Petition · past parliament

Case should be filed in international court against China for spreading Corona.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

UK govt should file case in international court of justice against China for spreading, hiding and delaying the facts on Coronovirus and claim full compensation and distributing to the affected businesses and people.
Because China is fully responsible for the heinous crime and should be punished in the hardest way so that no country will do like this in future.

Why it was rejected

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

We can't publish petitions that include claims that are unproven, such as on the causes of Coronavirus or responsibility for the current pandemic.

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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

3 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
22 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 May 2020

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