Karapatan: Sara’s plan to bring back military conscription a possible rights violation

Palabay stressed that such a policy may result in “tortures, arbitrary arrests and detention, and other human rights violations”, given that such issues have also popped up in countries where military service is mandatory.

“Furthermore, conscription violates the right to conscientious objection to military service — which is recognized by the United Nations Human Rights Council as a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” she explained.

“Harnessing citizens’ civic duty to their country and the people is best promoted not through such draconian measures but through promotion of human and people’s rights through education and various activities and by upholding governance that addresses the roots of poverty and injustice, enjoins and inspires the defense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity, and caters to the well-being and welfare of the people,” she added.

Currently, military training is no longer required for college students, as Republic Act No. 9163 or the National Service Training Program Act of 2001 has made it optional. The calls to abolish military training came after a University of Santo Tomas college student died in 2021 after exposing corruption regarding the training program.

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