Conscientious objection is a fundemental human right and one which should be campaigned for.
Yet in many countries throughout the world there is either: –
No known legal provision for military personnel who have conscientious objection to further service in the armed forces.
Or
There is no known legal provision for conscientious objection.
N.B.
This list does not include those countries which do not have or had conscription, and so there is no information about just what might happen should this happen.
This list is taken from the following: –
World survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service
https://wri-irg.org/en/co/rtba/index.html
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
- No legal provision for conscientious objection for professional soldiers.
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Bulgaria
- does not recognise the right to conscientious objection for professional soldiers.
Burkina FasoBurma (Myanmar)
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
China
Comores
Congo Brazzaville
Costa Rica
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
United Arab Emirates
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
- As there has never been conscription in Ireland, there are no laws for
conscientious objection in case conscription should be introduced.
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
- There is no clear right to become a CO,
- See:-
- https://wriirg.org/en/programmes/world_survey/country_report/en/Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
- There are no legal provisions for conscientious objection for professional soldiers.
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
- It is not known whether the new 1997 conscription law includes a provision for conscientious objection. According to Amnesty International, the proposed
law included such provision.
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Yemen
https://wri-irg.org/en/co/rtba/index.html