Translation of "Kriegsdienstverweigerung aus gewissensgründen" in English

Personal contacts in Moscow by a chairman of the Human Rights Subcommittee secured the release into exile of a number of Jewish refuseniks; also resolved in Russia were some cases of conscientious objectors.

The right to conscientious objection is not recognised.Â

Paragraph 3 of the Article regulates the conscientious objection for conscience reasons.

In my opinion, refusing military service on conscientious grounds has to be accepted and must not be regarded as a crime.

Parliament will no doubt have an opportunity to comment on the results of these negotiations in the near future.

But in my view concern has vanished when just as with the directive on mothers-to-be a kind of discrimination is created, since people living in Britain will not enjoy the same level of social protection available in other countries.

The fear of punishment for conscientious objection, absence without leave or desertion is investigated on an individual basis.

As regards the other aspects of the report, I recommend aiming for harmonization of the various Member States' laws and I take a favourable view of giving an objector the opportunity to carry out his civilian service in Member States other than his own. In fact, the same should apply, in my view, to military service.

The report by Mrs Maria Antonietta Macciocchi (Soc/I) calling for less stringent conditions for granting conscientious objector status was adopted.

I talk intentionally of 20 million Sudanese, because the fanatical attitude of the Government is rejected not only by the people in the south but by many muslims in the north too. We should not leave these people in the lurch once more but should ensure that deeds now follow the many words which have been uttered here, hopefully for the last time.

On the grounds that confidentiality for journalists' sources is an important factor in improving the quality of public information and in strengthening democ­racy Parliament called on the Member States which have not already done so to enact legisla­tion recognizing the right of journalists to pro­fessional secrecy.

The grand bench of the Supreme Court, which is expected to convene a public hearing on the issue, should find the defendant not guilty in accordance with the Constitutional Court's decision by recognizing refusal to military service on grounds of conscientiously held beliefs as one of the "justifiable grounds" stipulated in the MSA.

Ignoring international standards Omar Saad claims his human right to conscientious objection, as guaranteed by Article 18 of the ICCPR.

In view of the topical debate about a draft bill on the new structure of military service in the Republic of Yugoslavia, the discussions with political and church partners in this connection emphasised the need for a right to refuse to serve in the armed forces on grounds of conscience in Yugoslavia.

In a decision from January 2007, the United Nations Human Rights Committee recognised the right to conscientious objection as a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, as guaranteed by Article 18 ICCPR.

Why didn’t you go through the U.S. legal system and apply to the Army for conscientious objector status?

This sentence is a violation of Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which guarantees the right to conscientious objection.

We ask the churches as well to urge their governments to acknowledge the right of conscientious objection to military service and to provide opportunities for non-violent alternative service.

Good ones, where a degree of democratization has occurred, where democracy has become more firmly rooted in countries where that was not previously the case, but at the same time the point is quite rightly made that there are other situations, notably in the former communist world, where a collective crisis of identity is in some cases leading to obsessive nationalism, fanatical factionism and religious fundamentalism.

To give to society and to the State in which that society is structured; moreover, to give something here in Europe, in the Third World and in areas of conflict (such as Bosnia today); in short, to give mankind an alternative, community service (health, civil protection, aid to refugees, development cooperation, home help for marginalized members of society, for people who are alone or the handicapped, to provide aid in fighting drugs, etc.).

The case concerned the refusal by the applicant, a Jehovah’s Witness and conscientious objector, to perform military service for reasons of conscience.