A draft of a Civilian Tax Act (Zivilsteuergesetz) was published on 14th March 2011. The German text, written by Annette Fabbri of the Goethe University, Frankfurt-am-Main, in collaboration with Dr Paul Tiedemann of Frankfurt and Professor Dirk Löhr of the Fachhochschule, Trier, can be read here. Entwurf eines Zivilsteuergesetzes (ZstG) (new window).
The IPB hold a triennial international conference in different countries around the world. This year it was held in Berlin: IPB World Congress program and reports (new window) report on CPTI participation (PDF, new window).
In mid-March of 2011, peace tax legislation was newly proposed in Germany and the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund bill was resubmitted in the U.S. Congress. (Information on 10 nations' peace tax legislation.)
In July 2010, CPTI joined with four other international organizations to submit an amicus brief in support of an Armenian Jehovah's Witness's complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) under Article 9, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (new window). It would be a major breakthrough if the ECHR were, at last, to acknowledge conscientious objection to military service as a human right in line with the UN Human Rights Committee. Read the brief (new window). We eagerly await the court's decision. More.
Friends of Marian Franz, a co-founder of CPTI, published a book of her essays entitled A Persistent Voice: Marian Franz and Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation. Ruth Flower perused this collection of writings and described its treasures. Read the full review (new window). Visit the publisher's Web page (new window) for this book.
Am 23. April 2009 unterbreitete der Abgeordnete John Lewis dem Repräsentantenhaus eine Gesetzesvorlage Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund Act of 2009, H.R. 2085 (Der religiöse Friedenssteuerfonds, 2009, HR 2085) (neues Fenster).
Following a landmark case, the UN Human Rights Committee has now declared that conscientious objection to military service is a protected form of manifestation of religion, belief or conscience under Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (23 January 2007). More.