Human Rights of Armed Forces Personnel
The provisions of the Code of Conduct concerning human rights are summarized in Box 2.2.
As can be seen from paragraph 23 (on political neutrality) and paragraph 32 (on ensuring
the human rights and fundamental freedoms of service personnel, as reflected in OSCE
documents and international law and “in conformity with relevant constitutional and legal
provisions and with the requirements of service”), the Code adopts a “citizens in uniform”
approach, as the Code of Conduct clearly establishes that the rights of their individual
members do not stop at the barracks.
Further reading
Victor-Yves Ghébali, The OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security (Geneva:
DCAF, 2003), https://www.dcaf.ch/osce-code-conduct-politico-military-aspects-security.
ODIHR, “Analysis of the Reporting on Human Rights of Armed Forces Personnel under the
2014 Information Exchange on the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security”,
29 October 2014, https://www.osce.org/odihr/126150.
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