European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018

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SI No.230 of 2018

These Regulations give effect in Irish law to Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast) (“The ReceptionConditions Directive”). Regulation 1 contains the title and commencement date of these Regulations as 30 June 2018. Regulation 2 is the interpretation provision setting out … Read More

Date:30 Jun 2018
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
In Force:Yes
Opt In:Yes
Category:Detention, Education, Employment, Refugee
Keywords:Accommodation Centre, Asylum (Application for), Child, Child (Separated), Detention, Education, Employment, Minor (Unaccompanied), Refugee, Vulnerable Person, Yes
URL:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2018/si/230/made/en/pdf
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Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017

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No. 2 of 2017

This Act gave effect to Directive No. 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 20111 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA, and for that purpose amended certain enactments including the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, the … Read More

Date:22 Feb 2017
Legislation Type:Act (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland, Other
In Force:Yes
Opt In:Yes
Category:Trafficking
Keywords:Child, Exploitation, Trafficking in Human Beings
URL:https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/2/enacted/en/html
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Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Act 2013


Act No. 24 of 2013

The Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Act 2013 was introduced to give effect to certain criminal law provisions of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combatting trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, which replaced Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA on combatting trafficking in human beings. The Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 (the principal Act) legislated for the 2002 Framework … Read More

Date:09 Aug 2013
Legislation Type:Act (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008; Criminal Evidence Act 1992; Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998
In Force:Yes
Category:Trafficking
Keywords:Adult, Child, Child Labour, Exploitation, Migration (Exploitative), Migration (Forced), Protection, Trafficking, Trafficking in Human Beings
URL:http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/acts/2013/a2413.pdf
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Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008


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This Act creates offences criminalising trafficking in persons for the purposes of sexual or labour exploitation, or for the removal of their organs, and criminalises the selling or purchasing of human beings. The Act criminalises the trafficking of children into, through or out of the State, and amends the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 to bring the offence of … Read More

Date:07 May 2008
Legislation Type:Act (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998; Criminal Evidence Act 1992
In Force:Yes
Category:Trafficking
Keywords:Adult, Child, Migration (Exploitative), Migration (Forced), Minor, Sex, Trafficking, Trafficking in Human Beings
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S.I. No. 518 of 2006: European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006

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This Order was made for the purpose of giving effect in Irish law to the Directive on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted (Directive 2004/83/EC: “the Qualification Directive”).

Date:09 Oct 2006
Legislation Type:Statutory Instrument (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Qualification Directive
In Force:Yes
Category:Refugee
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum Seeker, Asylum Shopping, Child, Child (Separated), Common Basic Principles, Common European Asylum System (CEAS), Country of Origin, Country of Origin Information, Detention, Exclusion Clauses, Persecution, Persecution (Actors of), Persecution (Acts of), Persecution (Group), Protection (Actors of), Protection (International), Protection (Person Eligible for Subsidiary), Protection (Subsidiary), Protection Status (Subsidiary), Refugee, Refugee (Convention), Refugee Law, Refugee Status, Refugee Status (Group Determination of), Refugee Status (Withdrawal of), Refugee sur place, Stateless Person
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Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted

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This Directive applies to all EU Member States except Denmark. The Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 30 September 2004 and came into force twenty days later. Member States were required to bring into force domestic legislation necessary to comply with the Directive by 10 October 2006. Ireland ‘opted-in’ to the Directive pursuant to Article … Read More

Date:30 Sep 2004
Legislation Type:Directive
Geographic Focus:Europe
References:European Communities (Eligibility for Protection) Regulations 2006
In Force:Yes
Opt In:Yes
Category:Refugee
Keywords:Asylum, Asylum Seeker, Asylum Shopping, Child, Child (Separated), Common Basic Principles, Common European Asylum System (CEAS), Country of Origin, Country of Origin Information, Detention, Directive, Europe, Exclusion Clauses, Persecution, Persecution (Actors of), Persecution (Acts of), Persecution (Group), Protection (Actors of), Protection (International), Protection (Person Eligible for Subsidiary), Protection (Subsidiary), Protection Status (Subsidiary), Refugee, Refugee (Convention), Refugee Law, Refugee Status, Refugee Status (Withdrawal of), Yes
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Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA of 22 December 2003 on combating the sexual exploitation of children and child pornography

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The Framework Decision entered into force on the date of its publication in the official journal, 20 January 2004. Deadline for implementation in the Member States was 20 January 2006. The Framework Decision requires Member States to take measures to ensure that the following intentional conduct is punishable: (a) coercing a child into prostitution or into participating in pornographic performances, … Read More

Date:20 Jan 2004
Legislation Type:Decision
Geographic Focus:Europe
In Force:No
Opt In:Yes
Category:Trafficking
Keywords:Child, Decision, Europe, Trafficking, Trafficking in Human Beings, Yes
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Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998

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The purpose of the Act is to strengthen the legislative measures aimed to protect children under 17 years old from sexual exploitation through child trafficking and child pornography. The Act makes it an offence, punishable by up to life imprisonment, to organise or knowingly facilitate child trafficking, i.e. the entry into, transit through or exit from the State of a … Read More

Date:29 Jun 1998
Legislation Type:Act (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
References:Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008
In Force:Yes
Category:Trafficking
Keywords:Child, Migrant (Forced), Migration (Exploitative), Minor, Trafficking, Trafficking in Human Beings
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Employment Equality Act 1998

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The Employment Equality Act deals with access to employment and training. The Act protects against discrimination on the following nine grounds: gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, religion, race, sexual orientation, and membership of the Traveller community. The Act covers private and public sector employees as well as applicants for employment and training. The publication of discriminatory advertisements is … Read More

Date:18 Jun 1998
Legislation Type:Act (IE)
Geographic Focus:Ireland
In Force:Yes
Category:Employment
Keywords:Adult, Child, Discrimination (Direct), Discrimination (Indirect), Discrimination (Racial), Employment, Gender, Sex, Victimisation
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