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(영문) 제주지방법원 2016.03.25 2016고단133

병역법위반

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A defendant shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and six months.

Reasons

Punishment of the crime

The Defendant is a person in active duty service.

On October 11, 2015, the Defendant directly received notice of enlistment in active duty service under the name of the head of the Military Affairs Administration of Jeju District Office, through e-mail, and did not comply with the call without justifiable grounds, even if three days have elapsed from the date of call, from the Jeju-si apartment B, the Defendant’s house located in subparagraph C, and the Defendant’s house located in subparagraph C, to the Army Training Center located in Chungcheongnam Namsansan, by November 9, 2015.

Summary of Evidence

1. A written accusation;

1. Written statements prepared by D;

1. A list of those who notify enlistment in active duty service;

1. Application of Acts and subordinate statutes to written consent to receive notice of enlistment;

1. Relevant legal provisions concerning criminal facts: Determination on the assertion of the defendant and his/her defense counsel under Article 88(1)1 of the Military Service Act

1. The gist of the assertion is that the Defendant’s refusal to enlist in the military constitutes conscientious objection, which is derived from the freedom of conscience under Article 19 of the Constitution of the Republic of Korea. As such, there exists “justifiable cause for refusing enlistment” under the Military Service Act.

2. Determination

A. Inasmuch as the exercise of fundamental rights under the Constitution should be carried out within the scope that enables a common life with others within a community and does not endanger other constitutional values and the legal order of the State, the exercise of all fundamental rights, including the freedom of conscience, is a fundamental limitation to the exercise of all fundamental rights. Thus, in a case where there exists a constitutional legal interest to justify the restriction, the freedom of conscience realization is a relative freedom that can be restricted by law pursuant to Article 37(2) of the Constitution.

However, Article 88(1) of the Military Service Act, which is a legal provision of the instant case, was prepared to specify the duty of national defense of the most fundamental citizen, and if the State’s security is not guaranteed because such duty of military service is not fulfilled properly, it is difficult to guarantee the dignity and value of the people as human beings.

Therefore, the duty of military service is ultimately the dignity and value of all citizens as human beings.