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The Refugee Review Tribunal was a statutory body which provided a final, independent, merits review of decisions made by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship or, in practice, by officers of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), acting as delegates of the Minister, to refuse to grant protection visas to non-citizens within Australia, or to cancel protection visas held by non-citizens in Australia. The Tribunal was established in 1993 under Part 7 of the Act and replaced the Refugee Status Review Committee (RSRC). On 1 July 2015 the Refugee Review Tribunal was amalgamated into the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.  Website: www.aat.gov.au/
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China: 1. Are young, poor, rural residents forcibly recruited into the PLA? 2. At what age are conscripts recruited to the PLA? 3. Do all conscripts enter at the same time of year? 4. Are conscripts forced to serve in the PLA for longer periods if they are in the "technical service"? 5. Are they discharged at the same time of year? 6. Are there any educational requirements for conscripts? 7. Do conscripts receive education/training? 8. What is the role of conscripts in the PLA? 9. Are conscripts trained to attack Taiwan? 10. Are conscripts given leave? 11. Please provide information about the rank of conscripts and volunteers in the PLA? 12. Is there any information on manoeuvres against Taiwan by the PLA during the period September/October 2004?

29 October 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0804995

30 September 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Australia - Türkiye

RRT Case No. 0803680

8 September 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Coup d'état - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Fiji

Russian Federation: 1. Is there any information to support the contention that a postponement based on engagement in higher education can only be obtained on one occasion for 5 years? 2. Is there any information as to how it might be possible by law for a student to delay military service indefinitely?

29 August 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0802865

20 August 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Freedom of movement - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Palestinian - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Palestine, State of

Russian Federation: 1. What are the compulsory military service obligations in Russia? 2. Is there any evidence that those performing compulsory military service are sent to serve in Chechnya? 3. What system of alternative service is available to those with a conscientious objection to military service? 4. How is a person's entitlement to perform alternative service determined? 5. Please provide information on the "dedovshchina" system and the treatment of "dukhi". 6. What steps have the Russian authorities taken to combat dedovshchina and what remedies are open to a first year recruit who suffers harm? 7. Are those who perform alternative service also affected by dedovshchina? 8. Are there any reports of people being killed for refusing to fight in Chechnya? 9. Do those from Belarus face discrimination in Russian society and in the military in particular? 10. Are there any reports of military conscripts being harmed for being unhealthy or physically weak? 11. Are there any possible avenues by which a person might avoid military or alternative service altogether? 12. Would a person born in Belarus to Russian/Ukrainian parents have citizenship of Belarus or any other entitlement to enter and reside there?

28 July 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Sudan: 1. Is there information to indicate that suspected dissidents are drafted into Sudan's armed forces? If so, is there information on the situation of such persons: how they are treated; whether they are forced to serve in combat units; whether they are sent to the Darfur region? 2. Please provide an update on the state of the conflict in the Darfur region. 3. Please provide any information that might be available on the conditions affecting conscripted soldiers in Sudan's armed forces fighting in the Darfur region

18 July 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

RRT Case No. 0801842

7 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment - Security situation - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Israel

RRT Case No. 071959605

27 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Child soldiers - Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Colombia

RRT Case No. 071940601

2 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Sudan

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