Yugoslavia: Additional information to Response to Information Request YUG28127.E of 21 November 1997 on the decree on criteria for assessment for medical exemption from military service and the maximum time limit for medical exemption
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | YUG28474.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Yugoslavia: Additional information to Response to Information Request YUG28127.E of 21 November 1997 on the decree on criteria for assessment for medical exemption from military service and the maximum time limit for medical exemption, 1 December 1997, YUG28474.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac402f.html [accessed 2 June 2023] |
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In a 5 December 1997 letter faxed to the Research Directorate, a lawyer from Mikijelj and Jankovic Attorneys-at-Law in Belgrade states that:
According to the article 294. of Yugoslav Army Act Recruiting comission can grant an exemption for a period no longer than two years... When expired, exemption may be renewed for a period not longer that two years, but only up to the end of a year in which recruit has his 27th birthday... There is no temporary exemption for recruit after his 27 years of age.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Resesarch 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.
Reference
Mikijelj and Jankovic, Attorneys-at-Law, Belgrade. 5 December 1997. Letter faxed to the Research Directorate.
