S.I. No. 390/2019 - Extradition (International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings) Order 2019

1. Any State Party may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

2. The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, pursuant to Article 9 of this Convention, declares that it shall not take this Convention as the direct legal basis for extradition. The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam shall carry out extradition in accordance with the provisions of its domestic laws and regulations, on the basis of treaties on extradition and the principle of reciprocity.”

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 July, 2019.

SIMON COVENEY,

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(

This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.

)

The effect of this Order is to apply the provisions of Part II of the

Extradition Act 1965

to the countries listed in Part A of Schedule 2 to the Order in respect of offences under the 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings. The Convention was ratified on behalf of the State on 30 June 2005. The countries listed in Part A of Schedule 2 are those states parties to the Convention other than Member States of the European Union because extradition to and from those Member States is regulated by the European Arrest Warrant system. Part B of Schedule 2 lists the reservations and declarations, or parts thereof, made by certain states parties which relate to extradition under the Convention.

3. This Convention shall be open to accession by any State. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 22

4. If necessary, the offences set forth in Article 2 shall be treated, for the purposes of extradition between States Parties, as if they had been committed not only in the place in which they occurred but also in the territory of the States that have established jurisdiction in accordance with Article 6, paragraphs 1 and 2.

5. The provisions of all extradition treaties and arrangements between States Parties with regard to offences set forth in Article 2 shall be deemed to be modified as between State Parties to the extent that they are incompatible with this Convention.

Article 10

6. When a State Party, pursuant to this Article, has taken a person into custody, it shall immediately notify, directly or through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the States Parties which have established jurisdiction in accordance with Article 6, paragraphs 1 and 2, and, if it considers it advisable, any other interested States Parties, of the fact that such person is in custody and of the circumstances which warrant that person’s detention. The State which makes the investigation contemplated in paragraph 1 shall promptly inform the said States Parties of its findings and shall indicate whether it intends to exercise jurisdiction.

Article 8

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

9

th August,

2019.

WHEREAS, by the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (the terms of which are set out in Schedule 1 to the following Order) done at New York on 15 December 1997 (referred to subsequently in these recitals as “the Convention”) to which the State is a party, an arrangement was made with the other countries that are parties to that Convention for the surrender of persons wanted for prosecution or punishment for the offences specified therein;

AND WHEREAS the Convention was ratified on behalf of the State on 30 June 2005;

AND WHEREAS the Convention has also been ratified, or acceded to, by the countries specified in Part A of Schedule 2 to the following Order, subject to the reservations entered and the declarations made by certain countries concerned specified in Part B of that Schedule;

NOW I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in exercise of powers conferred on me by section 8 (amended by

section 57

(3) of the

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005

(No. 2 of 2005)) of the

Extradition Act 1965

(No. 17 of 1965) (as adapted by the Foreign Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 246 of 2011

)), and after consultation with the Minister for Justice and Equality, hereby order as follows