Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Wednesday 29th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
UK Government to hold an additional EU Referendum for Young People aged 16 & 17.
We call upon the Government to hold an additional EU referendum for Young People aged 16 & 17 at the time of the EU Referendum on the 23rd June 2016.
Young people were given the opportunity to have thier voices heard during the Scottish Referendum, so why not the EU?
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is a legally-binding international agreement setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of every child, regardless of their race, religion or abilities (Save the Children).
By not allowing Young People the opportunity to have a vote in the referendum goes against Article 12 of the UNCRC "children and young people have the human right to have opinions and for these opinions to matter".
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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