Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection Show — Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection Hide — Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection Contents 1. Introduction 2. Military Service and Recruitment 2.1 Types of military recruitment Table 1: Introduction / abolition of obligatory military service Table 2: Proportion of conscripts in armed forces 2004 2.2 The Process 2.2.1 Registration and medical examination 2.2.2 Selection procedure 2.2.3 Call-up and induction 2.3 Military service in practice 2.3.1 Duration and conditions Table 3: Changes in the duration of basic obligatory military service since 1990 Table 4: Some differential lengths of obligatory military service 2.3.2 Documentation 2.3.3 Reserve obligations in practice 2.4 Persons liable to recruitment 2.4.1 Gender 2.4.2 Age Table 5: Military Service Ages (part 1 of 4) Table 5: Military Service Ages (part 2 of 4) Table 5: Military Service Ages (part 3 of 4) Table 5: Military Service Ages (part 4 of 4) 2.4.3 Citizenship and residence 2.4.4 Exemptions and deferments Table 6: Grounds for Exemption or Deferment 2.4.5 Peacetime and wartime 2.4.6 Who actually serves? Table 7: Those performing obligatory military service as a proportion of the relevant age group 3. International Standards on Conscientious Objection 4. Conscientious Objection in Practice 4.1 Constitutional and legislative acknowledgment of conscientious objection Table 8: Legal recognition of conscientious objection 4.2 Legal recognition does not define the existence of conscientious objection 4.3 Conscientious objection may develop at any time: 4.3.1 At First Registration 4.3.2 Before call up Table 9: Limits for Application for Recognition 4.3.3 During obligatory military service 4.3.4 Among those who have joined the military voluntarily 4.3.5 Among reservists 4.4 Information about conscientious objection provisions 4.5 Procedure Table 10: Nature and composition of body which decides on recognition of conscientious objector status Table 11: Procedure for recognition of conscientious objector status Table 12: Grounds for rejection of application Table 13: Appeal possibilities 4.6 What happens when the claim is (finally) rejected? Table 14: Penalties for refusal of military service 4.7 Children 4.8 Women 4.9 Documentation for civil purposes 4.10 The situation in time of war 4.11 Selective objection 4.12 Conscientious Objectors as Refugees 5. ALTERNATIVE SERVICE 5.1 What is alternative service? 5.2 Administration of alternative service Table 15: Administration of and arrangements for alternative service Table 15: Administration of and arrangements for alternative service 5.3 Where can alternative service be performed? - Employing organisations and allocation to placements Table 16: Nature of alternative service placements 5.4 How does the duration of alternative service compare with that of military service? Table 17: Relative lengths of military and alternative service 5.5 Remuneration and other terms of service 5.5.1 General 5.5.2 Disciplinary proceedings 5.5.3 Reserve obligations 6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Previous Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection Parent Military Recruitment and Conscientious Objection Next 1. Introduction
