Conscientious objection to military service.

Contributor(s):

United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [issuing body.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Geneva [Switzerland] : United Nations ; United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner, 2012Description: iv, 84 pages ; 21 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789211541960
9211541964

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

K4734.C6 C66 2012

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

Conscientious objection: international human rights standards and jurisprudence -- Conscientious objection and alternative service: national law and practice -- Protection of conscientious objectors in international refugee law -- Final observations: the challenge to states.

Summary: This publication addresses sensitive topics such as selective conscientious objection to particular wars, conscientious objection for those who have volunteered to serve in the armed forces and conscientious objection for those in the reserves. For persons who are or may be conscripted into the armed forces, this book specifies issues relating to their right to know their rights in due time and the applicable procedures, decision-making processes for dealing with applications, and the requirements of a fair and impartial procedure. Concerning alternative service to military service for conscientious objectors, this book addresses the difference in treatment between non-combatant alternative service and civilian alternative service, as well as the length and conditions of alternative service and under what circumstances they may be different from the length and conditions of military service.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	KNCHR Library General Stacks	Non-Fiction	K4734.C6 C66 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MKT01620

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"HR/PUB/12/1"--Title page verso.

"United Nations publication. Sales no. E.12. XIV.3."

Includes bibliographical references.

This publication addresses sensitive topics such as selective conscientious objection to particular wars, conscientious objection for those who have volunteered to serve in the armed forces and conscientious objection for those in the reserves. For persons who are or may be conscripted into the armed forces, this book specifies issues relating to their right to know their rights in due time and the applicable procedures, decision-making processes for dealing with applications, and the requirements of a fair and impartial procedure. Concerning alternative service to military service for conscientious objectors, this book addresses the difference in treatment between non-combatant alternative service and civilian alternative service, as well as the length and conditions of alternative service and under what circumstances they may be different from the length and conditions of military service.

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