Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Participatory rights were protected at the highest level of the law (the constitution)

Election Parts

Legal Framework

Issues

International Human Rights Obligations and the Legal Framework

Summaries

The fundamental aspects of the electoral law should be enshrined in the constitution or at another level higher than ordinary law.
Suspension or exclusion of participatory rights is prohibited except on grounds established by law and which are objective and reasonable.