Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Your help is needed - Conscientious objectors need new opportunities and perspectives

(22.04.2025)

Dear,
we  have really good news: Our team at Connection e.V. has been strengthened by Artem Klyga. Artem is a lawyer specializing in military law in Russia and has been living in Germany for two years. He will support conscientious objectors and deserters from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and other countries as part of the #ObjectWarCampaign.

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#RefuseWar everywhere! - Call to action on May 15

International Conscientious Objection Day

(08.04.2025) On May 15, the International Conscientious Objection Day, we want to send out a powerful joint message for peace and the right to refuse to kill. Especially in times of global armed conflict, it is more important than ever to promote public debate on conscription, conscientious objection and alternatives to the military.

Belarus: Submission to the UN Council

(07.04.2025) This submission documents systemic human rights violations in Belarus, focusing on the militarisation of children and youth, and the tightening of the obligatory military service system.

Two core areas of concern are highlighted:

a) Militarisation of Children and Youth

b) Suppression of Conscientious Objection and Anti-War Dissent

Standing up at the United Nations for conscientious objectors’s right to refuse to participate in the war in Ukraine

UN Human Rights Council, 57th Session

(28.03.2025) On Friday March 28th 2025 the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presented his report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine at the United Nations in Geneva. Following several Member states taking the floor in the plenary of the Human Rights Council to comment and address questions to the High Commissioner, Connection e.V., together with War Resisters International, delivered an oral statement which also reported the names of several conscientious objectors to military service who are currently persecuted, sentenced or forcibly recruited.