This study examines Turkey's non-recognition of the right to conscientious objection to military service and locates this non-recognition within the context of international human rights law - specifically United Nations and European Union system.

Autorentext
Özgür Heval Ç?nar is Senior Associate Member of Seesox, St Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK.

Inhalt
PART I: THE RECOGNITION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 1. International Level: The United Nations Human Rights System 2. Regional Level: The European Human Rights System 3. Consensus on International Standards PART II: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION TO MILITARY SERVICE: THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY 4. Conscription and the Myth of the Military-Nation 5. Intricacies of the Turkish Legal System 6. Turkey's International Obligations