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拷問等禁止条約 (ごうもんとうきんしじょうやく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

拷ごう問もん等とう禁きん止し条じょう約やく

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Meanings

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noun

United Nations Convention Against Torture (1987)

Formal name of the international treaty; used in legal, diplomatic, and human rights contexts.

日本にほんは1999年ねんに拷ごう問もん等とう禁きん止し条じょう約やくを批ひ准じゅんした。
Japan ratified the Convention Against Torture in 1999.

Kanji

torture, beat

問question, ask, problem

等etc., and so forth, class (first)

禁prohibition, ban, forbid

止stop, halt

条article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc.

約promise, approximately, shrink

Etymology

Compound of 拷問 (torture), 等 (etc.), 禁止 (prohibition), and 条約 (treaty), directly translating the English name.