Country report and updates: Andorra

Last revision: 15 May 2005
15 May 2005

As published in The Right to Conscientious Objection in Europe, Quaker Council for European Affairs, 2005.

Andorra has no armed forces. France and Spain are responsible for the external security of Andorra. The national police force is responsible for internal security.

According to Article 38 of the Constitution: "The state may create by law types of community service to pursue tasks of general interest".[1] In practice, the government has never introduced forms of compulsory (military) service.

Notes

[1] Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers: Child Soldiers Global Report 2004.

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