page_title: Civil conscription
section_title: Belgium
hierarchical_section_title: Civil conscription / History of civil conscription / Belgium
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Cedule na prodejně v Nenačovicích připomíná Akci Z, kdy v socialismu lidé sami budovali nezištně infrastrukturu obcenápověda English: Akce Z communist label on local shopHelp
context_page_description: Civil conscription is the obligation of civilians to perform mandatory labour for the government. This kind of work has to correspond with the exceptions in international agreements, otherwise it could fall under the category of unfree labour. There are two basic kinds of civil conscriptions.
  On the one hand, a compulsory service can be ordered on a temporary basis during wartimes and other times of emergency, like severe economic crisis or extraordinary natural events to provide basic services to the population. These include, but are not limited to, medical care, food supplies, defense industry supplies or cleanup efforts, following a severe weather or environmental disaster for the duration of the emergency situation. Therefore, it generally makes striking illegal for the duration of the civil mobilization.
  On the other hand, a revolving mandatory service may be required for a longer period of time, for example, to ensure community fire protection or to carry out infrastructure work at a local or community level.
context_section_description: To prevent a doctors strike the Belgium government, in April 1964, issued a civil mobilization order for hospital doctors and military doctors.
caption: A plaque that says that the building was constructed in course of Akce Z
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