Croatia: Information on military service
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | HRV10984 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Croatia: Information on military service, 1 June 1992, HRV10984, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac9f70.html [accessed 1 June 2023] |
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Please find attached an excerpt from a letter dated 5 February 1992 from Budislav Vukas of the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb which provides information on conscription in Croatia to the best of his knowledge.
According to a Legal Affairs Counsellor at the Office of Croatia in Wahington, D.C., a new military service law is currently before the Croatian parliament (2 June 1992). Currently military service is ten months for men of 18 years, but the draft law will reduce service to six months (Ibid.). Students can postpone military service until after university. Although the terms are not specifically spelled out, there are provisions for alternative military service. In practice, the length of alternative service has been double that of regular military service, and has involved office work or work such as driving ambulances (Ibid.).
There is no further information currently available to the IRBDC specific to the terms of military service in Croatia. However, the attached articles related to demobilization of Croatian reservists and restrictions on the travel of men of draft age may be of some interest.
References
Office of Croatia, Washington, D.C. 2 June 1992. Telephone Interview with Legal Affairs Counsellor.
Vukas, Budislav, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. 5 February 1992. Excerpt from Letter to IRBDC.
Attachments
Delo [Lubljiana, in Slovene]. 14 January 1992. "Croatian Deserters, Draft Dodgers Among Refugees." (FBIS-EEU-92-020 30 Jan. 1992, pp. 51-52)
HTV Television [Zagreb, in Serbo-Croatian]. 21 November 1991. "Republic Restricts Movements of Draft-Age Males." (FBIS-EEU-91-226 22 Nov. 1992, pp. 45)
Radio Croatia Network [Zagreb, in Sserbo-Croatian]. 21 March 1992. "Tudjman Orders 20,000 Reservists Demobilized." (FBIS-EEU-92-056 23 Mar. 1992, pp. 35-36)
. 14 March 1992. "Defense Ministry Statement on Demobilization." (FBIS-EEU-92-051 16 March 1992, p. 22)
Tanjug Domestic Service [Belgrade, in Serbo-Croatian]. 29 October 1991. "Travel Restrictions Tightened for Men." (FBIS-EEU-91-210 30 Oct. 1991, p. 36)
Vukas, Budislav, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. 5 February 1992. Excerpt from Letter to IRBDC.
