Civil and Political Rights pa rt II military service, where it exists, of individuals on the basis of conscientious objections to armed service, and will exchange information on these questions. Budapest 1994 (Decisions: IV. Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security) 28. The participating States will reflect in their laws or other relevant documents the rights and duties of armed forces personnel. They will consider introducing exemptions from or alternatives to military service. 3.1.8 Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion, or Belief Helsinki 1975 (Questions Relating to Security in Europe: 1.(a) Declaration on Principles Guiding Relations between Participating States – Principle VII) The participating States will respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion. (…) Within this framework the participating States will recognize and respect the freedom of the individual to profess and practice, alone or in community with others, religion or belief acting in accordance with the dictates of his own conscience. Helsinki 1975 (Co-operation in Humanitarian and Other Fields) [The participating States] confirm that religious faiths, institutions and organizations, practising within the constitutional framework of the participating States, and their representatives can, in the field of their activities, have contacts and meetings among themselves and exchange information. Madrid 1983 (Questions Relating to Security in Europe: Principles) The participating States (…) furthermore agree to take the action necessary to ensure the freedom of the individual to profess and practise, alone or in community with others, religion or belief acting in accordance with the dictates of his own conscience. In this context, they will consult, whenever necessary, the religious faiths, institutions and organizations, which act within the constitutional framework of their respective countries. They will favourably consider applications by religious communities of believers practising or prepared to practise their faith within the constitutional framework of their States, to be granted the status provided for in their respective countries for religious faiths, institutions and organizations. OSCE Human Dimension Commitments 107