Publication date: 12.05.2024
Lawyer
**Ensuring draft and Employee reservations in Ukraine during martial law**
As Ukraine continues to strengthen its defenses and prepare for potential threats, ensuring the readiness of conscripts for military service during martial law becomes a top priority. The Conscript Reserve Mechanism plays an important role in providing essential services during the mobilization of forces for defense. This is how conscripts are booked in Ukraine during martial law:
**1. Booking criteria:**
- During martial law, conscripts who work in various fields, in particular in state authorities, enterprises with mobilization tasks, enterprises providing essential services, in critical sectors of the economy, may be booked. These criteria are established to ensure the continued functioning of vital institutions and services during a crisis.
**2. Approval Process:**
– Lists of conscripts subject to reservation are prepared and submitted for approval to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, SBU, Foreign Intelligence Service. These lists are classified by sector and geographic region.
**3. Mandatory reservation:**
- Employee reservations. Certain categories of civil service positions, regardless of military rank or specialty, are subject to mandatory reservation. These are high-ranking officials, heads of ministries, state bodies, and their deputies, who ensure continuity of leadership during emergency situations.
**4. Reservation quotas:**
- State authorities, local self-government bodies, enterprises are obliged to provide a certain percentage of conscripts from the number of employees. This quota provides a balance between the military service needs and the operational needs of these entities.
**5. Submission and approval:**
- local self-government bodies and enterprises submit their reservation lists for approval to the relevant bodies. These lists contain detailed information about the draftees, justification for reservation and certification of the number of draftees involved.
**6. Formalities:**
- Conscripts who hold certain positions in local self-government bodies are subject to reservation regardless of military rank and specialty. Similar reserve quotas are imposed on these bodies to ensure adequate military readiness without compromising essential services.
**7. Mobilization tasks:**
- Enterprises assigned mobilization tasks submit reservation lists to the authorized body of state power or the body that supervises the execution of these tasks. This guarantees the effective functioning of the main industries during martial law.
**Conclusion:**
Reservation of conscripts during martial law in Ukraine is an important aspect of the country's defense planning. By reserving the necessary personnel during the mobilization of military forces, the country can effectively respond to threats while maintaining the functioning of critical services and industries. Such a coordinated approach ensures Ukraine's readiness to face any challenges to its sovereignty and security.
