Report

OHCHR report on conscientious objection to military service (50th session of the HRC)

Issued by

OHCHR

Published

11 May 2022

presented to

the Human Rights Council, at its 50th session

Report

Issued by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Subject

Conscientious objection to military service

Symbol Number

A/HRC/50/43

Summary

In the present report, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights analyses developments since 2017, promising practices and remaining challenges concerning conscientious objection to military service.

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Background
Background

In its resolution 20/2 adopted on 16 July 2012, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights “to prepare, in consultation with all States, relevant United Nations agencies, programmes and funds, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and national human rights institutions, a quadrennial analytical report on conscientious objection to military service, in particular on new developments, best practices and remaining challenges.”

The OHCHR report on conscientious objection to military service will be presented to the Human Rights Council at its fiftieth session in June 2022.

Objectives of the report

The report aims to provide information on new developments, best practices and remaining challenges regarding conscientious objection to military service since 2019 (A/HRC/41/23).

How and where to submit inputs

Contributions should be sent, preferably in Word format, by email to: ohchr-registry@un.org by 21 March 2022.

It is suggested to include hyperlinks to relevant websites, documents, data and legislation providing more detailed information.

Inputs Received
Inputs Received

Member States

NHRIs

UN

NGOs and CSOs

Others