Human Rights of Armed Forces Personnel
Right
Legal Source
Examples of Relevance
Right to a fair trial,
hearing and remedy
Article 6 UDHR (recognition before the law)
Court martial and military
justice systems, and due
process procedures.
Article 8 UDHR (effective remedy)
Article 10 UDHR (public and fair hearing by
an independent and impartial tribunal)
Article 11.1 UDHR (innocent until proven
guilty)
Article 7 ECHR (non-retroactivity)
Article 13 ECHR (effective remedy)
Article 14 ICCPR (equality before courts and
tribunals – gives minimum guarantees)
Article 15 ICCPR (non-retroactivity)
Article 5 ICERD
Article 6 ICERD
Article 12 CRC
Article 6 ECHR (fair and public hearing within
a reasonable time)
Right to freedom of
thought, conscience,
religion or belief
Article 18 UDHR
Article 19 UDHR
Article 18 ICCPR
Article 5 ICERD
Article 12 CRC (conferred on those capable of
forming their own views)
Article 13 CRC
Right of conscientious
objection, restrictions on the
manifestation of religion
(e.g., religious dress, religious
dietary requirements,
opportunities for religious
worship and observance, access
to co-members of religious
communities, and proselytizing
to fellow service personnel).
Article 14 CRC
Article 5 ICERD
Article 9 ECHR
Article 10 ECHR
Right not to be subjected Article 2 CAT
to cruel, inhuman or
Article 12 UDHR
degrading treatment
Article 17 ICCPR (no medical or scientific
experimentation without consent)
Article 8 ECHR
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Misuse of disciplinary
measures and informal
punishments and sanctions.
Ill-treatment within Armed
Forces
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