Petition · past parliament
Make all Sexual Assault Illegal.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
Put a law in place making any and all sexual assault, from unsolicited cat calling to groping and inappropriate touching, illegal and punishable by means of fines or community service.
This petition is aiming to discourage offenders from making others uncomfortable and to make victims of sexual assault feel safer when outside.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Sexual assault is already illegal, but you might like to sign the following petition calling for a similar action:
Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence: Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence
We could accept a petition calling for certain actions to be made specific criminal offences, but you'd need to be clear what actions you wanted to be made offences.
Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence: Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence
We could accept a petition calling for certain actions to be made specific criminal offences, but you'd need to be clear what actions you wanted to be made offences.
Timeline
| 17 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 31 Mar 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
31 Mar 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.