Slovenia

Conscription:

No

Abolished in 2003 for peacetime, after the Act Amending the Military Service Act entered into force.

Conscientious objection:

1991

First recognised by the Military Service Act (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, n˚18/91). With the adoption of the Act Amending the Military Service Act (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, n˚74/95) the right to conscientious objection was also expanded to soldiers doing their military service and conscripts who had completed their military service. Hence every individual obliged to do military service – i.e. conscripts, soldiers doing their military service and conscripts in the reserve component could exercise the right to conscientious objection at any time during the period of their military duty.

Service

Military:

-

Civilian:

-

Minimum

Conscription:

-

No conscription

Voluntary enlistment:

18

Professional members of the military cannot exercise the right to conscientious objection.

Since 2010, the Republic of Slovenia has only had professional armed forces, the contract reserve and volunteer soldiers doing voluntary military service.

Persons, whose human right to conscientious objection to military service is recognised or is in the process of being recognised, cannot become contract service members of the reserve component of the Slovenian Armed Forces. In the event that a contract service member exercises his/her human right to conscientious objection to military service during the contract period, the contract will expire. The same rule applies for volunteer soldiers and professional members of the military.

More

https://ebco-beoc.org/slovenia including the reply of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Republic of Slovenia (e-mail on 31/01/2023).