Petition · past parliament

Stop all legacy prosecutions of both Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Give all veterans immunity of prosecution for acts related to their service to the country
There are politicians in Northern Ireland who were members of the IRA and implicated in many murders, yet we see no prosecutions of them, also many NI terrorist were let out early as part of the Good Friday agreement, are they going to be recalled to serve the rest of their sentences.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

16 Dec 2016 Petition opened for signatures
20 Dec 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Dec 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.