International Conscientious Objection Day on 15 May

May 15, 2026

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Soldiers of the guard battalion, taken during the presentation of the Federal Chancellors flag ribbon to the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense in the Julius Leber barracks in Berlin, 23 03 2026 Berlin Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerx
Soldiers of the guard battalion, taken during the presentation of the Federal Chancellors flag ribbon to the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense in the Julius Leber barracks in Berlin, 23 03 2026 Berlin Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerx
Berlin, Germany, DEU School strike against compulsory military service 05 03 2026, Berlin, Germany, DEU School strike against compulsory militar
Students demonstrate against the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service Oldenburg, Germany, 05 03 2026 Participants in a school strike against the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service show a protest poster with the inscription No compulsory military service during a demonstration Young people are holding protests in several cities on t
Students demonstrate against possible reintroduction of compulsory military service Oldenburg, Germany, 05 03 2026 Participants of a school strike against a possible reintroduction of compulsory military service hold a protest poster with the inscription Conscription is stupid during a demonstration.
Demo Luxemburg-Liebknecht-Gedenken DEU, Deutschland, Germany, Berlin, 11.01.2026 Demonstranten mit Transparent Nein zur Wehrpflicht Ja zum Frieden gegen die Wehrpflicht auf der linken Demonstration zum Gedenken von Rosa Luxemburg zur Gedenkstaette der Sozialisten in Berlin - Friedrichsfelde anlaesslich der Luxemburg - Liebknecht - Gedenkveranstaltung in Berlin Deutschland . Der Gedenktag erinnert an den Jahrestag der Ermordung der Kommunisten Rosa Luxemburg und Karl Liebknecht am 15. Januar 1919. Seit dem Ende der DDR hat die Veranstaltung unter der Teilnahme der Linkspartei Die Linke eine neue Beliebtheit, hauptsaechlich unter Ostdeutschen und zunehmend jungen Menschen erfahren en: Demonstrators with banners No to conscription, yes to peac
Flag of the DFG VK Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen e V Germany-wide school strike against compulsory military service Under the motto We say NO to compulsory military service NO to all compulsory services, a demonstration march around the Os
School strike against military service, about 600 participants in a demonstration against the reintroduction of military service, students who stayed away from school and participants from left-wing organizations and parties marched through the city center of Essen to protest against the planned new compulsory military service and against other obl
Bundeswehr Eh Scheiße Plalakat at the school strike, pupils protest against the new compulsory mi
Berlin, central event 70 years of the Bundeswehr Ceremonial pledge as a central event of the Federal Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius SPD on 12 11 2025 on the occasion of 70 years of the Bundeswehr in front of the Federal Chancellery in Berlin In the picture The boots of a soldier Berlin Berlin Germany
Protest unter dem Motto Kriegstuechtigkeit bringt keine Sicherheit! Wehrdienst schreddern! von Aktivisten und Aktivistinnen der Deutschen Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen, den Naturfreunden Deutschlands, Greenpeace, pax christi Deutschland und anderen vor dem Verteidigungsministerium in Berlin anlaesslich einer Tagung des Kabinetts der Bunderegierung vor Ort am 27.08.2025. Die Regierung will mit einem neuen Wehrdienst mehr Soldatinnen und Soldaten fuer die Bundeswehr gewinnen und plant, im Kabinett einen Gesetzentwurf zu beschliessen, der vorsieht, dass volljaehrige junge Menschen kuenftig einen Fragebogen zu ihrer Dienstbereitschaft in der Bundeswehr erhalten. (Siehe epd-Meldung vom 27.08.2025) EDITORIAL USE ON Copyright: epd-bild HansxScherhaufer HSR66095
München, DEUTSCHLAND 9. MÄRZ 2018: No war rally. Ein aufblasbarer Ballon eines zerbrochenen Maschinengewehrs, auf einer Demonstration gegen den Krieg. Symbol einer zerbrochenen Waffe Munich, GERMANY - 9 MARCH 2018: No war rally. An inflatable balloon of a broken machine gun, on a demonstration against the war. Symbol of a broken weapon Copyright: imageBROKER NadtochiyxVladimir ibxiqx13171415.jpg
Essen Easter march at Hirschlandplatz Peaceable instead of warlike FOR EDITORIAL PURPOSES ONLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY p Start of the Easter march on bicycles on Sunday, April 20, 2025, at Hirschlandplatz in Essen Copyright UwexErnst Copyright: UwexErnst doc80aetcq4abm1kgkmnllf ,EDITORIAL USE ONLY Copyright: UwexErnst
Protest action by several peace initiatives against a possible new special fund to increase spending IPPNW, Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte Kriegsdienstgegnerinnen, Naturfreunde Deutschlands and Pax Christi Deutschland Berlin are calling for the action at Platz der Republik on 05 03 25 in Berlin Protest action against a possible new special fund in
Easter March Nuremberg 2024 Participants carried placards and banners calling for a ceasefire, negotiations and diplomacy as well as their rejection of conscription Speakers on stage emphasized the need for a return to a policy of détente and nuclear arms limitation Nuremberg Bavaria Germany 20240401-6V2A9023
Day of conscientious objectors GDR, Berlin, 15 5 1990, Neue Wache, Dem Unbekannten Deserteur, Day of conscientious objectors, Action of the campaign against conscription, Â
Sign No Weapons No War Action Weekend öStop the Killing for Ceasefire and Negotiations ˜ by Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen at the Alter Markt in Cologne 25 02 2023 Cologne Altstadt NRW Germany
Sign Nobody has the right to obey Action Weekend öStop the Killing for Ceasefire and Negotiations ˜ by Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen at the Alter Markt in Cologne 25 02 2023 Cologne Altstadt NRW Germany
Action Weekend öStop the Killing for Ceasefire and Negotiations ˜ by Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen in Cologne 25 02 2023 Cologne NRW Germany
Soldiers or crews of the Leopard 2 A6 main battle tank stand during the visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to Tank Battalion 203 at Field Marshal Rommel Barracks Here, the minister learns about the performance of the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank, which will be used against Putin in Ukraine Augustdorf, 01 02 2023 NRW Germany Copyright: xChristophxHardtx
Soldiers present weapons and several Panzerfaust 3 EX during the visit of Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst to the tank brigade 21 Lipperland in the Generalfeldmarschall Rommel barracks in the district of Lippe This unit of the Bundeswehr regularly provides forces to fulfill Copyright: xChristophxHardtx
Congress of the International of War Opponents DFG VK here on October 11, 1970 in Dortmund dealt with armament and war DEU, Germany, Dortmund The Congress of the International of War Opponents DFG VK here on October 11, 1970 in Dortmund dealt with armament and war NRW
Kongress der DFG VK 1974 DEU, Deutschland, Bonn: Der Kongress der Vereinigten Kriegsdienstgegner (VK) und die Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft ( DFG) begingen am 23.-24.11.1974 ihre Beratung in Bonn. DEU, Germany, Bonn: The Congress of the United Anti Military Service (U.K.) and the German Peace Society ( DFG) committed on 23.-24.11.1974 their consultation in Bonn. NRW
Stuttgart Ostermarsch Demo and rally of the peace network Baden Wuerttemberg in Stuttgart 31 03 2018 DFG VK German peace society united war gun opponents Copyright: xHauenschildx xEibner-Pressefotox EP_rhd
May 15, 2015 - Athens, Attica, Greece - Protesters stand outside the Ministry of Defense, calling for an end of the prosecution of conscientious objectors. Activists protested outside the Greek Ministry of Defense, calling for an end to the prosecution of conscientious objectors on the International Day of Conscientious Objectors. A large Peace sign with torches was created in Athens in the Evening. Athens Greece - ZUMAp133
Kriegsdienstgegner demonstrieren gegen die Nachrüstung in Bonn

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Soldiers of the guard battalion, taken during the presentation of the Federal Chancellors flag ribbon to the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense in the Julius Leber barracks in Berlin, 23 03 2026 Berlin Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerx

Soldiers of the guard battalion, taken during the presentation of the Federal Chancellors flag ribbon to the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense in the Julius Leber barracks in Berlin, 23 03 2026 Berlin Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerx

Berlin, Germany, DEU School strike against compulsory military service 05 03 2026, Berlin, Germany, DEU School strike against compulsory militar

Flag of the DFG VK Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen e V Germany-wide school strike against compulsory military service Under the motto We say NO to compulsory military service NO to all compulsory services, a demonstration march around the Os

Bundeswehr Eh Scheiße Plalakat at the school strike, pupils protest against the new compulsory mi

Day of conscientious objectors GDR, Berlin, 15 5 1990, Neue Wache, Dem Unbekannten Deserteur, Day of conscientious objectors, Action of the campaign against conscription, Â

Sign No Weapons No War Action Weekend öStop the Killing for Ceasefire and Negotiations ˜ by Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen at the Alter Markt in Cologne 25 02 2023 Cologne Altstadt NRW Germany

Sign Nobody has the right to obey Action Weekend öStop the Killing for Ceasefire and Negotiations ˜ by Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen at the Alter Markt in Cologne 25 02 2023 Cologne Altstadt NRW Germany

Action Weekend öStop the Killing for Ceasefire and Negotiations ˜ by Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen in Cologne 25 02 2023 Cologne NRW Germany

Soldiers present weapons and several Panzerfaust 3 EX during the visit of Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst to the tank brigade 21 Lipperland in the Generalfeldmarschall Rommel barracks in the district of Lippe This unit of the Bundeswehr regularly provides forces to fulfill Copyright: xChristophxHardtx

Congress of the International of War Opponents DFG VK here on October 11, 1970 in Dortmund dealt with armament and war DEU, Germany, Dortmund The Congress of the International of War Opponents DFG VK here on October 11, 1970 in Dortmund dealt with armament and war NRW

Stuttgart Ostermarsch Demo and rally of the peace network Baden Wuerttemberg in Stuttgart 31 03 2018 DFG VK German peace society united war gun opponents Copyright: xHauenschildx xEibner-Pressefotox EP_rhd

Kriegsdienstgegner demonstrieren gegen die Nachrüstung in Bonn