 War Resisters' International's report on conscientious objection in Colombia Before being ruled unconstitutional by the court as illegal in Sentence T-455/14, people were at risk of "batidas" - raids in the street and public spaces - where young people were rounded up and forcibly recruited if they could not prove they had already undergone military service.In Czechoslovakia, those not willing to enter mandatory military service could avoid it by signing a contract for work lasting years in unattractive occupations, such as mining.Those who didn't sign were imprisoned.