Practice Relating to Rule 42. Works and Installations Containing Dangerous Forces
Ireland’s Geneva Conventions Act (1962), as amended in 1998, provides that grave breaches of the 1977 Additional Protocol I are punishable offences.
The Act adds that any “minor breach” of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, including violations of Article 56, as well as any “contravention” of the 1977 Additional Protocol II, including violations of Article 15, are also punishable offences.
Under Ireland’s Geneva Conventions Act (1962), as amended in 1998, any “minor breach” of the 1977 Additional Protocol I, including violations of Article 56(5), is a punishable offence.