This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Rejected petition Petition to prohibit petitions advocating the return of capital punishment
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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!
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