"In a recent ruling, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held that Armenia had violated Article 9 of the European Convention related to “freedom of thought, conscience and religion” by convicting a Jehovah’s Witness for draft evasion. The ruling reversed the court’s previous deliberations on the right to conscientious objection—the right to refuse to bear arms or engage in military service based on moral or religious grounds—and recognized it as a right protected under the article related to “freedom of thought, conscience, and religion.”