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Proceeds of Crime (Gross Human Rights Abuses) Bill 2020
- Sponsor
- Brendan Howlin · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 1 Dec 2020
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Proceeds of Crime Acts to treat foreign conduct as 'criminal conduct' if it constitutes gross human rights abuse, even if not illegal in the foreign state, enabling asset seizure.
- Defines gross human rights abuse as severe physical/mental suffering inflicted by public officials against those exposing illegal activity or promoting human rights, performed in official capacity.
- Applies retroactively to conduct and property obtained before or after the bill's passage, provided some property from the conduct is located in Ireland.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil1 Dec 2020
- Second Stage33rd Dáil1 Dec 2020
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil1 May 2025
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