"Cowardice asks the question—'Is it safe?' But conscience asks the question—'Is it right?'" —Martin Luther King Jr. Recent events have highlighted an old but now urgent ethical question: Can lawyers ...

This document serves to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based framework to guide the development, reform, and implementation of health laws, regulations, and public policies related to conscientious ...

This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Joy Metzler had expected to still be ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The concept of conscientious objection dates back centuries and is rooted in the principle that individuals should not be forced to act against their deeply held moral or religious ...

The draft law currently limits the combat-exempt status of a conscientious objector to one “who, by reason of religious training and belief, is conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any ...

On January 16, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled in a landmark decision that the extradition of a conscientious objector to the war in Ukraine is permissible. The question was whether the ...