Conscientious Objection Watch prepared two separate submissions for the 142nd session of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and for the 4th cycle of the Universal Periodic Review.
In this issue of the Conscientious Objection Watch Bulletin, you will find a report on the requests for information made to Conscientious Objection Watch in July-September 2024; the violations of rights experienced by conscientious objectors in Turkey; as well as new conscientious objection statements made during this three-months period.
We invite you to “Anti-War Resistance and Conscientious Objection in Israel” with Dana Mills, author of ‘One Women’s War’ and Israeli conscientious objector and Mesarvot activist Einat Gerlitz.
Joint Statement By Conscientious Objector Organisations In Greece,
Turkey and Cyprus On The Occasion Of The International Day Of Peace: We Are Resisting For A World Without Wars
In this issue of the Conscientious Objection Watch Bulletin, you will find a report on the information requests made to Conscientious Objection Watch in April-June 2024; the violations of rights experienced by conscientious objectors in Turkey; as well as new conscientious objection statements made during this three-month period.
Eighteen years after the European Court of Human Rights issued its first judgment in favor of conscientious objector Osman Murat Ülke, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe added a new one to its interim decisions on violations of the right to conscientious objection in Turkey.
In this issue of the Conscientious Objection Watch Bulletin, you will find a report on the information requests made to Conscientious Objection Watch in January-March 2024; the violations of rights experienced by conscientious objectors in Turkey; as well as new conscientious objection statements made during this three-month period.
We call for an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza: Ceasefire Now
“The mutual arms race, heavy military expenditures, and insistence on aggressive attitudes that antagonize Greece and Turkey serve as a significant factor hindering peace and cooperation,” conscientious objection organizations said in an open letter ahead of meeting of Erdoğan and Mitsotakis in Athens.
This input was submitted to the OHCHR in October 2023.
