United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 76
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998 AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
Introduced
11 December 2000
Last action
11 December 2000 · Early Day Motion
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0
Sponsors
Harry Cohen
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11 December 2000
Summary
That this House welcomes the introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the publication of 'Paying for Peace Not War - Is it a Human Right?'; notes that since 1916 there has always been the principle of exemption from military service when conscription has been in force; notes that people are no longer conscripted to take part directly in military activity but that all taxpayers are required to financially support the use of weapons; supports the principle od conscientious objection as a basic human right; and calls upon the Government to provide for the right to conscientious objection to taxation for military purposes by allowing all citizens who express such conscientious objection to direct a proportionate part of their taxes into a statutory peacebuilding fund.
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11 December 2000
Early Day Motion
That this House welcomes the introduction of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the publication of 'Paying for Peace Not War - Is it a Human Right?'; notes that since 1916 there has always been the principle of exemption from military service when conscription has been in force; notes that people are no longer conscripted to take part directly in military activity but that all taxpayers are required to financially support the use of weapons; supports the principle od conscientious objection as a basic human right; and calls upon the Government to provide for the right to conscientious objection to taxation for military purposes by allowing all citizens who express such conscientious objection to direct a proportionate part of their taxes into a statutory peacebuilding fund.
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- Harry Cohen · Labour · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/19487
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- uk · edm-19487 · source updated 11 December 2000