Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Israel: Feminist Counseling Network New Profile

(06.09.2023) My name is Or and I have been New Profile’s Counseling Network co-coordinator for the past 4 years. New Profile is a feminist anti-militarist movement that has been active in Israel since 1998. I am writing this as a part of the. #ObjectWarCampaign, organized by Connection e.V., the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, the European Office for Conscientious Objection and War Resisters’ International. The #ObjectWarCampaign is a very important campaign that calls European countries to acknowledge the right to asylum of people that ran away from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine as an act of refusing to take part in the war, to kill or be killed.

France: Refugee protection for Russian conscientious objectors at risk of recruitment

(06.09.2023) The Grand Chamber of the National Asylum Court (CNDA) ruled on September 6, 2023, that Russian nationals who refuse partial mobilisation or forced recruitment as part of the war in Ukraine must be granted refugee status, as they would be induced to commit such crimes directly or indirectly due to the large-scale commission of war crimes by the Russian armed forces. However, they would have to prove that they are actually at risk of being recruited for the war.

Call for actions from 8 to 21 May 2023

Protection and asylum for all those from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine who refuse military service

Action weeks around the International Day of Conscientious Objection

We call to organise around the "International Day of Conscientious Objection", 15 May, rallies and demonstrations in front of Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian government institutions as well as EU representations, vigils in front of deserter monuments and many other creative actions in different places. Conscientious objection is a human right!

Update to the signees of the #ObjectWarCampaign

Russia, Belarus, Ukraine: Protection and Asylum for Deserters and Conscientious Objectors

(04.04.2023) It’s great. More than 34,000 people have joined the #ObjectWarCampaign and signed the petition to protect conscientious objectors and deserters from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. We thank you very much for your support.

With this email we are sending you an update about the campaign. Please pass this information on to friends and acquaintances. We are continuing to collect signatures so that the campaign gets as much support as possible.