Afghanistan: In view of the present conflict it is difficult to assess whether there is a coherent policy of conscription superseding policy of the previous regime under which conscription existed (AI).
Albania: Conscription exists (AI and WRI).
Algeria: Conscription exists (FWCC).
Angola: Conscription exists.
Antigua and Barbuda: No conscription.
Argentina: Military service is voluntary. Law No.24.429, promulgated on 5 January 1995, establishes a voluntary military service yet reserves for the Congress the right to conscript 18-year-olds for a period of service not exceeding one year. Such conscription may be ordered, when for specified reasons, an inadequate number of volunteers present themselves for military service.
Armenia: Conscription exists (FWCC).
Australia: No conscription (FWCC).
Austria: Conscription exists.
Azerbaijan: Conscription exists (FWCC).
Bahamas: No conscription (AI).
Bahrain: No conscription.
Bangladesh: No conscription (AI).
Barbados: No conscription (FWCC).
Belarus: Conscription exists.
Belgium: Conscription was abolished as of 1 January 1994 under the so-called Delacroix Bill of 6 July 1993 (WRI).
Belize: Military service is voluntary (NISBCO).
Benin: Selective conscription (FWCC).
Bhutan: Selective conscription (FWCC).
Bolivia: Conscription exists (AI and NISBCO).
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Conscription exists (WRI).
Botswana: No conscription (FWCC).
Brazil: Conscription exists.
Brunei Darussalam: No conscription (FWCC).
Bulgaria: Conscription exists (WRI).
Burkina Faso: No military conscription (AI).
Burundi: No conscription (FWCC).
Cambodia: Conscription exists (FWCC).
Cameroon: No conscription.
Canada: No conscription (AI).
Cape Verde: Conscription exists (AI).
Central African Republic: Selective conscription (FWCC).
Chad: Selective conscription.
Chile: Conscription exists (AI and NISBCO).
China: Selective conscription (FWCC).
Colombia: Conscription exists.
Congo: No conscription (FWCC).
Costa Rica: No conscription.
Cфte d'Ivoire: Selective conscription (FWCC).
Croatia: Conscription exists.
Cuba: Conscription exists (AI and NISBCO).
Cyprus: Conscription exists (AI).
Czech Republic: Conscription exists.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Conscription exists (AI).
Denmark: Conscription exists.
Djibouti: No conscription (AI).
Dominican Republic: Conscription exists (NISBCO).
Ecuador: Conscription exists.
Egypt: Conscription exists.
El Salvador: The Salvadoran Constitution and the law on military service establish obligatory military service. In practice, since the end of the armed conflict in January 1992, military service has been performed on a voluntary basis. The law on military service is currently undergoing revision (NISBCO).
Equatorial Guinea: Conscription exists (FWCC).
Estonia: Conscription exists (ECCO).
Ethiopia: Conscription exists. Compulsory military service is provided for by Proclamation No. 238 of 1983 (AI).
Federal Republic of Germany: Conscription exists.
Fiji: No conscription (FWCC).
Finland: Conscription exists.
France: Conscription exists.
Gabon: No conscription (FWCC).
Gambia: No conscription (FWCC).
Georgia: Conscription exists (FWCC).
Ghana: No conscription (FWCC).
Greece: Conscription exists (AI).
Grenada: Conscription does not exist, as there is no military service (NISBCO).
Guatemala: Conscription exists. The Global Human Rights Accord signed in March 1994 by representatives of the Government, the URNG guerillas, and the United Nations stipulated that a new law on military service would be enacted in order to end the practice of forced recruitment (NISBCO).
Guinea: Conscription exists (FWCC).
Guinea-Bissau: Conscription exists (AI).
Guyana: No conscription (NISBCO).
Haiti: No conscription (NISBCO).
Honduras: Decree No. 24-94 was passed in May 1994 establishing a voluntary military service during peacetime. The amendment reserves for the Congress the right to conscript (NISBCO).
