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The SVK Ministry of Defence has again notified the public of the fact that the refusal to do “exceptional service” (i.e. military service) is not a novelty. Pursuant to valid legislation, SVK citizens have, already since 2006, been eligible to submit a statement declining the performance of exceptional service on the grounds stipulated precisely in respective legislation. Accordingly, the performance of exceptional service may be declined when it contravenes the citizen’s conscience or religious faith.
At the state of security (i.e. in peacetime), the citizen is eligible to decline the performance of exceptional service by submitting a written statement to the District Office, located in the seat of a respective region, in the calendar year when the conscription obligation commences or in January of each subsequent year until the cessation of such conscription obligation. However, the statements submitted in the period of a crisis situation, such as war, the state of war, emergency or belligerency will not be taken into account. Consequently, even a registered citizen who has already submitted the statement declining the performance of exceptional service, will, in a time of war and at a state of war, receive a call-up notice to appear before a conscription board, where his health condition will be assessed and a decision will be made as to his ability to do alternative service.
The citizen who has submitted the statement declining the performance of exceptional service and who, following an official decision, has been entered into the registered citizens’ documentation by the District Office, located in the seat of a respective region, is obligated to do alternative service with an employer, which is tasked, for example, with the provision of medical services, citizens protection, or social welfare assistance, etc.
Upon declaration of mobilization, the District Office, located in the seat of a respective region, will call to exceptional service the soldiers in the reserves and the conscripted registered citizens who are deemed fit for military service. The call-up of soldiers in the reserves and registered conscripted citizens reflects the requirements of the SVK Armed Forces, however, the date of birth (age group) is not considered to be a decisive criterion. The soldiers-in-the-reserves category consists of former professional soldiers, the citizens who have completed mandatory military service, and the citizens who have terminated employment with the Armed and Rescue Services, provided that they are still subject to conscription. This relates to all men aged 19 to 45 without a military rank or with the ranks of 1st Degree Private (OR-1) and 2nd Degree Private (OR-2), as well as to men aged 19 to 55 with any other military rank. The citizens who have been called up but are deemed unfit for military service are exempt from exceptional service (and become the holders of the so-called “blue book”), because their conscription obligation ceases.
The SVK Ministry of Defence is drafting a government bill on voluntary military training, which will regulate the terms and conditions for the performance thereof. At the core of this institution is the eventuality that the citizens who are subject to conscription or those who voluntarily accept it will be able to receive military training on a voluntary basis. This government bill will be submitted for the legislative review process still this year.
At the state of security (i.e. in peacetime), the citizen is eligible to decline the performance of exceptional service by submitting a written statement to the District Office, located in the seat of a respective region, in the calendar year when the conscription obligation commences or in January of each subsequent year until the cessation of such conscription obligation. However, the statements submitted in the period of a crisis situation, such as war, the state of war, emergency or belligerency will not be taken into account. Consequently, even a registered citizen who has already submitted the statement declining the performance of exceptional service, will, in a time of war and at a state of war, receive a call-up notice to appear before a conscription board, where his health condition will be assessed and a decision will be made as to his ability to do alternative service.
The citizen who has submitted the statement declining the performance of exceptional service and who, following an official decision, has been entered into the registered citizens’ documentation by the District Office, located in the seat of a respective region, is obligated to do alternative service with an employer, which is tasked, for example, with the provision of medical services, citizens protection, or social welfare assistance, etc.
Upon declaration of mobilization, the District Office, located in the seat of a respective region, will call to exceptional service the soldiers in the reserves and the conscripted registered citizens who are deemed fit for military service. The call-up of soldiers in the reserves and registered conscripted citizens reflects the requirements of the SVK Armed Forces, however, the date of birth (age group) is not considered to be a decisive criterion. The soldiers-in-the-reserves category consists of former professional soldiers, the citizens who have completed mandatory military service, and the citizens who have terminated employment with the Armed and Rescue Services, provided that they are still subject to conscription. This relates to all men aged 19 to 45 without a military rank or with the ranks of 1st Degree Private (OR-1) and 2nd Degree Private (OR-2), as well as to men aged 19 to 55 with any other military rank. The citizens who have been called up but are deemed unfit for military service are exempt from exceptional service (and become the holders of the so-called “blue book”), because their conscription obligation ceases.
The SVK Ministry of Defence is drafting a government bill on voluntary military training, which will regulate the terms and conditions for the performance thereof. At the core of this institution is the eventuality that the citizens who are subject to conscription or those who voluntarily accept it will be able to receive military training on a voluntary basis. This government bill will be submitted for the legislative review process still this year.
