International Criminal Court Act 2006
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Extra-territorial jurisdiction. |
12.— (1) An Irish national who does an act outside the State that, if done within it, would constitute an ICC offence or an offence under section 11 (1) is guilty of that offence and liable to the penalty provided for it. | |
(2) Subsection (1) also applies in relation to a person of any other nationality who does an act outside the State that, if done within it, would constitute both— | ||
(a) a war crime under subparagraph (a) (grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions) or (b) (other specified serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict) of Article 8.2, and | ||
(b) an offence under section 3 (grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions and Protocol I thereto) of the Geneva Conventions Act 1962 . | ||
(3) An act which— | ||
(a) is done outside the State on board an Irish ship or Irish controlled aircraft, and | ||
(b) if done within it, would constitute an ICC offence, | ||
is deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been done within the State. | ||
(4) The reference in subsection (2)(b) to section 3 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1962 is to that section as amended by section 3 of the Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Act 1998 and by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3. | ||
(5) In this section— | ||
“ Irish controlled aircraft ” has the meaning given to it by section 1(1) of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1973 ; | ||
“ Irish ship ” has the meaning given to it by section 9 of the Mercantile Marine Act 1955 . |