Submitted by Caroline Ramcharan on Wednesday 12th May 2021
Published on Tuesday 18th May 2021
Current status: Closed
Closed: Thursday 18th November 2021
Signatures: 14
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
5 years ~ Appalling ~ Armed Forces ~ Crime ~ Criminal ~ Forced ~ Forces ~ Justices ~ Law ~ Lock ~ Overseas Operations Bill ~ Remove ~ Rule ~ The Offence ~ torture
Amend the Overseas Operations Bill. Remove triple lock in cases of torture.
The Government is proposing a bill that makes it near impossible to prosecute almost all cases of torture and war crimes 5 years after the offence.
Thus Bill may deny justice to victims of torture and reduce the likelihood of crimes committed by military personnel being looked into.
The five year rule would include war crimes, torture or other appalling abuses.
It means that prosecutions which could otherwise have gone ahead would no longer be able to do so.
It places members of the Armed Forces above the ordinary criminal law - in a way that is completely unprecedented.
You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
3.147.76.200 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 08:30:47 +0000
