MARITIME SECURITY ACT 2004 REVISED Updated to 22 November 2021 AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF MARITIME NAVIGATION, DONE AT ROME ON 10 MARCH 1988, AND TO THE PROTOCOL FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF FIXED PLATFORMS LOCATED ON THE CONTINENTAL SHELF, DONE AT ROME ON THAT […]
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ( UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ) ACT, 2000 AN ACT TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON THE 10TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1984, TO AMEND CERTAIN ENACTMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [14th June, 2000] BE IT ENACTED BY […]
Genocide International law criminalises certain very serious offences irrespective of domestic law. The four principal international crimes are genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and aggression. Genocide is defined in the 1948 Genocide Convention as any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, including killing members of the group; causing […]
Participation in Offences Principles of liability and offences similar to those in domestic criminal law apply to international criminal law. Concepts like aiding, abetting, duress, and self-defence mirror those applicable under domestic law. However, there are specialised offences in international law without parallels in domestic jurisdictions. The concept of a joint criminal enterprise exists in many, though not all, international crimes. Tribunals have adopted liability […]
Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act The primary purpose of the Act is to create extraterritorial jurisdiction over certain offences contained in the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 and the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990, as well as extending extraterritorial jurisdiction to murder and manslaughter committed abroad by Irish residents. The Act is to give further effect to the Council of Europe Convention […]
The Main Conventions The Geneva Convention 1864 provided protection during armed conflict, including provision for sick and wounded military personnel. In 1949 four new important Conventions were adopted in the wake of the Second World War. Convention I makes provision to improve conditions of wounded and sick in armed forces in the field. Convention II makes provision for the same at sea. Convention III makes […]