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Conscientious Objection to Military Service

A/HRC/RES/36/18View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 3Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development, published in 2017.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2012–2022
This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/51/6
  • 2022A/HRC/RES/51/6Conscientious objection to military serviceLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2017A/HRC/RES/36/18Conscientious objection to military serviceCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/HRC/RES/24/17Conscientious objection to military serviceCompare with previous version
  • 2012A/HRC/RES/20/2Conscientious objection to military service

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Compulsory Military ServiceConscientious ObjectorsReport Preparation

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the analytical report on conscientious objection to military service presented by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-fifth session, pursuant to resolution 20/2;
2
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare, in consultation with all States and the relevant intergovernmental organizations, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, special procedures, treaty bodies, national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, a report on different approaches and challenges with regard to application procedures for obtaining the status of conscientious objector to military service in accordance with human rights standards, and to present the report to the Human Rights Council at its forty-first session;
3
Decides to continue consideration of this matter under the same agenda item in accordance with its annual programme of work.

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