<P> Persons who have completed their civilian service during peacetime have, according to the legislation enacted in 2008, the right to serve in non-military duties also during a crisis situation . They may be called to serve in various duties with the rescue services or other necessary work of a non-military nature . Persons who declare themselves to be conscientious objectors only after a crisis has started must, however, prove their conviction before a special board . Before the new legislation, the right to conscientious objection was acknowledged only in peacetime . The changes to the service term and to the legal status of objectors during a crisis situation were made as a response to human rights concerns voiced by several international bodies, who are overseeing the implementation of human rights agreements . These organisations had demanded Finland to take measures to improve its legislation concerning conscientious objectors, which they considered discriminatory . None of these organisations have yet raised concerns on the current legislation . </P> <P> There are a small number of total objectors who refuse even civilian service, and are imprisoned for six months . This is not registered into the person's criminal record . </P> <P> The creation of a legal status for conscientious objectors in France was the subject of a long struggle involving for instance or the much - publicised trials of Protestant activists Jacques Martin, Philippe Vernier and Camille Rombault in 1932--1933 or the hunger strike of anarchist Louis Lecoin in 1962 . </P> <P> The legal status law was passed in December 1963, 43 years (and many prison sentences) after the first requests . </P>

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