Azerbaijan: Update to Response to Information Request AZE17146.E of 13 April 1994 on military service, on who is required to perform regular and reserve service, who is exempted from military service, who may defer their military service, whether conscientious objection is available, the penalties for evasion or desertion from military service, whether there is forced recruitment, and whether a state-of-war exists
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | AZE25875.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Azerbaijan: Update to Response to Information Request AZE17146.E of 13 April 1994 on military service, on who is required to perform regular and reserve service, who is exempted from military service, who may defer their military service, whether conscientious objection is available, the penalties for evasion or desertion from military service, whether there is forced recruitment, and whether a state-of-war exists, 1 January 1997, AZE25875.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aceb7f.html [accessed 25 May 2023] |
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The 7 June 1996 Nezavisimaya Gazeta states:
In accordance with the January 23, 1996 edict of the president of the Azerbaijan Republic, servicemen who are 25 years of age or older and who have served for more than two years are subject to release from the republic armed forces. The demobilization process will be conducted in stages. So, the period of service of young men in the Azerbaijan Armed Forces totals a minimum of three-four years.
For information on the killing of an Azerbaijani deserter and a presidential amnesty affecting deserters, please consult the ITAR-TASS and the Associated Press (AP) attachments. For information on whether there was fighting in Azerbaijan in 1996 and whether a peace treaty exists, please consult the Nezavisimaya Gazeta and the Interfax attachments.
Additional information on the above-mentioned topics could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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 additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Nezavisimaya Gazeta [Moscow, in Russian]. 7 June 1996. "Azerbaijan - Conscription Quotas Filled." (Periscope Daily Defense News Capsules [Foster City, Ca.]. IAC (SM) Newsletter Database (TM)/NEXIS)
Attachments
The Associated Press (AP). 13 December 1996. "Court Finds Officer Guilty of Shooting Azerbaijani Deserter." (NEXIS)
_____. 30 December 1995. "Nearly 600 Prisoners in Azerbaijan Received Amnesty ...." (NEXIS)
Interfax [Moscow, in English]. 1 January 1997. "Azerbaijan: Aliyev Hails 1996 as Year of Peace, Stability." (FBIS-SOV-97-004) [Internet] [Accessed 14 Jan. 1997]
ITAR-TASS. 19 October 1995. Sevindzh Abdullayeva and Viktor Shulman. "Azerbaijani President Decrees Pardon to Service Dodgers." (NEXIS)
Nezavisimaya Gazeta [Moscow, in Russian]. 7 June 1996. "Azerbaijan - Conscription Quotas Filled." (Periscope Daily Defense News Capsules [Foster City, Ca.]. IAC (SM) Newsletter Database (TM)/NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
DIRB country file on Azerbaijan.
CSCE Digest [Washington]. Monthly.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports.
News from Human Rights Watch [New York]. Monthly.
Transition [Prague]. Monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [New York]. Quarterly.
On-line search of media sources.
Five oral sources contacted did not provide information on the requested topics.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact other oral sources.
