Resources
The Quaker United Nations Office conducts in-depth research and analysis on a range of topics relating to our core areas of focus and in conjunction with various partners. Search this archive or filter by topic to access our publications, including research papers, annual reports, significant statements of our positions, and more.
International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service 2025
This updated paper lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights...
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Report on Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Refugee Status Determination
To mark International Conscientious Objectors' Day on the 15TH of May 2021, QUNO is pleased to be releasing our new publication...
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International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service 2021
This updated paper lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights treaties and...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's December 2019 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This special issue highlights some of the ways the Quaker commitment...
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Geneva Reporter
QUNO's December 2017 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter features: a brief overview on our recent work on sustaining peace and food security, a...
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UPDATED in 2015 – International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
This document, lays out the ways in which conscientious objection has been recognized and is protected under human rights treaties and mechanisms, taking...
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Amicus Curiae opinion on conscientious objection to military service submitted to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea
QUNO has submitted an Amicus Curiae opinion on conscientious objection to military service to the Constitutional Court of Korea jointly with Amnesty International,...
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Conscientious objectors to military service: Punishment and discriminatory treatment
Conscientious objectors to military service face a number of serious and negative implications for their refusal to perform military service,...
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers draw attention to the serious and negative implications for...
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Oral Statement: The right of conscientious objection to military service
In this statement, delivered to the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council, Friends World Committee for Consultation (Quakers)...
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Conscientious Objection Standards
Rachel Brett, QUNO's representative for Human Rights and Refugees, delivered training to conscientious objectors at the Foro Internacional Por la...
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Geneva Reporter
Geneva's newsletter from July to October 2013. Features stories: Children of parents sentenced to death or executed New framework for...
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 24th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers welcome the growing recognition of the right to conscientious...
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A Conscientious Objector’s Guide to the International Human Rights System
A user-friendly Guide to using Human Rights System for Conscientious Objectors. Together with the Centre for Civil and Political Rights,...
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Geneva Reporter
Geneva's newsletter from May to August 2012. Featured stories: Water, conflict and cooperation Conscientious objection to military service Highlights from...
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service, written statement submitted by FWCC to the 19th session of the Human Rights Council
In this written statement by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Quakers stress that conscientious objection to military service is protected...
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Conscientious Objection to Military Service (OHCHR Guide)
QUNO was involved in the preparation of this Guide, which was published by the United Nations Office of the High...
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International Standards on Conscientious Objection to Military Service
Conscientious objection to military service is now clearly protected as a human right under international law, even if the term...
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