Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee: Cyprus

CCPR/C/79/Add.39; A/49/40, paras.312-333
21 September 1994

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The Committee is concerned about the unfair treatment accorded to conscientious objectors in Cyprus, who are subject to an excessive period of alternative service lasting 42 months, which is not compatible with the provisions of article 18 and 26 of the Covenant, and that persons may also be subject to punishment on one or more occasion for failure to perform military service.

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The Committee recommends that the laws concerning conscientious objectors be amended in order to ensure their fair treatment under the law and to reduce the excessively lengthy period of alternative national service and the possibility of repeated punishment.

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Source: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CCPR.C.79.Add.39.En?Opendocument