Conscientious objector
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- | A '''conscientious objector''' (CO) is an [[individual]] who, on religious, [[moral]] or [[ethical]] grounds, refuses to participate as a combatant in war or, in some cases, to take any role that would support a combatant organization [[armed forces]]. In the first case, conscientious objectors may be willing to accept [[non-combatant]] roles during [[conscription]] or [[military service]]. In the second case, the CO objects to any role within [[armed forces]] and results in complete rejection of conscription or military service and, in some countries, assignment to an alternative [[civilian service]] as a substitute for conscription or military service. Some conscientious objectors may consider themselves either [[pacifism|pacifist]], [[nonresistance|non-resistant]], or [[antimilitarist]]. | + | A '''conscientious objector''' is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform [[military service]]" on the grounds of [[freedom of thought]], [[conscience]], or [[freedom of religion|religion]]. |
- | ==See also== | + | |
- | * [[American Friends Service Committee]] | + | In some countries, conscientious objectors are assigned to an alternative [[civilian service]] as a substitute for conscription or military service. Some conscientious objectors consider themselves [[pacifism|pacifist]], [[non-interventionism|non-interventionist]], [[nonresistance|non-resistant]], [[non-aggression principle|non-aggressionist]], [[anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]], [[antimilitarist]] or philosophically stateless (not believing in the notion of [[State (polity)|state]]). |
- | * [[Amnesty International]] | + | |
- | * [[Anglican Pacifist Fellowship]] | + | On March 8, 1995, the [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]] resolution 1995/83 stated that "persons performing military service should not be excluded from the right to have conscientious objections to military service". This was re-affirmed in 1998, when resolution 1998/77 recognized that "persons [already] performing military service may ''develop'' conscientious objections". |
- | * [[Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America]] | + | A number of organizations around the world celebrate the principle on May 15 as International Conscientious Objection Day. |
- | * [[Canada and Iraq War resisters]] | + | |
- | * [[Catholic Worker Movement]] | + | The term has also been extended to objecting to working for the [[military–industrial complex]] due to a crisis of conscience. |
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+ | ==See also== | ||
* [[Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors]] | * [[Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors]] | ||
- | * [[Christian anarchism]] | ||
- | * [[Christian pacifism]] | ||
* [[Center on Conscience & War]] | * [[Center on Conscience & War]] | ||
+ | * [[Conscientious Objectors Commemorative Stone]] | ||
* [[Conscientious objection to military taxation]] | * [[Conscientious objection to military taxation]] | ||
- | * List of [[:Category:Conscientious objectors|Conscientious objectors]] | ||
- | * [[Conscription]] | ||
- | * [[Conscription in the United States]] | ||
- | * [[Dickinson v. United States]] | ||
- | * [[Fellowship of Reconciliation]] | ||
- | * [[Freedom of religion]] | ||
- | * [[Freedom of thought]] | ||
* [[Friends' Ambulance Unit]] | * [[Friends' Ambulance Unit]] | ||
* [[GI Rights Network]] | * [[GI Rights Network]] | ||
- | * [[Lawful order]] | ||
- | * [[List of Iraq War resisters]] | ||
- | * [[List of pacifist faiths]] | ||
* [[Medical Cadet Corps]] | * [[Medical Cadet Corps]] | ||
- | * [[Nuremberg Principles]] | ||
- | * [[Nuremberg Defense]] | ||
- | * [[Nuremberg Principles#Principle IV|Nuremberg Principle IV]] | ||
- | * [[Pacifism]] | ||
- | * ''[[Parisi v. Davidson]]'' | ||
* [[Pax Christi]] | * [[Pax Christi]] | ||
- | * [[Peace Churches]] | ||
* [[Peace movement]] | * [[Peace movement]] | ||
* [[Peace Pledge Union]] | * [[Peace Pledge Union]] | ||
- | * [[Refusal to serve in the Israeli military]] | + | * [[Richmond Sixteen]] |
- | * [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights#The Right to Refuse to Kill|The Right to Refuse to Kill]] | + | |
* [[Tax resistance]] | * [[Tax resistance]] | ||
* [[War resister]] | * [[War resister]] | ||
* [[War Resisters' International]] | * [[War Resisters' International]] | ||
* [[War Resisters League]] | * [[War Resisters League]] | ||
- | * [[War Resisters Support Campaign|War Resisters Support Campaign (Canada)]] | ||
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A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion.
In some countries, conscientious objectors are assigned to an alternative civilian service as a substitute for conscription or military service. Some conscientious objectors consider themselves pacifist, non-interventionist, non-resistant, non-aggressionist, anti-imperialist, antimilitarist or philosophically stateless (not believing in the notion of state).
On March 8, 1995, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/83 stated that "persons performing military service should not be excluded from the right to have conscientious objections to military service". This was re-affirmed in 1998, when resolution 1998/77 recognized that "persons [already] performing military service may develop conscientious objections". A number of organizations around the world celebrate the principle on May 15 as International Conscientious Objection Day.
The term has also been extended to objecting to working for the military–industrial complex due to a crisis of conscience.
See also
- Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
- Center on Conscience & War
- Conscientious Objectors Commemorative Stone
- Conscientious objection to military taxation
- Friends' Ambulance Unit
- GI Rights Network
- Medical Cadet Corps
- Pax Christi
- Peace movement
- Peace Pledge Union
- Richmond Sixteen
- Tax resistance
- War resister
- War Resisters' International
- War Resisters League