Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Bulgaria (Ratification: 1932)

Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the adoption on 13 December 1995 of the Law on the Defence and Armed Forces, which entered into force on 27 February 1996. It notes with satisfaction that section 128(1) of the Law, concerning the conditions for termination of the service of career members of the armed forces, provides for their right to leave the service at their own request by giving six months' notice. It also notes with satisfaction that section 111(1) of the above-mentioned Law provides for the limitation of compulsory military service to work of a purely military character. The Committee is raising certain questions in this connection in a request addressed directly to the Government.