Petition · past parliament

Revive Crown immunity under the Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces) Act 1987.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

We the people urge the government to revive the armed forces’ Crown immunity from actions in tort during all future ‘warlike operations’ overseas, by ministerial order under the Crown Proceedings (Armed Forces) Act 1987.
We ask our soldiers to sometimes pay the ultimate sacrifice and carry out atrocious acts in the name of our political elite. They do this without question, but when things go wrong, as the often do in the "fog of war" we ask that they are PROTECTED NOT PROSECUTED

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Dec 2016

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