Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues...

as a chosen job (volunteer) or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription). Some nations, such as Israel, require a specific amount of military...

Conscription in Australia, also known as National Service following the Second World War, has a controversial history which dates back to the implementation...

In the United States, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts: the American...

Conscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya voinskaya obyazannost, translated as "universal military obligation"...

Conscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to perform compulsory military service. Women...

military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to 1960. The last conscription term...

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), maintains an active conscription system in accordance with the regulations set by the government of the...

Conscription, sometimes called "the draft", is the compulsory enlistment of people in a national service, most often a military service. Men have been...

Conscription in Denmark (Danish: Værnepligt) is mandatory for all physically fit men over the age of 18, according to the Constitution of Denmark, §81...

However, conscription into a full-time military service had only been instituted twice by the government of Canada, during both world wars. Conscription into...

Gibraltar (/dʒɪˈbrɔːltər/ jih-BRAWL-tər, Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula...

A conscription crisis is a public dispute about a policy of conscription, or mandatory service in the military, known in US English as a "draft". A dispute...

2024, President Zelensky signed new conscription laws, passed by the national legislature, that lowered the conscription age by two years, from 27 to 25,...

conscription, with the results being that 75% of respondents supported a return of conscription in Serbia. A 2018 poll found support for Conscription...

The Federal Republic of Germany had conscription (Wehrpflicht, German: [ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt] ) for male citizens between 1956 and 2011. On 22 November 2010...

rules apply to Turks abroad. For Turks with multiple citizenship, the conscription lapses if they have already served in the army of another country. Conscripts...

Conscription in the Philippines has been implemented at several points in the country's history. As of 2022[update], no mandatory conscription is in effect...

The No Conscription League was an anarchist organisation designed to promote anti-draft manifestos and aid those who refused military service. The league...

The Conscription Crisis of 1944 was a political and military crisis following the introduction of forced military service for men in Canada during World...

Conscription in Eritrea requires every able bodied man and woman to serve, ostensibly, for 18 months. In this time, they receive six months of military...

which regulates duties and exceptions, all Israeli citizens who meet the conscription criteria are required to serve once they reach 18 years of age unless...

will serve, and a person cannot choose where to serve. The length of conscription is between 18 months to 2 years. Before the 1979 revolution, women were...

enacted in China since 1949. According to The World Factbook, "the PLA’s conscription system functions as a levy; the PLA establishes the number of enlistees...

Conscription in the Netherlands (Dutch: dienstplicht) was first employed in 1810 by French occupying forces. Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte, who was...

selective conscription. Conscription takes place at age 17 and service ends at 30. Children of the political elites are exempt from conscription, as are...

The No-Conscription Fellowship was a British pacifist organisation which was founded in London by Fenner Brockway and Clifford Allen on 27 November 1914...

Qatar has mandatory military service (Arabic: الخدمة العسكرية) for all able-bodied men aged 18 to 25 for a minimum of four months. Draft evasion is punishable...

Sweden has had partial conscription for both men and women since 2017. After completing training, conscripts are placed in the reserve and assigned positions...

Conscription in Finland is part of a general compulsion for national military service for all adult males (Finnish: Asevelvollisuus; Swedish: Värnplikt)...