Inter­na­tio­nal Support of Conscien­tious Objec­tors and Deserters

A Right to Refuse to Kill in Myanmar?

(20.03.2024) In February 2024, the military regime ruling Myanmar announced that it was mobilizing a “People’s Military Service Law”. The law allows for the conscription of male citizens aged 18 to 35 and female citizens aged 18 to 27. The announcement has caused fear and loathing among the country’s 14 million young people and their families. Just three days later, the military regime established the Central Body for Summoning People’s Military Servants to oversee conscription, of at least 60,000 young people per year (See this ISP report for a further analysis of the new conscription law). The conscription process will reportedly be launched after the Burmese New Year in mid-April, but there are some reports that roundups of young men have already begun.

Israeli teen jailed for draft refusal

„People say I’m naive, antisemitic, a traitor"

(26.02.2024) Sofia Orr erklärt, warum sie trotz des harten Vorgehens gegen Kriegsgegner*innen in Israel nie von ihrer Entscheidung abgewichen ist.

Stop the war - Artyom Klyga MCO Russia two years after the start of the war against Ukraine

(23.02.2024) Artyom Klyga from the Movement of Conscientious Objection Russia gives a statement at the second anniversary of the start of the war against Ukraine.

“No Military Solution to a Political Problem”

Israeli teen refuses to enlist

(30.12.2023) I made the decision to refuse before the war. I made that decision, because I refused to take part in the IDF’s violent policies of oppression and apartheid and to be part of this endless cycle of bloodshed. I choose to refuse because there is no military solution to a political problem. And now, with the war that has become more apparent than ever. And so my refusal is more important to me than ever.