Starting on March 22nd until April 8th, ACOOC will be in Stockholm and Gothenburg to give seminars and to meet with Swedish organizations, academics and institutions. In the seminar in Stockholm, ACOOC will focus on the legal aspect of conscientious objection in Colombia and in Gothenburg on the ideological reasons for becoming a conscientious objector. The seminar will be given in Spanish with Swedish translation.
Seminar Stockholm: Conscientious objection as a fundamental right in Colombia
Date: Monday, April 4th
Location: Sensus, Klara södra kyrkogata 1 (floor 9)
Time: 15:00 to 17:00
Seminar Gothenburg: My mind is not a military target - the right to object military service in Colombia
Date: Thursday, April 7th
Location: Sappören, Sprängkullsgatan 25
Time: 17:30 to 19:00
• To find out more about conscientious objection and the irregularities and illegalities in the process of recruitment for compulsory military service click here (Spanish)
• Click here to read our field diary written by ACOOC (Spanish)
• Want to buy a shirt of the campaign? Click here
• On this website, until May 15th - the International Day on conscientious objection - you will find frecuently updates about conscientious objection like interviews, videos and other material.
More information
Following the sentence of the Colombian Constitutional Court in September of 2009, recognizing the right to conscientious objection against compulsory military service, a judicial window has opened up for those young men that do not want to join the army on conscientious grounds. On the 1st September 2010, the Constitutional Court disseminated the ruling of sentence C-728/09 of the article 27 of 48 law of 1993. The Court has now demanded that Congress regulates conscientious objection to military service, and the alternatives that Colombians have to ensure that this right is respected. Until then, each case will be analysed in order to guarantee the right.
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