World survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service
War Resisters' International maintains the World survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service - a database of country profiles and information on the situation for conscientious objectors (COs) and conscripts around the world. This unique resource exists to assist activists, researchers, lawyers and other interested parties to find out more about both trends in conscription worldwide, and specific information on individual states. It has been used to assist COs seeking asylum, to give solidarity activists information in planning campaigns, to give campaigners against conscription examples from other states to put pressure on their own governments, and in academic research.
First written in 1998 (funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust), a comprehensive update of European states was done in 2005 in collaboration with the Quaker Council for European Affairs. It is now updated on a rolling basis. If you have information about new developments in a particular state, please contact us.
For information on how the international human rights system can be used to protect conscientious objectors at risk, visit WRI's project A Conscientious Objector's Guide to the International Human Rights System: http://co-guide.org/
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Index of country reports
- Afghanistan (last updated in 1998)
- Albania (last updated in 2005)
- Algeria (last updated in 1998)
- Andorra (last updated in 2005)
- Angola (last updated in 1998)
- Antigua and Barbuda (last updated in 1998)
- Argentina (last updated in 1998)
- Armenia (last updated in 2005)
- Australia (last updated in 1998)
- Austria (last updated in 2008)
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas (last updated in 1998)
- Bahrain (last updated in 1998)
- Bangladesh (last updated in 1998)
- Barbados (last updated in 1998)
- Belarus (last updated in 2005)
- Belgium (last updated in 2005)
- Belize (last updated in 1998)
- Benin (last updated in 2005)
- Bermuda (last updated in 1998)
- Bhutan (last updated in 1998)
- Bolivia (last updated in 2017)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana (last updated in 1998)
- Brazil (last updated in 1998)
- Brunei (last updated in 1998)
- Bulgaria (last updated in 2008)
- Burkina Faso (last updated in 1998)
- Burma (Myanmar) (last updated in 1998)
- Burundi (last updated in 1998)
- Cambodia (last updated in 1998)
- Cameroon (last updated in 1998)
- Canada (last updated in 1998)
- Cape Verde (last updated in 1998)
- Central African Republic (last updated in 1998)
- Chad (last updated in 1998)
- Chile (last updated in 2017)
- China (last updated in 1998)
- Colombia (last updated in 2025)
- Comores (last updated in 1998)
- Congo Brazzaville (last updated in 1998)
- Congo, Democratic Republic of (last updated in 1998)
- Costa Rica (last updated in 1998)
- Croatia (last updated in 2008)
- Cuba (last updated in 2017)
- Cyprus (last updated in 2021)
- Czech Republic (last updated in 2008)
- Denmark (last updated in 2008)
- Djibouti (last updated in 1998)
- Dominica (last updated in 1998)
- Dominican Republic (last updated in 1998)
- Ecuador (last updated in 1998)
- Egypt (last updated in 1998)
- El Salvador (last updated in 1998)
- Equatorial Guinea (last updated in 1998)
- Eritrea (last updated in 1998)
- Estonia (last updated i)n 2008)
- Ethiopia (last updated in 1998)
- Fiji (last updated in 1998)
- Finland (last updated in 2021)
- France (last updated in 2008)
- Gabon (last updated in 1998)
- Gambia (last updated in 1998)
- Georgia (last updated in 2005)
- Germany (last updated in 2017)
- Ghana (last updated in 1998)
- Greece (last updated in 2021)
- Grenada (last updated in 1998)
- Guatemala (last updated in 1998)
- Guinea (last updated in 1998)
- Guinea-Bissau (last updated in 1998)
- Guyana (last updated in 1998)
- Haiti (last updated in 1998)
- Honduras (last updated in 1998)
- Hungary (last updated in 2008)
- Iceland (last updated in 2005)
- India (last updated in 1998)
- Indonesia (last updated in 1998)
- Iran (last updated in 1998)
- Iraq (last updated in 2002)
- Ireland (last updated in 2008)
- Israel (last updated in 1998)
- Italy (last updated in 2008)
- Ivory Coast (last updated in 1998)
- Jamaica (last updated in 1998)
- Japan (last updated in 1998)
- Jordan (last updated in 1998)
- Kazakhstan (last updated in 1998)
- Kenya (last updated in 1998)
- Kuwait (last updated in 1998)
- Kyrgyzstan (last updated in 1998)
- Laos (last updated in 1998)
- Latvia (last updated in 2008)
- Lebanon (last updated in 1998)
- Lesotho (last updated in 1998)
- Liberia (last updated in 1998)
- Libya (last updated in 1998)
- Liechtenstein (last updated in 2005)
- Lithuania (last updated in 2009)
- Luxembourg (last updated in 2008)
- Macedonia (last updated in 2008)
- Madagascar (last updated in 1998)
- Malawi (last updated in 1998)
- Malaysia (last updated in 1998)
- Mali (last updated in 1998)
- Malta (last updated in 2008)
- Mauritania (last updated in 1998)
- Mauritius (last updated in 1998)
- Mexico (last updated in 1998)
- Moldova (last updated in 2005)
- Monaco (last updated in 2005)
- Mongolia (last updated in 1998)
- Montenegro (last updated in 2005)
- Morocco (last updated in 1998)
- Mozambique (last updated in 1998)
- Namibia (last updated in 1998)
- Nepal (last updated in 1998)
- Netherlands (last updated in 2008)
- New Zealand (last updated in 1998)
- Nicaragua (last updated in 1998)
- Niger (last updated in 1998)
- Nigeria (last updated in 1998)
- North Korea (last updated in 1998)
- Norway (last updated in 2005)
- Oman (last updated in 1998)
- Pakistan (last updated in 1998)
- Palestinian Autonomous Zones (last updated in 1998)
- Panama (last updated in 1998)
- Papua New Guinea (last updated in 1998)
- Paraguay (last updated in 2021)
- Peru (last updated in 1998)
- Philippines (last updated in 1998)
- Poland (last updated in 2008)
- Portugal (last updated in 2017)
- Puerto Rico (last updated in 1998)
- Qatar (last updated in 1998)
- Romania (last updated in 2008)
- Russian Federation (last updated in 2005)
- Rwanda (last updated in 1998)
- San Marino (last updated in 2005)
- Saudi Arabia (last updated in 1998)
- Senegal (last updated in 1998)
- Serbia (last updated in 2005)
- Seychelles (last updated in 1998)
- Sierra Leone (last updated in 1998)
- Singapore (last updated in 1998)
- Slovakia (last updated in 2005)
- Slovenia (last updated in 2008)
- Somalia (last updated in 1998)
- South Africa (last updated in 1998)
- South Korea (last updated in 2009)
- Spain (last updated in 2008)
- Sri Lanka (last updated in 1998)
- Sudan (last updated in 1998)
- Suriname (last updated in 1998)
- Swaziland (last updated in 1998)
- Sweden (last updated in 2009)
- Switzerland (last updated in 2009)
- Syria (last updated in 1998)
- Taiwan (last updated in 1998)
- Tajikistan (last updated in 1998)
- Tanzania (last updated in 1998)
- Thailand (last updated in 2009)
- Togo (last updated in 1998)
- Trinidad and Tobago (last updated in 1998)
- Tunisia (last updated in 1998)
- Turkey (last updated in 2008)
- Turkmenistan (last updated in 1998)
- Uganda (last updated in 1998)
- Ukraine (last updated in 2005)
- United Arab Emirates (last updated in 1998)
- United Kingdom (last updated in 2008)
- United States of America (last updated in 1998)
- Uruguay (last updated in 1998)
- Uzbekistan (last updated in 1998)
- Venezuela (last updated in 1998)
- Vietnam (last updated in 1998)
- Western Sahara (last updated in 1998)
- Yemen (last updated in 1998)
- Zambia (last updated in 1998)
- Zimbabwe (last updated in 1998)
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