European_Bureau_for_Conscientious_Objection
European Bureau for Conscientious Objection
Umbrella organisation for national associations of conscientious objectors
The European Bureau for Conscientious Objection (EBCO) is a European umbrella organisation for national peace organisations supporting conscientious objectors. Its seat is in Brussels and it was founded in 1979. It aims to organise solidarity campaigns for conscientious objectors facing legal charges in European countries and to lobby for such rights in European institutions.[1] Together with War Resisters' International, which is also one of its members,[2] it is considered one of the leading international NGOs working on conscientious objection.[3]