Safety of United Nations Personnel and Punishment of Offenders Bill, 1999

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Gives Irish law effect to the UN Convention protecting UN staff, peacekeepers and associated humanitarian workers. It makes attacks, killings, kidnappings, threats and attempts against them serious offences, and requires Ireland to prosecute or extradite suspects, cooperate with other countries, facilitate transit and ensure fair treatment.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to give the force of law to the United Nations Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, done at New York on 9 December, 1994, to provide for the punishment of offences against personnel, and related matters

Last updated 12 April 2018