Human Rights of Armed Forces Personnel The onus should be on the armed forces to demonstrate what harm would result if the practice in question were permitted. » Armed forces should allow access to counsellors or chaplains reflecting the diversity of religious and non-religious beliefs among their service personnel. » Ministries of defence should distribute guidance on different religious or belief practices and on how these can be accommodated in the armed forces. Further reading ODIHR, Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: Policy Guidance (Warsaw: ODIHR, 2019), https://www.osce.org/odihr/429389. ODIHR - Venice Commission, Guidelines for Review of Legislation Pertaining to Religion or Belief (Warsaw: ODIHR, 2004), https://www.osce.org/odihr/13993. ODIHR, Guidelines on the Legal Personality of Religion or Belief Communities (Warsaw: ODIHR, 2015), https://www.osce.org/odihr/139046. Peter Rowe, The Impact of Human Rights Law on Armed Forces (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). Alfred C. Stepan, “Religion, Democracy, and the ‘Twin Tolerations’”, Journal of Democracy, Vol. 11, No. 4, October 2000, pp. 37-57. 158