Apply the Human Rights Act retrospectively
I think the Government should legislate for full retrospective application of the Human Rights Act.
Signatures
1,054
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 1,054/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 1,054/100,000
- 08 MAR 2026Petition closedFinal total: 1,054 signatures
- 08 SEPT 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
I believe this could potentially allow victims of sexual exploitation, whose cases weren’t properly investigated, to obtain justice for the failure to investigate, where this was before the introduction of the Human Rights Act.
Victims of abuse don’t always come forward until many years later and deserve justice.