International Protection for Deserters!

War criminals are often treated at an international level, and this is
necessary because war criminals are sometimes considered heroes
by their own nation or state. Similarly, deserters can expect no correct
treatment in their own country. While desertion may be criminalized by their own states, it is often -- rightly -- seen as an act that serves the cause of peace, which is the global interest of the international
community.

Desertion is often a direct consequence of compulsory military service.

Desertion is not necessarily in conflict with patriotic feeling. Many
examples from history prove that deserters have done a better service to their country than obedient soldiers, especially in the case of lost
wars.

This website is devoted to deserters and draft evaders. It does not intend to encourage anybody to commit an illegal act; it does not want
to create false illusions; nor does it promise any kind of protection in
specific individual cases.

One aim of this page is to focus the attention on the issue of deserters in general. Another, to promote the idea that every human being should have the right to be out of their country's war without risking punishment and persecution. This requires some kind of protection guaranteed by the international community.