Give more rights to victims in the NI court process.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Victims of crime, like murder, deserve the right to read their Victim Impact Statements out directly to the perpetrator, either within the courtroom or a private room within the prison.

Victims deserve their voices to be heard and perpetrators deserve to have to listen to the very real and devastating impact their crime(s) have had on those victims.
The so-called justice system seems to be designed to protect the criminals with virtually ZERO regard for the victims. It's time that changed!
What happened to us matters and we are done being silenced. Allowing victims to read their statements is the least that can be done.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about the justice system in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive, not the UK Government or Parliament.

If you want to raise this issue you could contact your MLA, or raise it with the Northern Ireland Executive.

You can find contact details for your MLAs here: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/your-mlas/

You can find contact details for the departments of the Northern Ireland Executive here: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/government-departments-in-northern-ireland

Timeline

31 Jan 2023	Petition opened for signatures
2 Feb 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Feb 2023

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