Submitted on Thursday 4th August 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Petition to prohibit petitions advocating the return of capital punishment
This petition seeks the ban of all petitions seeking to reinstate the barbaric practice of capital punishment in the UK.
The reinstatement of capital punishment by a state which has already banned it is arguably a breach of international human rights law. The reinstatement of capital punishment in the UK would certainly constitute a fundamental breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, particularly Protocol 13 thereof, which outlaws capital punishment within Europe. As such, the UK should send a clear signal that epetitions cannot be raised for matters that will only serve to undermine basic human rights and the rule of law.
No more pro-death penalty petitions!
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
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