Register as a Conscientious Objector

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If you choose to download the pdf, either email your application to outreach@conscienceonline.org.uk or post it to the Conscience office.

Application for exemption form

In 1916 when conscription was introduced to Britain during WW1, men who registered as conscientious objectors had to prove their sincerity of conscience through written statements and verbal arguments at tribunals. 100 years later, although there is no longer national service in this country, the state continues to take our financial involvement in war for granted. Hundreds have been registering as conscientious objectors to military tax, with statements detailing why they fundamentally object to the government conscripting their taxes to violent ends. If you haven't done so already, please register your objection by filling out this form! By completing this form you agree to be listed on our website, and agree to having your supporting statement shared online. We will not sell or rent your details to anyone else. Conscience may occasionally contact you with promotional information we believe is relevant to you.

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Ground on which application is made.

On the grounds of conscientious objection to military taxation.

On the grounds that it is expedient to the national interest that the person's taxes, instead of being spent on the military, be directed towards peaceful forms of stability and conflict resolution.

On the grounds that coercing the conscientious objector into paying for war through the tax system infringes on the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and limits the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

On the grounds that there is a moral equivalence between taking someone's life and paying someone else to do so, and that this is recognised in our current judicial system.

On the grounds that sustainable peace can only be achieved with development and diplomacy, and that militarism only serves to exacerbate conflict, that investment in the development of arms for means of deterrence only serves to continue a culture of death and destruction, and that non-violent conflict resolution is more ethical, economic and effective foreign policy. Military taxation is therefore a waste of the person's money.

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Reasons in support of the application (statement of conscience)

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