Le Taurillon

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The right to conscientious objection in Belarus : Still a long way to go

Belarus is one of the worst examples of European countries not having enforced the right for conscientious objection - the right to refuse military service. The right to conscientious objection is well founded in international human rights law. It is prescribed among others in UN conventions, (…)

vendredi 19 mars 2010

The right to refuse to kill

According to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (art. 18) and the United Nations Human Rights Committee (General Comment 22, Para. 11) a Conscientious Objector (CO) is an “individual [who has] claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of (…)

vendredi 29 janvier 2010

Giorgos Kosmopoulos

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The right to conscientious objection in Belarus : Still a long way to go

The right to refuse to kill