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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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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