For information on military service in Slovenia, on the alternative to military service, on conscientious objection and the penalties for draft evasion, please refer to the attached section on Slovenia of War Resister's International Refusing to Bear Arms: A World Survey of Conscription and Conscientious Objection to Military Service. No information on the treatment of conscientious objectors could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

Additional information on military service in Slovenia could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

War Resister's International (WRI). September 1998. Refusing to Bear Arms: A World Survey of Conscription and Conscientious Objection to Military Service.

Electronic sources: IRB databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, REFWORLD (January 1999 version).

Internet sources including:

European Bureau for Conscientious Objection.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

War Resisters International (WRI).

World News Connection (WNC).

Oral sources:

Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Washington DC. Office of the Military Attaché.