Related Rule
Ireland
Practice Relating to Rule 122. Pillage of the Personal Belongings of Persons Deprived of Their Liberty
Ireland’s Basic LOAC Guide (2005) states:
The following articles must remain in the PWs [prisoners’ of war] possession:
- helmets, respirators and other such articles if required for personal protection;
- personal effects including items used for clothing and feeding; and
- badges of rank, nationality and decorations in addition to identity documents.
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Money and other articles of value in possession of a PW may not be taken from him except by order of an officer and upon issuance of a receipt.
Ireland, Basic Guide to the Law of Armed Conflict, TP/TRG/01-2005, Director of Defence Forces Training, Department of Defence, July 2005, p. 9.
Ireland’s Geneva Conventions Act (1962), as amended in 1998, provides that any “contravention” of the 1977 Additional Protocol II, including violations of Article 4(2)(g), is a punishable offence.
Ireland, Geneva Conventions Act, 1962, as amended in 1998, Section 4(1) and (4).
