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"States should take the necessary measures to ensure that parties, candidates and supporters enjoy equal security, and that State authorities take the necessary steps to prevent electoral violence."
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IPU: Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections
, art. 4(8)
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Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections
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Everyone has the right to security of the person without arbitrary arrest or detention.