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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Potential voters were able to vote without intimidation or coercion


Election Parts

  • Voting Operations

Issues

  • Safety, Security, and Voting Operations
Summaries
  • Everyone has the right to security of the person without arbitrary arrest or detention.
  • Interference with registration, intimidation or coercion of potential voters is prohibited.
  • Voters are free to vote for any candidate for election, for or against any referendum or proposal, for or against the government, without undue influence or coercion of any kind which may distort or inhibit free expression.
  • States should ensure that violence does not undermine women's political participation.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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