ZAGREB, Jan 6 (Hina) - A working group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) - Amnesty International Croatia and Antiwar Campaign Croatia - has drawn up a draft bill on non-combatant military service, Amnesty International Croatia
reported on Thursday. Conscientious objection is defined by the UN general declaration on human rights, an international agreement on civic and political rights, the European human rights convention and other international documents. Assessing that rules on non-combatant military service stipulated by the Croatian law on defence as well as the implementation of those rules are not compliant with international standards, the aforementioned organisations have drafted the bill the purpose of which is to prevent breaches of human rights.(hina) ms
ZAGREB, Jan 6 (Hina) - A working group of non-governmental
organisations (NGOs) - Amnesty International Croatia and Antiwar
Campaign Croatia - has drawn up a draft bill on non-combatant
military service, Amnesty International Croatia reported on
Thursday.
Conscientious objection is defined by the UN general declaration on
human rights, an international agreement on civic and political
rights, the European human rights convention and other
international documents.
Assessing that rules on non-combatant military service stipulated
by the Croatian law on defence as well as the implementation of
those rules are not compliant with international standards, the
aforementioned organisations have drafted the bill the purpose of
which is to prevent breaches of human rights.
(hina) ms