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

Faith Communities

Resources

For Faith Communities

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

Free Ukrainian Pacifist and Drop all Charges!

Yurii Sheliazhenko is a prisoner of conscience, detained simply for peacefully expressing his genuine pacifist views, and should be immediately and unconditionally released and all the charges against him dropped. The Ukrainian authorities must respect the right to freedom of expression and the internationally recognized right to freedom of belief, and stop the crackdown on Yurii Sheliazhenko and the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement.

International Conscientious Objectors Day

May 15 is International Conscientious Objectors (CO) Day! The Center on Conscience and War (CCW) invites you to join us in celebrating and honoring COs with a...

President Biden: Stop Deporting Russian War Resisters!

Sign on to this letter as an organization by filling in this form.  Sign on as an individual here. Thank you! Dear President Biden, We are alarmed by the...

Diplomacy – Not War – in Ukraine!

EMERGENCY RALLY FOR DIPLOMACY ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR (For more on this topic, including the status of Conscientious Objectors to this war, please see the...

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!

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.

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