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The Swedish military conscription register: opportunities for its use in medical research

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Epidemiology, 2022
In Sweden, conscription around age 18y was mandatory for young men until June 30, 2010. From July 1, 2017, it became mandatory again for both sexes but the proportion of summoned people for standardised testing has so far been low.
Sundquist Kristina   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Multifaceted Conscription: A Comparative Study of Six European Countries

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Military Studies
Although the last few decades have witnessed a shift from conscription to all-volunteer forces in many European countries, recent changes in the European security environment have raised new concerns and prompted several countries to reconsider ...
Emma Jonsson   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Cardiological Disorders Leading to Ineligibility for Compulsory Military Service [PDF]

open access: yesMedicina
Background and Objectives: Cardiovascular disorders contribute substantially to medical ineligibility for compulsory military service in Lithuania. This study aimed to describe cardiovascular disease patterns and assess their association with military ...
Tautvydas Ribinskas   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Is conscription morally justified today?

open access: yesEthics and Global Politics
European politicians have recently considered reintroducing conscription and have offered three main reasons for this, arguing that conscription is critical for (1) military readiness and deterrence, (2) respecting the social contract citizens have with ...
Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues
exaly   +3 more sources

The martial origins of democracy: a global study of military conscription and suffrage extensions since the Napoleonic wars

open access: yesDemocratization, 2018
This article examines the relationship between conscription (the compulsory enlistment of civilians for military service) and democracy. Using the best available cross-country comparable data on the history of conscription and democracy, we demonstrate ...
Jan Teorell, Johannes Lindvall
exaly   +2 more sources

THE REGULATION OF A PERSON’S RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PERFORM MILITARY SERVICE DUE TO THEIR INTERNAL BELIEFS IN LITHUANIA AND IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

open access: yesJurisprudencija, 2023
The right of an individual to refuse to perform military service because of their internal beliefs has deep roots in international law. Such a right in the national law of the independent Republic of Lithuania is regulated by the institute of alternative
Tomas Proškus
doaj   +1 more source

conscription From the perspective of Imamiye jurisprudence (case study of feasibility of Obligation to Jihad) [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌نامه حقوق اسلامی, 2020
The requirement to conscription is one of the important issues of public law. This topic from Beginning to enter Iran has been supporters and opponents.
seyed mojtaba azizi, Hossein Ahmadi
doaj   +1 more source

The Formation of the Hoplite Militia in Athens

open access: yesУченые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2023
This article considers how the draft to the Athenian hoplite army was organized in the 5th–4th centuries B.C. The available historical sources do not describe the conscription system for hoplites until the 5th century B.C., so its functioning in the ...
I. V. Vostrikov
doaj   +1 more source

The Reactivation and Reimagination of Military Conscription in Sweden

open access: yesArmed Forces & Society, 2023
The post-Cold War tendency of abandoning conscripted for volunteer forces appears to be reversing, and many countries have recently expanded or reintroduced mandatory military service.
Sanna Strand
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Conscription and gender: Legal and political aspects of restricting the conscription to men [PDF]

open access: yesВојно дело, 2014
Disputing of the existing conscription commitments in Switzerland (and in almost all western countries), traditionally restricted to men, is conspicuous. To date in this area practically nothing has changed, even though in Switzerland the conscription of
Bondolfi Sibilla
doaj   +1 more source

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