83 countries around the world still have conscription laws, nearly three quarters of them are actively drafting, and about 85% of them conscript men only. Such a thing is an affront to human freedom and liberty, not to mention a glaring example of legislation over men’s bodies that is rarely mentioned or advocated against. In Ukraine we see the untold damage such laws cause to male bodies, as men from both sides kill one another by the hundreds of thousands, with little choice in the matter. Men dragged from homes, streets, and cars, and forced to the front lines in the most brutal ways imaginable. Switzerland is another of these countries that actively conscripts men – although their draft works a little differently. Swiss men are given the choice, either a) enlist and undergo military training, b) take up community service and serve their country elsewhere, or c) pay +3% ‘Military exemption tax’ for eleven years of their life. It is only Swiss national men who are legally compelled to do this; not non-nationals, nor women, just the men. And so, it was only a matter of time before one of these men fought back, and that man was Fabian Brun. Fabian, after undergoing 104 days of military training, was discharged for medical reasons, and then was still forced to pay military exemption tax. So he took the nation of Switzerland to the Supreme Court, and eventually the European Court of Human Rights – demanding such a thing was a violation of his human rights, and was unlawful discrimination against him. Finally, ten years later, the ECHR has made their decision, let’s take a look… ~ Source ECHR full response: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#%7B%2522itemid%2522:%5B%2522001-250619%2522%5D%7D

2026-08-05