Informe sobre el país: Bahamas
Ultima revisión:
Conscription
Conscription does not exist
Conscription has never existed since gaining independence in 1973.
Recruitment
No information available.
Conscientious Objection
The right to conscientious objection is not legally recognized.
The government stated in 1989: "There is no provision in the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas which is specific to conscientious objection to military service". [1]
Desertion
No information available.
Annual statistics
The armed forces comprise 860 troops, which is 0.30 percent of the population. [2]
Sources
[1] UN Commission on Human Rights, 1991. Report of the Secretary-General prepared pursuant to Commission resolution 1989/59. United Nations, Geneva.
[2] Institute for Strategic Studies 1997. Military Balance 1997/98. ISS, London.
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