Title: The criminalisation of conscientious objection to military service in Turkey and Azerbaijan: time for action?

Authors: Andreas Yiannaros

Addresses: University of Law, 2 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8HQ, UK

Abstract: This article considers the issue of persistent non-compliance with the ECtHR's judgements by two councils of Europe member states, Turkey and Azerbaijan, in light of emerging jurisprudence and positive obligations with respect to the right of conscientious objection to military service. This article further considers whether initiating infringement proceedings could resolve the execution problems that persisted with the court's judgements in Ülke v Turkey and Mushfig Mammadov v Azerbaijan, respectively.

Keywords: human rights law; international law; conscientious objection; non-compliance; ECHR.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRCS.2021.116588

International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies, 2021 Vol.8 No.3, pp.197 - 217

Received: 23 Sep 2020
Accepted: 23 Sep 2020

Published online: 28 Jul 2021 *

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