The Center on Conscience & War is a non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of conscience, opposes military conscription, and serves all conscientious objectors to war.

Military COs

Have you become a CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR since enlisting in the US Military? We can help.

For Military Servicemembers

Youth

Concerned about SELECTIVE SERVICE registration? Or, maybe you're thinking about ENLISTING in the military?

For youth thinking about the military

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Peace Orgs & Educators

Resources

For Peace Orgs & Educators

Military COs that CCW has helped

Attention Military Servicemembers

If you’re in the US military and are interested in seeking discharge or reassignment as a Conscientious Objector, we can help. We’ll work with you to navigate the complex admin process. Our services are free of charge. If you’re facing deployment, don’t wait to call us at 800-379-2679.

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Military COs that CCW has helped

Even without a draft, Selective Service is causing harm and must be stopped

The current male-only system requires a CO to violate their most deeply held beliefs, and if they cannot do so, they are burdened for life with extra-judicial penalties, with no option to defend their beliefs and actions or to appeal their punishment. This is an injustice. The penalties for non-registrants must be overturned and SSS must be abolished!

Voices of Conscience: Ethan Foote

“No one who supports war has to go through this level of introspection…No legal or political structure compels people to articulate why they are willing to go to war.”

Faith and Peace Groups Tell Senate Committee, Abolish the Draft, Once and for *All*

The following letter was sent to members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday, July 21, 2021, ahead of a hearing during which it is expected that...

The Time is Now: Abolish the Draft Once and for *All*

If you are concerned about the rights of conscientious objectors and the Selective Service System (aka “the draft”), the time to act is right now. Congress...

CCW to Congress: Stop Stacking the Deck on Draft Registration

On May 19, 2021, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) held a hearing with members of the National Commission on Military, National and Public Service. In...

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Advisory Council

Center on Conscience & War
These faith communities have a history of supporting conscientious objection to war.

GI Rights Hotline

877-447-4487
We are a participating member of the GI Rights Hotline: Military discharges & counseling.

On Conscience

Conscientious Objection
Statements from over fifty different faith communities and traditions on conscientious objection to war.

Selective Service

Laws & Regs by State
Laws that compel draft registration with driver’s licenses, higher education, and state employment.

The Reporter

for Conscience' Sake
CCW’s newsletter, “Working to extend and defend the rights of Conscientious Objectors to war since 1940.”

On Nonviolence

& Conscientious Objection
Essays and statements by well-known and historic individuals.

Who is a Military CO?

Current DoD Regs
If you’re in the military and think you might be a Conscientious Objector, read this. Then, contact us.

CO Internationally

A Survey of the Americas

CCW helps those in the US seeking asylum from service in their own countries, such as when their CO applications have been denied.

Dec 2020 22

The Reporter 2020

BlogPDFsThe Reporter

The Little Commission that Could, but Didn’t: A Recap of the Three Year Journey of the Commission on Military, National and Public Service.

May 2020 19

CCW Brief on Commission’s Final Report

BlogNewsSelective Service

Just as the world began to shut down, the Commission on Military, National, and Public Service released its final report, with 49 detailed recommendations to Congress, and a companion bill, HR 6415, which was introduced last month. Many of the Commission's...

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