Internment

The word internment is generally used to refer to the imprisonment or confinement of people, generally in prison camps or prisons, without due process of law and a trial. It also refers to the practice of neutral countries in time of war to hold belligerent armed forces and equipment which enter their territory, under the Second Hague Convention.

Republic of Ireland

Internment has also been used as a means of suppressing the Irish Republican Army in the Republic of Ireland. It was used during and after the Irish Civil War (June 1922?April 1923), between 1939 and 1945 to safeguard the state's neutrality during WWII (the Emergency), and between 1956 and 1962 during the IRA's Border Campaign.

Related Topics:
Irish Republican Army - Republic of Ireland - Irish Civil War - WWII - The Emergency - Border Campaign

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