Conscientious objection to military service in Switzerland. Conviction for draft evasion and failure to suspend the execution of the judgment.
Normative references
Art. 9 ECHR
Art. 4 ECHR
Art. 14 ECHR
Ruling
The Convention does not give conscientious objectors the right to exemption from military service but leaves each contracting state to decide whether or not to grant such a right.
(In the instant case, a conscientious objector war sentences to prison)
Notes
This case was overruled by Bayatyan v. Armenia (2011) and the subsequent case-law quoted there.
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