Assembly debate
on 22 September 1998 (26th Sitting) (see Doc. 7979, report of the Committee
on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Jurgens). Text
adopted by the Assembly on 22 September 1998 (26th Sitting).
1. The Assembly refers to its Resolution 1166 (1998) on
the human rights of conscripts, in which it invites member states
to allow conscripts to enjoy civil and social rights and to grant
them a status of "citizen in uniform", in strict respect of the
European Convention on Human Rights.
2. The Assembly particularly recommends that the Committee of
Ministers formulate strict guidelines for the member states on the
way the following articles of the European Convention on Human Rights
and of the case-law of the European Court on Human Rights should
be applied in the specific case of conscripts:
a Article 3 (freedom from inhuman or degrading treatment);
b Article 4 (freedom from forced or compulsory labour);
c Articles 5 and 6 (proceedings for complaints; lawful arrest
and detention; fair trial by independent and impartial courts);
d Articles 10 and 11 (freedom of speech, of assembly and
of association).
