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EBCO’s Annual Report Urges Safeguards for Conscientious Objectors in Europe

On Friday, 6th June, EBCO released its Annual Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service in Europe, reviewing key developments related to conscientious objection and conscription across the continent in 2024. The report underscores the urgent need to protect and support conscientious objectors amid a global rise in militarisation — from the reintroduction of conscription and soaring military expenditures to the devastating toll of ongoing wars.

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WRI exec statement on the escalation between Israel and Iran

For some, militarism is a spectacle until, of course, it isn’t. As the last fibre optic cable into Gaza was cut, and the Freedom Flotilla’s (symbolic) cargo was (symbolically) blocked, and Trump’s military parade through Washington, and countless other small and large militarised acts and words, Netanyahu’s regime has again escalated to real bombs falling on real people – this time on Iran - and the waves of bombs and missiles seem to come faster than any statement we can write.
The demand made of our movements at times like this isn’t to pick sides with militarised actors, but to dare to keep building a different world – where peace and justice thrive. 

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Refusing to Kill: Statements of Conscientious Objectors

On the occasion of International Conscientious Objection Day, we are sharing the voices of conscientious objectors from around the world — individuals who have taken a stand against war and militarism by refusing to serve in the armed forces.

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Europe: Joint Call to the EU for Protection of Conscientious Objectors

Several organisations worldwide stand in solidarity with those who refuse to kill and engage in wars and are for this reason persecuted, criminalised and jailed. The undersigned organizations -active also at the European level- address a specific appeal to the European institutions and Member States to protect and fully implement the right to conscientious objection to military service.