Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe urges Turkey to recognize the right of conscientious objection

(04.06.2020) The Deputies 1. recalled that these cases concern the applicants’ repetitive prosecutions and convictions for refusing to carry out compulsory military service as pacifists and conscientious objectors, as a result of which they are compelled to lead clandestine lives amounting to “civil death”, and the absence of a procedure to establish their status as conscientious objectors;

La situation des objecteurs de conscience en Turquie

(04.06.2020) Les Délégués (des Ministres) 1. rappellent que ces affaires concernent les poursuites et condamnations répétées des requérants pour refus d‘effectuer le service militaire obligatoire en tant que pacifistes et objecteurs de conscience, ce qui les contraint à mener une vie clandestine équivalant à une « mort civile », et l‘absence de procédure visant à établir leur statut d‘objecteur de conscience,

Türkiye’deki vicdani retçilerin durumuna ilişkin

(04.06.2020) The Deputies 1. recalled that these cases concern the applicants’ repetitive prosecutions and convictions for refusing to carry out compulsory military service as pacifists and conscientious objectors, as a result of which they are compelled to lead clandestine lives amounting to “civil death”, and the absence of a procedure to establish their status as conscientious objectors;

EBCO criticises failure of European institutions to implement the right to co

Regression and political lack of interest

(14.02.2020) In its Annual Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Europe 2019, the European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) red-flags the multiple discriminations that conscientious objectors to military service continue to undergo in Europe. In the political context of a growing importance attached to European defence cooperation, armament projects and joint military operations, the right to conscientious objection to military service risks to be marginalized instead of being consistently perceived as a human right to be monitored and guaranteed.