| State | Authority responsible | Specific responsibilities (C - also determines recognition of COs) | Type of service and where performed.
M - unarmed military P - in public sector N - in NGOs |
Conscript may choose placement? | Appeal and transfer possibilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | Ministry of Defence | direct supervision | PN | Through the local sector of defenceto the Sector of defence and critical management |
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| Moldova | Directorate of Alternative Service (answerable to Republican Recruitment Commission) | Local officers receive and investigate applications on behalf of Recruitment Commissions; Directorate approves employers, makes placements, organises training, monitors fulfilment adjudicates on disputes | not clear (see text) | No indication of any opportunity to choose. | Yes, in principle, to the alternative service authorities (Article 23) |
| Norway | Ministry of Justice | PN | |||
| Poland | Ministry of Labour | PN | |||
| Romania | Ministry of Defence | direct supervision | PN - also trade companies in appropriate fields |
Transfer to military service possible | |
| Russian Federation | Federal Service for Labour and Employment | makes allocations; receives appeals - decisions are relayed to the conscript through local Military Commissariat | P - only federal and regional, not municipal organisations. | no | to the Federal Service for Labour and Employment, whose decision can be appealed to the Courts |
| Serbia-Montenegro | Commision for Civilian Service (appointed by Ministry of Defence) | Approves employers. seeking the views of the Ministry responsible for the area of activity in which the organisation operates. |
PN - only four NGOs approved for the purpose | Informal advance contacts contacts with with employing organisation encouraged, but these are not binding on the allocation | No formal system |
| Military Sector | Receives monthly reports about the conscript's work, including,e.g. details of any special leave awarded | ||||
| Slovakia | Ministry of Defence | PN | |||
| Sweden | National Service Administration (reporting to Ministry of Defence) | P | as far as possible(Article 3,7) |
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| Switzerland | Ministry of Economic Affairs | PN - including any private body serving the public interest | |||
| Taiwan | |||||
| Ukraine | Ministry of Labour and Social Policy | P | yes | ||
| USA (S) | Selective Service Agency (see text) | employer, assisted by any co-ordinating agency which has organised the placement, reports to the SSA on satisfactory performance | PN | May suggest own placementusually accepted if it fitsthe criteria and the employer is willing to sign a contract with the SSA. | to the Civilian Review Board, whose decision shall be final |
| Uzbekistan | Ministry of Defence |
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