Conscientious Objectors
A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.In some countries, conscientious objectors are assigned to an alternative civilian service as a substitute for conscription or military service. Some conscientious objectors consider themselves pacifist, non-interventionist, non-resistant, non-aggressionist, anti-imperialist, antimilitarist or philosophically stateless (not believing in the notion of state). On March 8, 1995, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/83 stated that "persons performing military service should not be excluded from the right to have conscientious objections to military service". …
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UN: The United Nations · 13 March 2024 English
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declare themselves to be institutional conscientious objectors, fewer than 10 per cent had done so. Moreover … declare themselves to be institutional conscientious objectors, since conscientious objection was a highly …
UN: The United Nations · 6 March 2024 English
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6 Jehovah’s Witnesses were jailed as conscientious objectors to military service.26 On 7 May 2021, the … Jehovah’s Witnesses who had been jailed as conscientious objectors to military service. All 16 of them were … that the Government’s position towards conscientious objectors remains unclear. The State party persists … sphere and not under military command for conscientious objectors, and halt all prosecutions of individuals … 26 See Forum 18, “TURKMENISTAN: 8 conscientious objectors jailed in 2021, UN special procedures …
Pew Research Center · 5 March 2024 English
In 2021, the global median level of government restrictions on religion was 3.0 on the Government Restrictions Index – up from 2.8 in 2020.
countries in the Americas. In Colombia, where conscientious objectors have been exempt from military service …
UN: The United Nations · 28 February 2024 English
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alternative service of a civilian nature for conscientious objectors. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination …
ACUS: Atlantic Council of the United States · 27 February 2024 English
The more specific and informed the consent regime, the lesser ceptable secondary and tertiary uses These expectations are the future liability and the stronger the trust relationship with often context …
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Amnesty International · 27 February 2024 English
We, 32 human rights organizations, condemn Moscow’s Golovinsky District Court’s sentencing today of Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Human Rights Defense Center Memorial, to 2 years and 6 months in prison …
Human Rights (Poland) • Movement of Conscientious Objectors Amnesty International Public Statement …
UN: The United Nations · 22 February 2024 English
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that automatically disqualify certain conscientious objectors from recognition, c) place the administration … Minister of Defence to suspend the rights of conscientious objectors in wartime.11 7. JS2 recommended that …
UN: The United Nations · 16 February 2024 English
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for alternative civilian service for conscientious objectors.51 36. JS2 considered supported recommendations …
UN: The United Nations · 7 February 2024 English
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hospitals of four regions of the country were conscientious objectors.10 9. The NHRI noted that discriminatory …
EU: European Union · 30 January 2024 English
applicable to civil servants, judges and conscientious objectors, giving due consideration to the special …
