Petition · past parliament
Protect the identity of sexual crime suspects until proven guilty.
Rejected
17 signatures
What the petition asks
All too often, innocent parties are accused of rape, paedophilia and other sexual crimes, only to be proven as innocent. However an allegation of such severity will have a detrimental effect to their reputation indefinitely
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 9 Mar 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Mar 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
17
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Mar 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.