Latvia - Conscientious objection to military service and related issues

Connection e.V. reports to the UN Human Rights Committee (144th session)

(May 2025) We reported that the right to conscientious objection to military service is not adequately recognised and implemented by the State party, since there is no genuinely civilian alternative service, the body examining applications is not independent and impartial, and there is no genuine recognition of the right to conscientious objection for professional members of the armed forces. There are also further concerns about the military training of children, including use of weapons, despite the recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, as well as concerns about international protection of conscientious objectors fleeing from other countries.

Download: www.Connection-eV.org/ohchr/144th_HRCttee-Latvia_EN_Connection.pdf

Zaira Zafarana: International News, February till June 2025. 15. Juni 2025. Excerpts.

Keywords:    ⇒ Conscientious Objection   ⇒ Human Rights   ⇒ Latvia