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Criterion

Regulations for candidacy and campaigning were not discriminatory


Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

  • Equal Treatment of Candidates and Parties
Summaries
  • Discrimination must not be practiced based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity and expression, migrant, refugee, repatriate, stateless or internally displaced status, genetic trait, mental or physical health condition, including infectious contagious condition and debilitating psychological condition, or other status at any time.
  • Discrimination means any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, or national or social origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.
  • Distinctions made on the basis of disabilities are to be considered discrimination.
  • Distinctions made on the basis of sexual orientation are to be considered discrimination.
  • All are equal before the law, and laws should be equally enforced.
  • Discrimination must not be practiced based on sex.
  • Discrimination includes any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference on the basis of sex.
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Election Obligations & Standards Database

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