Submitted by Micah Orsetti on Friday 13th March 2026
Published on Thursday 23rd April 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Friday 23rd October 2026
Current Signatures: 32
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Bodies ~ care providers ~ Caused ~ Change ~ concerns ~ Context ~ Controlled ~ Controlling ~ Crime ~ Criminal ~ Damaged ~ Employers ~ Extend ~ Gap ~ Law ~ Partner ~ Protecting ~ relationship ~ Religious ~ section ~ The Law ~ Victim ~ Worthy
Extend Section 76 to protect victims of institutional coercive control.
Amend the Serious Crime Act 2015 to make coercive and controlling behaviour by employers, religious organisations, care providers, and institutions a criminal offence, giving all victims the same legal protection regardless of context.
We believe the law currently tells victims of institutional coercive control that their suffering is less worthy of criminal sanction simply because their abuser was an employer, a religious body, an organisation, or a care provider rather than a partner or family member. We are concerned that this is a gap that causes real, lasting harm to people. The psychological damage caused by coercive control does not depend on the relationship in which it occurs, and the law should reflect that. It must change to provide recourse to all victims, not just some.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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