Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Bill 2018

Public bill · Government · Presented

Extends Irish criminal law to certain serious offences committed outside Ireland, including some assaults and sexual offences, and in some cases murder and manslaughter by Irish citizens or residents. It also covers helping or encouraging those crimes from Ireland or in certain Irish-linked places, while avoiding overlap with offences already covered for Northern Ireland. The aim is to better protect women and victims of domestic abuse and to help Ireland meet its duties under the Istanbul Convention.

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Bill entitled an Act to extend the criminal law of the State to certain conduct engaged in outside the State and in that regard to give effect to certain provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence done at Istanbul on 11 May 2011; for that purpose to amend the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 11 March 2019