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Title	Algeria: Update to DZA22551.F of 14 December 1995 and description of the call-up notice as used in October 1997; on the methods use to service call-up notice, especially in October 1997; and whether there was an important conscription in October 1997 and on the age of the conscripts
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Algeria
Publication Date	1 January 1999
Citation / Document Symbol	DZA30915.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Algeria: Update to DZA22551.F of 14 December 1995 and description of the call-up notice as used in October 1997; on the methods use to service call-up notice, especially in October 1997; and whether there was an important conscription in October 1997 and on the age of the conscripts, 1 January 1999, DZA30915.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6aaf98.html [accessed 31 May 2012]
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Algeria: Update to DZA22551.F of 14 December 1995 and description of the call-up notice as used in October 1997; on the methods use to service call-up notice, especially in October 1997; and whether there was an important conscription in October 1997 and on the age of the conscripts

Information on the recruitment process is scarce. For information on the method use to service call-up notices, please consult the attached document by War Resisters' International entitled Refusing to Bear Arms: A World Survey of Conscription and Conscientious Objection to Military Service (Sept. 1998).

The following information was provided during a 5 January 1999 telephone interview with a researcher on Algeria at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI), an institution affiliated with the Foundation nationale de sciences politiques (FNSP) de Paris. The CERI researcher, who has recently published a book on the Algerian civil war, has also published articles on Algeria in academic reviews such as Politique internationale and Politique étrangère.

There was an important conscription process in Fall 1997 due to the upcoming elections. Those conscripted were assigned to the protection of ballot boxes and voting establishments. This was the last such important conscription. Since 1997, conscription drives are on the decline due to the creation and functionning of the village civil militia.

The researcher could not provide a physical description of the call-up notice.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Reference

Researcher, Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI), Paris, France. 5 January 1999. Telephone interview.

Attachment

War Resisters' International. September 1998. Bart Horeman and Marc Stolwijk. Refusing to Bear Arms: A World Survey of Conscription and Conscientious Objection to Military Service, pp. 22-24.

Topics: Military service,

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