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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Issue

The Legal Framework and Men and Women


Election Parts

  • Legal Framework

Criteria

  • The state took steps to ensure de facto equality between men and women
  • The legal framework for elections included guarantees of equality before the law for men and women
Summaries
  • Women should enjoy equality with men before the law.
  • Discrimination must not be practiced based on sex.
  • Discrimination includes any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference on the basis of sex.
  • The state must perform both its "negative duty" to refrain from discrimination against women and its "positive duty" to prevent discrimination against women.
  • Collection and publication of gender-disaggregated information around electoral processes contributes to raising awareness and advancement of women's rights.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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