Mongolia: The military draft, including draft age, method of recruitment, and penalties for evasion
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 14 February 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | MNG33675.E |
| Reference | 4 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Mongolia: The military draft, including draft age, method of recruitment, and penalties for evasion, 14 February 2000, MNG33675.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad3444.html [accessed 21 May 2023] |
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On 10 February 2000 an official at the Embassy of Mongolia in Washington, DC stated that Mongolian men are conscripted into the armed forces between the ages of 18 and 25 for a one-year tour of duty. Mongolian men receive their conscription notices through the government of the local administrative unit (sum) where they live. The official did not provide information on penalties for draft evasion.
A 1998 publication by War Resisters International on conscription worldwide states that Mongolian men are liable for military service between the ages of 18 and 28, and that most men perform their military service at the ages of 19 or 20 (Sept. 1998).
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.
Embassy of Mongolia. 10 February 2000. Telephone interview.
War Resisters' International. September 1998. Edited by Bart Horeman and Marc Stolwijk. Refusing to Bear Arms: A World Survey of Conscription and Conscientious Objection to Military Service. London: War Resisters' International.
