Law
The Right to Conscientious Objection to Mandatory Military Service
Quick fact
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has held that the right to conscientious objection is protected under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and many countries now offer alternative civilian service instead of imprisonment for objectors.
Why this is interesting
Imagine being ordered to fight in a war that your deepest moral beliefs reject. What legal right protects you from that order?