ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - On the occasion of the Day of Conscientious Objectors, the Anti-War Campaign in Croatia voiced satisfaction with the addition of nongovernmental organisations to a list of institutions in which conscientious
objectors can work for some time instead of being drafted for the service in the army.
ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - On the occasion of the Day of Conscientious
Objectors, the Anti-War Campaign in Croatia voiced satisfaction with
the addition of nongovernmental organisations to a list of
institutions in which conscientious objectors can work for some time
instead of being drafted for the service in the army.#L#
"In this way, the support is given to the building of civil society,"
reads a press release issued by the above-mentioned association on
Friday.
The association, however, warns that some provisions in the law on
noncombant military service are "discriminatory and unfair" such as
the length of the service of conscientious objectors in civil
institutions, which lasts eight months, as against the six-month
military service of conscripts.
In 2003, there were 9,711 requests for noncombant military service,
which accounted for 57 percent of the entire number of men who had to
be drafted for military service that year.
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