STOP CONSCRIPTION IN EUROPE NOW!
We demand the abolition of conscription in all European countries!
The campaign is open for any organization or individual to join.
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The campaign started in 1997. Since then the following organizations
have
joined:
Cyprus
Pancyprian
Association for the Protection of Human Rights. NGO
Czech Republic
Anti-Conscription
Radical Initiative (AKRI)
Germany
A.G. �KDV im Krieg�
Connection e. V.
Gandhi Information Center
Kampagne gegen Wehrpflicht,
Zwangsdienste
und Militaer
Hungary
League
Against Conscription (Hadkötelezettséget Ellenzők Ligája, HEL)
Alba Circle (Alba Kör)
BÉKER Foundation (BÉKER Alapítvány)
Hungarian Center for Human Rights (Magyar Emberi
Jogi Központ, MEJOK)
Hungarian Association of Peace (Magyar Békeszövetség)
Workers' Party (Munkáspárt)
NANE - Women with women against violence (Nők a Nőkkel az Erőszak
Elllen)
Humanist Mouuvement in Hungary (Humanista Mozgalom Magyarországi
Szervezete)
Hungarian Association of the Right-Injured (Magyarországi
Jogsértettekért Egyesület)
Italy
The Italian
Committee against Compulsory Military and Civil Service ("Né giusta
néutile - Comitato per l'abolizione della leva obbligatoria militare e
civile»
Poland
Pacyfistyczna Komenda Uzupelnien
mailto:pku@hyperreal.pl
Russia
The Committee of Soldiers' Mothers in Russia
NGO Citizens' Watch, St.Petersburg
Soldiers' Mothers of St.Petersburg
Taiwan
(non-regional)
Taiwan Nation without Conscription! (Campaign against conscription by
the Republic of China)
http://www.geocities.com/twnwoc/english.html
Turkey
War Resisters' Association of Izmir (Izmir Savas
Karsitlari Dernegi - ISKD)
USA
(non-regional)
Freeze the Selective Service Registration! (Justin JIH)
http://www.geocities.com/jusjih/us-sss.html
Yugoslavia
Humanitarian Law Center
Association of Hungarians in Vojvodina (Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség � VMSZ)
Association for Equal Rights (Jogegyenlőség Egyesület)
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Conscription ended
The day when the last conscripts
left the army:
United
Kingdom
1963
Ireland
Iceland /no army/
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxemburg
Italy
Spain
16 November 2000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1026222.stm
France
29 November 2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1682777.stm
Slovenia:
2004
Portugal
September 2004
Hungary:
3 November 2004
Czech Republic 22 December 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4118461.stm
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Links:
Facts about conscription in
Europe (ECCO)
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