conventions

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On Friday, Congolese Justice Minister Guillaume Andali said his country is seeking accountability for alleged breaches of conventions covering genocide prevention, racial discrimination, women's rights and torture.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

These conventions molded the Reconstruction amendments in ways that originalist jurisprudence ignores.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

Born the fourth of five children in 1937 in Bradford, northern England, Hockney defied the conventions of post-war Britain, realising young that he was gay and wanted to be an artist.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

“Plan 75” eschewed dystopian-thriller conventions to ponder how Japan might one day treat its senior citizens, viewing them as little more than a drain on resources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Soon, I trust, those conventions will be every bit as mysterious as the ones that governed the writing of Whig political history.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton