Conscientious Objection to Military Service in International Human Rights Law

by Çinar, Özgür Heval

• ISBN13: 9781137366078
• ISBN10: 1137366079
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-12-18
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Since the 1950s, the right to conscientious objection to military service in international human rights law has excited the interest of both non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations in a variety of contexts. This book examines the subject, beginning with an exploration of the concept of conscience and its evolution with a view toward understanding the meaning and potential scope of the right to conscientious objection from a legal perspective. It then investigates the right to conscientious objection as a legitimate exercise of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion. Özgür Heval Çinar analyzes human rights law at both the international and regional level, examining UN, European, and Inter-American mechanisms.

Author Biography

Özgür Heval ?inar is Senior Associate Member at the European Studies Centre, St Anthony's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is also a lawyer and legal export for the Council of Europe. He completed his PhD at the School of Law, University of Essex, UK. He is the author of The Effects of the European Court of Human Rights' Decisions on the Turkish Legal System and co-editor of Conscientious Objection: Resisting Militarized Society and Sand in the Wheels: Conscientious Objection – Philosophical Sources and Experiences (in Turkish).

Table of Contents

PART I: CONSCIENCE, FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE, AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE
1. Conscience and Freedom of Conscience
2. Conscientious Objection to Military ServicE
3. Categories of Objectors to Military Service
PART II: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE AS A HUMAN RIGHT
4. International Level: The United Nations Human Rights System
5. Regional Level: The European and the Inter-American Human Rights Systems
Conclusion