Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Bill 1997

Public bill · Government · Presented

Would bring the 1977 Geneva Protocols into Irish law, strengthening protections for civilians, wounded and sick people, prisoners, medical and civil-defence workers, journalists and evacuated children during international and internal armed conflicts. It would make serious violations—including attacks on civilians, torture, misuse of protective signs and failing to prevent grave breaches—criminal offences, restrict extradition barriers for such offences, protect humanitarian emblems from misuse, and allow Ireland to support international investigations into alleged violations.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to enable effect to be given to the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 done at Geneva on 10 June 1977 and for that purpose to amend the Geneva Conventions Act, 1962, section 6(1) of the Red Cross Act, 1938, and the Prisoners of War and Enemy Aliens Act, 1956, and to provide for connected matters

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