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"Under article 26 of the Covenant, a State has both a positive duty legally to prevent discrimination and a negative duty to refrain from discriminating."

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UN (Center for Human Rights): Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal, Technical, and Human Rights Aspects of Elections, para. 49

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Human Rights and Elections: A Handbook on the Legal, Technical, and Human Rights Aspects of Elections

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The state must perform both its "negative duty" to refrain from discrimination and its "positive duty" to prevent discrimination.