Conscription National service Conscription crisis Conscientious objection Conscription in Australia Conscription in Germany Conscription in Greece Conscription in New Zealand Conscription in the United States Conscription is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority, but it is most often used in the specific sense of government policies that require (very often, male only) citizens to serve in their armed forces. It ...

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Not everyone who was conscripted was willing to go to war. Many young people used their family's political connections to ensure that they were placed well away from any potential harm. They would avoid military service altogether through college deferments. Others with political influence often joined the military and served in what was termed a Champagne unit. Others used educational exemptions, became conscientious objectors or pretended to be conscientious objectors. For others, the most common method of avoiding the draft was to cross t ...

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"It is debasing human dignity to force men to give up their life, or to inflict death against their will, or without conviction as to the justice of their action." -- Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, et al, in the "Manifesto Against Conscription and the Military System" A conscientious objector is an individual whose personal beliefs are incompatible with military service, or sometimes with any role in the armed forces. In some countries, conscientious objectors have special legal status which augments their conscription duties ...

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A number of countries have mandatory military service: Conscription - Austria. Austria has mandatory military service for fit male citizens from 18 to 35 years of age. Service lasts for 8 months but will be shortened to 6 months in 2006. Conscientious objectors join the civilian service (Zivildienst) for 12 months (reduction to 9 months in 2006). Conscription - Belarus. Belarus has mandatory military service for all fit men from 18 to 27 years of age. Milit ...

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Conscription - Valuable training. Some argue that peacetime conscription is an ideal tool for teaching a population basic, important skills such as first aid, swimming, wilderness survival and so on. However, it can be argued that these skills could better be taught in the public school system than during mandatory service. Conscription - The draft as pro ...

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It can be argued that in a cost to benefit ratio conscription during peace time is not worthwhile. A number of months or years of service amongst the most fit subtracts from the productivity of the economy; add to this the cost of training them, and in some countries paying them. Compared to these extensive costs, some would argue there is very little benefit, if there ever were a war conscription and basic training could be completed quickly, and in most countries where conscription is compulsory ...

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Conscription - Conscription and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Many arguments opposed to conscription, or opposed to gender-discriminated conscription, arise from its violation of the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of the United Nations. In particular: Art.1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. (...) Art.2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any ki ...

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Conscription - The invention of modern conscription during the French Revolution. Modern conscription was invented during the French Revolution, allowing the Republic to defend itself from European monarchies' attacks. Deputy Jean-Baptiste Jourdan gave its name to the September 5, 1798 Act, whose first article stated: "Any French is a soldier and owes himself to the defense of the nation". It enabled the creation of the Grande Armée, what Napoleon Bonaparte called "the nation in arms", which successful ...

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Conscription - Argentina. Argentina abolished military conscription in 1994, yet those in service had to finish it. Conscription - Australia. See main article: History of Australian conscription Conscription - Belgium. Belgium abolished military conscription in 1994. Conscription - Canada. ...

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Some countries which draft women include the People's Republic of China, Taiwan (ROC), North Korea, Peru, Malaysia, Libya, Israel, and Eritrea. In 2002, Sweden's government asked the army to consider mandatory military service for women. Some have considered the practice of excluding women from the draft unfair, because they feel it goes against principles of equality. Some simply argue that women can be militarily useful, and that excluding them places an unnecessary limit on resources. During World War II, women were drafted into the armed ...

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Conscription in the United States - Early drafts. The United States first employed a form of conscription during the War of 1812. The imposition of a draft touched off the New York Draft Riots in 1863. The Confederate States instituted conscription in 1862, but resistance was both widespread and violent. Both sides permitted conscripts to hire substitutes. Conscription in ...

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The international migration of people is largely driven by economic and social forces, including neocolonialism, demand created by consumers and the agribusiness industry, desire to secure a higher earning power, benefits such as education and healthcare, other multinational corporations seeking cheaper labor, unemployment in less-developed nations, globalization, wars, repression, resistance to various involuntary military servitude (such as conscription, "the draft" or its peacetime ...

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A number of countries have mandatory military service: Conscription - Austria. Austria has mandatory military service for fit male citizens from 18 to 35 years of age. Service lasts for 8 months but will be shortened to 6 months in 2006. Conscientious objectors join the civilian service (Zivildienst) for 12 months (reduction to 9 months in 2006). Conscription - Belarus. Belarus has mandatory military service for all fit men from 18 to 27 years of age. Milit ...

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A number of countries have mandatory military service: Conscription - Austria. Austria has mandatory military service for fit male citizens from 18 to 35 years of age. Service lasts for 8 months but will be shortened to 6 months in 2006. Conscientious objectors join the civilian service (Zivildienst) for 12 months (reduction to 9 months in 2006). Conscription - Belarus. Belarus has mandatory military service for all fit men from 18 to 27 years of age. Milit ...

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Main articles: Conscientious objection, Antimilitarism, and Conscientious objection throughout the world "It is debasing human dignity to force men to give up their life, or to inflict death against their will, or without conviction as to the justice of their action." -- Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, et al, in the "Manifesto Against Conscription and the Military System" A conscientious objector is an individual whose personal beliefs are incompatible with military ser ...

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Conscription - Argentina. Argentina abolished military conscription in 1994, yet those in service had to finish it. Conscription - Australia. See main article: History of Australian conscription Conscription - Belgium. Belgium abolished military conscription in 1994. Conscription - Canada. ...

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Some countries which draft women include the People's Republic of China, Taiwan (ROC), North Korea, Peru, Malaysia, Libya, Israel, and Eritrea. In 2002, Sweden's government asked the army to consider mandatory military service for women. Some have considered the practice of excluding women from the draft unfair, because they feel it goes against principles of equality. Some simply argue that women can be militarily useful, and that excluding them places an unnecessary limit on resources. During World War II, women were drafted into the armed ...

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Conscription - Valuable training. Some argue that peacetime conscription is an ideal tool for teaching a population basic, important skills such as first aid, swimming, wilderness survival and so on. However, it can be argued that these skills could better be taught in the public school system than during mandatory service. Conscription - The draft as pro ...

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