Yugoslavia: Information on the physical and psychological disabilities that enable people who have been given notices of being conscripted into the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) to be exempt from service
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 June 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YUG24094.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yugoslavia: Information on the physical and psychological disabilities that enable people who have been given notices of being conscripted into the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) to be exempt from service, 1 June 1996, YUG24094.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac6047.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, the first paragraph of the second page of the attached facsimile sent to the DIRB on 14 June 1996 by a lawyer with the firm Attorneys-at-Law Mikijelj & Jankovic in Belgrade states:
The grounds for granting a medical exemption from military service in Yugoslavia are summarized in the Decree on the Criteria for Assessment and on the Medical Examinations and Assessment of Ability for Military Service of Conscripts ("Official Gazette FRY", 86/94). The text of this Decree (in Serbian) is enclosed with the confirmation copy of this letter.
The credentials of the lawyer who provided this information are also in the attached facsimile.
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
Attorneys-at-Law Mikijelj & Jankovic, Belgrade. 14 June 1996. Facsimile sent to the DIRB.
Attachment
Attorneys-at-Law Mikijelj & Jankovic, Belgrade. 14 June 1996. Facsimile sent to the DIRB.
Additional Sources Consulted
Decree on Promulgation of the Law on the Yugoslav Army.
Two other sources consulted did not provide information on the required subject.
