This treaty had confined its consideration solely to physical aspects of genocide which The Convention defines as:

The Convention Against Torture defines torture in the following terms:

The Convention (in article 2) defines genocide:

The Convention defines it as follows:

The 1951 Convention, for example, defines refugees in essentially cold-war terms, saying they must have fled to another country to escape "a well-founded fear of persecution."

The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of 18, unless an earlier age of majority is recognized by a country's law.

Conventions define themes and bridge competing views.

The Convention defines discrimination against women in the following terms:

The Convention defines a hazard as: "any material or substance which is liable to create hazards to human health and/or the environment".

The Convention does not define the term "habitual residence," but it is not intended to be a technical term.