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On-line Resources for Conscientious Objection to Military Service

QUNO Resources

• Rachel Brett, QUNO representative for Human Rights and Refugees, speaking on Conscientious Objection. She compares the jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights Committee with the European Court for Human Rights.


• International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service, (English), (Español), (Français), (Deutsch), (Russian), Rachel Brett, 2011 (pdf 295 kb)


• Colombia: Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 23 March 2011 delivered by Rachel Brett (pdf 71 kb)


• VAHAN BAYATYAN Applicant -VS-ARMENIA Respondent Government before the European Court of Human Rights, Amicus Brief from Amnesty International, Conscience and Peace Tax International, International Commission of Jurists, War Resisters' International, Friends World Committee for Consultation (pdf 239 kb)


• European Court of Human Rights fails to uphold international human rights standards, Joint statement of European Bureau for Conscientious Objection, Quaker United Nations Office, Geneva, and War Resisters' International, 27/10/09 (pdf 113kb)



• Briefing Paper on Conscientious Objection, February 2007 (pdf 110 kb)


• References to CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION in the documents submitted to, and resolutions of, the UN Commission on Human Rights, 61st Session, March - April 2005 (pdf 947 kb)


• Civil and Political Rights, Including the Questions of: Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 18 February 2005,
  Friends World Committee for Consultation (pdf 105 kb).


• References to CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION in the documents submitted to, and resolutions of, the UN Commission on Human Rights, 60th Session, March - April 2004 (pdf 247 kb)


• "References to Conscientious Objection to Military Service in the documents submitted to and resolutions of the UN Commission on Human Rights during the 59th Session." R. Brett (pdf 36 kb)

FWCC Statements

• Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 13 February 2012, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 19th session of the Human Rights Council (pdf 347kb)
  
  
• Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 14 May 2010, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 14th session of the Human Rights Council (pdf 37kb)
  
  
• Human Rights Council 12th Session Agenda item 3: Conscientious Objection to Military Service 22 September 2009 oral statement of Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) delivered by Rachel Brett (pdf 52 kb)


• Conscientious Objection to Military Service 16 March 2009 joint oral statement of Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) and Conscience and Peace Tax International (CPTI) delivered by Rachel Brett (pdf 48 kb)


• Human Rights Council 10th Session Agenda item 3: Inter-Active Dialogue with Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 6 March 2009 joint oral statement of Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers) and Amnesty International delivered by Rachel Brett (pdf 58 kb)


• Civil and Political Rights: Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 1 March 2006, Written statement to the Commission on Human Rights (pdf 20kb)


• Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 1 April 2005, FWCC oral statement delivered by Eleanor Andrews (pdf 107kb)


• Conscientious Objection to Military Service, April 2004, FWCC oral statement to 60th session of UN Commission for Human Rights, delivered by Rachel Taylor (pdf 84 kb)


• Administration of Justice, Rule of Law and Democracy, 15 July 2003 written statement submitted by FWCC and World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) to the 55th Session of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, Rachel Brett (pdf 168 kb)


• Civil and Political Rights, including the Question of: Conscientious Objection to Military Service, 1 February 2000 written statement submitted by FWCC(pdf 12 kb)


• Conscientious Objection to Military Service , 9 April 2003, oral statement to the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights delivered by R. Brett (pdf 17 kb)

Related Links

• Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Asylum – workshop handout
• Military Recruitement and Conscientious Objection: A Thematic Survey', 2006, Conscience and Peace Tax International
• 'The Right of Conscientious Objection in Europe: A Review of the Current Situation', Quaker Council of European Affairs (QCEA)
• The NGO Conscience & Peace Tax International (CPTI)
• High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
• War Resisters’ International
• Amnesty International
• Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC)

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