Make public sexual harrassment a criminal offense.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Sexual harrassment should become a criminal offense in the UK.

Over 97% of women over the age of 14 have been sexually harrased. This is nearly all of the women in the UK. Enough is enough, action must be taken since sexual harrassment has put many people in danger.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all sexual offences: Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all sexual offences

Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence: Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence

Timeline

14 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Apr 2021

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