↑ Nationmaster: Conscription. SOURCE: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC).
↑ Conscription was abolished by law in 1973.) But the Defence Act 1903 as amended retained a provision that it could be reintroduced by proclamation of the Governor-General. Potentially all Australian residents between the ages of 18 and 60 could be called up in this way. However, the Defence Legislation Amendment Act 1992 further provided that any such proclamation is of no effect until it is approved by both Houses of Parliament. Though actual legislation is not required, the effect of this provision is to make the introduction of conscription impossible without the approval of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, Gary Brown (October 12, 1999). "Current Issues Brief 7 1999-2000 — Military Conscription: Issues for Australia". Parliamentary library; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Group. สืบค้นเมื่อ 2007-08-10.
↑ Lebanon, CIA World Factbook, สืบค้นเมื่อ 2008-05-30
↑ "Poland's defence minister, Bogdan Klich, said the country will move towards a professional army and that from January, only volunteers will join the armed forces.", Matthew Day (5 August 2008), Poland ends army conscription, telegraph.co.uk, สืบค้นเมื่อ 2009-02-11
↑ Background ไม่มีte: Romania, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, US Department ofState, April 2008, สืบค้นเมื่อ 2008-05-30
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↑ "Taiwan". CIA World Factbook. สืบค้นเมื่อ 2007-12-09. (estimates based on 2006 data)
↑ Substitute Service Center, Department Of Compulsory Military Service, Taipei City Government, สืบค้นเมื่อ July 25, 2008
↑ The United States abandoned the draft in 1973 under President Richard Nixon, ended the Selective Service registration requirement in 1975 under President Gerald Ford, and then re-instated the Selective Service registration requirement in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter. Today the U.S. Selective Service System remains as a contingency, should a military draft be re-introduced. For more information see the U.S. Selective Service System website.
