REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS

Mainly covers the period June 1998 to April 2001 as well as including some earlier information.

  • Population:
    – total:1,150,000
    – under-18s: 357,000
  • Government armed forces:1202
    – active: nil
    – paramilitary: 1,500
  • Compulsory recruitment age: no conscription
  • Voluntary recruitment age: 18
  • Voting age (government elections): 18
  • Child soldiers: none indicated
  • CRC-OP-CAC: not signed
  • Other treaties ratified: ACRWC; CRC; GC/API+II; ILO 182
  • There are no indications of under-18 recruitment into the government paramilitary forces. There are no government armed forces.

GOVERNMENT

National Recruitment Legislation and Practice

Mauritius does not have an army, but two paramilitary forces, the coast guards and a 'Special Mobile Force', which are specialised units of the Mauritius Police Force. The minimum age for recruitment into both forces is 18 years of age.1203


1202 Letter to CSC dated 14/3/01.

1203 Ibid.

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