1972 ), full name: Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter

In 1990, the U. S. Army Adjutant General's Office issued a legal opinion holding that the Sierra MatchKing bullet, despite being an open-tip design, is not designed specifically to cause greater damage or suffering in a human target, and in fact normally does not create a wound readily distinguishable from wounds caused by conventional full metal jacket bullets, and is therefore in their opinion legal under the Hague Convention for use in war.

The convention devoted a full day to discussion of the problems of the labor movement and the role of the new organization in the unions, with " National Secretary of the Convention Arrangements Committee " Jim Cannon delivering the primary report.

Article 9 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities commits signatories to provide for full accessibility in their countries.

However, Sinn Féin refused to take part in the Convention as it refused to discuss the possibility of full Irish independence.

At the 1974 National Convention, the Fraternity allowed chapters to have women as affiliate members of the fraternity, and during the 1976 National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, the decision was made to formally welcome females as full members of the fraternity.

With the ending of the Convention Muir became a marked man ; a government spy had successfully penetrated their security and had turned in a full account of their proceedings with particular emphasis on the controversial Irish Address.

Lasting successes during its life prior to the Constitutional Convention included the Land Ordinance of 1785 where Congress promised settlers west of the Appalachian Mountains full citizenship and eventual statehood.