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Conscientious Objection to Military Service, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 19th session of the Human Rights Council

1st February 2012

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In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers stress that conscientious objection to military service is protected under several international human rights mechanisms, and call on states to “fully implement the right of conscientious objection to military service in law and practice.”

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