May 15th 2025: International Conscientious Objection Day

Several organisations worldwide stand in solidarity with those who refuse to kill and engage in wars and are for this reason persecuted, criminalised and jailed. The undersigned organisations -active also at the European level- address a specific appeal to the European institutions and Member States to protect and fully implement the right to conscientious objection to military service: “We call on Europe to fully implement this human right and to protect those who object to military service in their own countries and that, because of persecutions, seek protection in European countries.”

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Initiated by

Connection e.V. – www.connection-ev.org

European Bureau for Conscientious Objection – www.ebco-beoc.org

Pax Christi International – www.paxchristi.net

Quaker Council for European Affairs – www.qcea.org

Un ponte per – www.unponteper.org

War Resisters International – www.wri-irg.org

Supported by

International Peace Bureau

MIR Italy

International Fellowship of Reconciliation