Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016

Public bill · Government · Presented

Sets out criminal offences to protect museums, monuments, artworks and other cultural property during armed conflict. It would make it illegal to attack, destroy, steal, pillage, damage or misuse protected cultural property, including in some cases outside Ireland, and it gives military commanders responsibility if they fail to stop crimes by subordinates. It also protects the Blue Shield emblem, allows Ireland to ratify the Hague Convention and its 1999 Protocol, and helps other countries investigate and prosecute these offences.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to give effect to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954 and to the Protocol thereto, done at The Hague on 26 March 1999 and for those purposes to provide for offences relating to acts prohibited by that Protocol; and to provide for matters related thereto

Last updated 19 July 2021