Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

Advocacy at the UN and much more, February till June 2025

Belarus, Mongolia, Eritrea, United States, Switzerland, Morocco, Guinea-Bissau, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Latvia, ...

(15.06.2025) Zaira Zafarana, international advocacy coordinator of Connection e.V. raised the issue of conscientious objection to military service in different countries by submitting country-based reports to UN mechanisms for upcoming reviews and reporting.

Morocco - Conscientious objection to military service

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

(April 2025) Compulsory military service has been reintroduced in the country in 2019. The report (contribution to the list of issues) aimed at suggesting questions to be addressed by the Committee to the country during its review, such as requesting information on the current regulations for conscriptions, professional soldiers and reservists.

Everything You Need to Know About Moroccos Compulsory Military Service

(10.04.2019) In February, King Mohammed VI called on the government to recruit 10,000 Moroccans into mandatory military service in 2019, to be increased to 15,000 in 2020. Thre is no right of conscientious objection.

Morocco: Conscription to be reintroduced

(30.08.2018) On 20th August, Morocco’s ministerial council, chaired by King Mohammed VI, approved a draft law reintroducing compulsory military service for under 25s. If passed in parliament, both men and women aged 19 to 25 will be subject to a 12-month mandatory military service - which was abolished by the King in 2006.