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That includes law relating to health facilities in war, as codified in the First and Fourth Geneva Conventions as well as in “state practice” and the military manuals of most states.

From Salon

Facilities organized for medical purposes are protected under the Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocols and other law and practice — rules developed in part as a response to the horrors of the Holocaust revealed at the Nuremberg trials — and can be either civilian or military, permanent or temporary, fixed or mobile.

From Salon

There are long-standing conventions for debate in the Chamber, such as MPs only being able to take part with the speaker or deputy speaker's permission and the occasional need for time limits on speeches, as well as stressing that the order in which speakers are chosen is at the speaker's discretion.

From BBC

His political views still are evolving, so as part of that evolution, Lalas attended both national party conventions this summer.

They didn’t watch the two conventions on TV or even get around to watching the presidential debate between Harris and Trump.

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