Issues
Lithuania does not recognise the right to conscientious objection for professional soldiers.
Should conscription again be
enforced, a genuinely civilian substitute service for conscientious
objectors will not be available.
Military recruitment
Conscription
Conscription is enshrined in Article
139 of the 1992 Constitution, which says: “Citizens of the
Republic of Lithuania must perform military or alternative national
defence service according to the procedure established by law”