Yugoslavia: Information contained on current military call-up notices; whether these notices would contain the name, rank and unit of the conscript, and indicate that the notice has been issued for medical duty, conscript service, reserve duty or other type of duties as well as the date, location and time at which one conscript must report; the penalties for non-compliance; the government department or ministry which issues the call-up notice; the official who signs the call-up notices; and other relevant information
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 13 October 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YUG32914.E |
| Reference | 1 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yugoslavia: Information contained on current military call-up notices; whether these notices would contain the name, rank and unit of the conscript, and indicate that the notice has been issued for medical duty, conscript service, reserve duty or other type of duties as well as the date, location and time at which one conscript must report; the penalties for non-compliance; the government department or ministry which issues the call-up notice; the official who signs the call-up notices; and other relevant information, 13 October 1999, YUG32914.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad806.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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No information on the call-up notices for military service in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, in a report entitled Legal Analysis of Specific Regulations Regarding the Obligations ofArmy Conscripts in a State of War or in a State of Immediate Danger of War published in The JURIST Network Website, the following applies to those who are called-up for military service in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:
ARTICLE 214 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF FRY
Paragraph 1. Whoever does not report for military duty in due time (recruitment, disposition of troops or reception of personal weapons, military service or any other military duty), despite personal or general summons to report for military duty shall be fined or sentenced to one year in prison.
Paragraph 2. Whoever is concealing himself in order to avoid military service as determined in the paragraph 1, even though that person has been called up by means of personal or general summons to report for military duty, shall be sentenced to prison terms ranging from three months to 5 years.
Paragraph 3. Whoever leaves the country or remains abroad in order to avoid conscription, military training or any other form of military service shall be sentenced to prison term ranging from one to ten years.
Paragraph 4. Whoever calls upon or instigates other persons to perform criminal acts as determined in paragraphs 1-3 of this article shall be sentenced to prison term of up to 3 years for the criminal act from the paragraph 1, and up to 1 year for the criminal act from the paragraph 2 and 3.
Paragraph 5. The person who has committed a criminal act as determined by the articles 2 and 3 may receive lighter punishment or be acquitted if that person reports voluntarily to the authorised state organ.
For information on the situation of conscientious objectors and draft evaders in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and for future perspectives on their treatment, please refer to the attached articles published on the War Resister's Website.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
The JURIST Network. 1999. Legal Analysis of Specific Regulations Regarding the Obligations ofArmy Conscripts in a State of War or in a State of Immediate Danger of War.
War Resisters International (WRI). 22 August 1999. "Safe House" Project Report on the Perspectives of Amnesty Law for Draft Evaders and Deserters in Serbia and Montenegro. http://www.gn.apc.org/warresisters/xyu/safehse2.htm> [Accessed 14 October 1999]
_____. 31 July 1999. "Safe House" Report on the Situation of Conscientious Objectors, Draft Evaders and Deserters From the Most Recent Conflict in Yugoslavia.
Additional Sources Consulted
One oral source could not provide the requested information within the scheduled deadline.