Make slander and defamation of a deceased person a criminal offence.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

This is a petition to create a law that would make it illegal for anyone/any organisation to falsely, directly label any deceased individual as a criminal having commited any criminal act while alive, until such time as they are posthumously proven guilty in a court of law.

Especially in any form of media (including social). This should be considered posthumous defamation and/slander.

While the deceased fails to be affected by this practice, the privacy, reputation, health, and income of any estate, family, business associates or friends associated with the deceased is unjustly affected.

This is also the case of a person of public interest, where there is potential to cause distress, mental health issues and physical harm.

Why it was rejected

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

Change the law to protect deceased from defamation.

Timeline

17 Mar 2019	Petition opened for signatures
27 Mar 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Mar 2019

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