Petition · past parliament
PARLIAMENT MUST DEBATE THE LEGALITY (UNDER VCLT:1969) OF UK ENTRY INTO THE EU
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Article 53, VCLT: 1969 states: 'A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion, it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international law which include secret negotiations, misleading the people of the signature State and failure to conform with the constitution of the signature State.
Equally no Treaty is valid if people of that State were misled as to the intentions of a treaty.
Article 26, VCLT states that every treaty must be performed in 'good faith'.
It has become apparent with the republication of document FCO 30/1048:71 that Prime Minister Heath, and all subsequent Governments were complicit to a certain extent, when assuring the People and Parliament that there was no question of surrendering national sovereignty.
Article 26, VCLT states that every treaty must be performed in 'good faith'.
It has become apparent with the republication of document FCO 30/1048:71 that Prime Minister Heath, and all subsequent Governments were complicit to a certain extent, when assuring the People and Parliament that there was no question of surrendering national sovereignty.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 14 May 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Jul 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
9 Jul 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.