No conscription and alternative service.

No conscription and alternative service.

No conscription and alternative service.

There is no military conscription and the issue of consciousness objection has lost its relevance.

In the UK, the end of compulsory military service was laid back in 1962.

No conscription and alternative service.

No conscription. Before the abolition of conscription in 1960, the service term was 2 years.

There is no military conscription and the issue of consciousness objection has lost its relevance.

In time of existence of conscription in Great Britain, the right to conscientious objection was recognized without clarifying the content of this right. The applicant had to sign under the following words in application form to the Advisory Committee on conscientious objectors: «I declare that I refuse military service on convictions ...».

There is no conscription.

UK citizens who have expressed a wish to enter the military service and reached the established age (from 17.5 to 30 years, in the Navy - up to 33 years), conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense for a certain period. It fixes the mutual rights and obligations of the parties.

These rights and duties, the procedure of service, as well as all matters relating to personnel, are determined by the Military Service Act and the Royal Decree of 1947. They are supplemented by military manuals and regularly updated manuals and instructions for armed forces types.

There is no universal military duty in the country, and, accordingly, there is no alternative service. But historical experience of World War II shows that in Britain citizens were passed alternative service in state institutions of industry, agriculture and medicine.

There is no military conscription and the issue of consciousness objection has lost its relevance.

There is no universal military duty in the country and no alternative service.

In Great Britain it is recognized that professional servicemen have the right during their service to refuse it because of their convictions. This is due to the right of every citizen to change his religion or beliefs, as well as by the fact that over time, the deep convictions of one or another person can go through a certain evolutionary path and, as a result, change.

The independent voluntary organization “At ease!”, which has a public website, contact phone number and e-mail address, distributes the necessary information and renders advisory services to servicemen who may wish to apply for the status of conscientious objector. In case if servicemen can be recognized as conscientious objectors, this procedure begins through military channels, and then the relevant documents are sent to the civil Advisory Committee for conscientious objection to military service, which is independent of the armed forces and headed by a royal lawyer. The Advisory Committee holds public meetings. Transport costs of both the applicant and his witnesses are covered. The applicant can testify in civil clothes.