Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Kazakhstan - Conscientious objection to military service and related issues

Connection e.V. reports to the UN Human Rights Committee (144th session)

(May 2025) The report emphasizes that not only the right to conscientious objection to military service is not recognised in law, but also the actual persecution of conscientious objectors to military service continues effectively until today.

Latvia - Conscientious objection to military service and related issues

Connection e.V. reports to the UN Human Rights Committee (144th session)

(May 2025) We reported that the right to conscientious objection to military service is not adequately recognised and implemented by the State party, since there is no genuinely civilian alternative service, the body examining applications is not independent and impartial, and there is no genuine recognition of the right to conscientious objection for professional members of the armed forces.

Morocco - Conscientious objection to military service

Connection e.V. reports to the UN Human Rights Committee (144th session)

(April 2025) Compulsory military service has been reintroduced in the country in 2019. The report (contribution to the list of issues) aimed at suggesting questions to be addressed by the Committee to the country during its review, such as requesting information on the current regulations for conscriptions, professional soldiers and reservists.

Connection e.V. presents analysis: Federal High Court attacks basic right to conscientious objection

(12.03.2025) On January 16, 2025, the German Federal High Court (BGH) issued a decision on the question of whether a Ukrainian citizen could be extradited even though he had declared that he is a conscientious objector, and Ukraine had suspended the right to conscientious objection in the event of war. Today, Connection e.V. presented an analysis of the BGH decision and concludes that the BGH failed to take into account key aspects of the decision.