CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION

(See also Military Service; Neutrality)

Armenia:

alternative service: yb15 30-31; kr 153; yb14 30; w12 11/1 31; yb08 18

European Court of Human Rights upholds right of (2011): w25.07 30; kr 152-153; yb14 30; yb13 37-38; g 10/13 3; w12 8/15 17; w12 11/1 29-31; yb12 34-35; yb11 21-22; yb10 17; yb08 19

Belarus:

government to draft law on alternative service (2010): yb11 23

Britain:

Witnesses during World War I: yb17 172-173; yb16 174-175; kr 149; w13 5/15 31-32; g04 2/22 12-13

Bulgaria:

Witnesses granted right of: kr 152

comments by churches:

Catholic Herald: w88 4/15 17

Evangelical Lutheran Church: w90 6/15 30

Eritrea:

Witnesses imprisoned over: yb16 33

Germany (Nazi): brfi 20-24

various religions: g87 9/8 7

Greece:

Council of State upholds Witnesses (2008, 2010): yb11 24-25; yb09 22-23

Hungary:

plaque commemorating Witnesses executed for: w03 1/15 32; yb03 23

Korea, Republic of (South): yb16 32-33; yb14 30-31; yb13 40-41; yb12 36-37; yb10 22; yb09 23; yb08 17-18; g 12/08 14-15

Constitutional Court considering arguments (2015): yb17 37-38

National Human Rights Committee promotes right of: g 6/06 30

UN Human Rights Committee upholds Witness position: w13 8/15 30; yb13 41; yb12 37; yb09 23; yb08 17-18

Kyrgyzstan:

Supreme Court upholds Witnesses: yb15 33-34

Mexico:

conference “Conscientious Objection in Mexico and the World” (1997): g00 3/8 20-21

Singapore:

Witnesses imprisoned: yb14 31

Sweden:

Witnesses deemed unique: yb91 166-167

Taiwan: yb01 55

imprisoned Witnesses pardoned (2000): g01 9/8 28

Türkiye:

European Court of Human Rights upholds Witnesses (2011, 2014): yb15 36

Turkmenistan:

Witnesses convicted for neutrality: yb08 21

Witnesses imprisoned for neutrality: yb14 31

Ukraine:

courts uphold Witness position: yb16 33-34

United States:

Supreme Court upholds Witnesses (1955): kr 151-152