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"From time to time governments ban particular political parties. The European Commission on Human Rights has ruled that the benefit of Protocol 1, article 3 of the European Convention cannot be claimed by those who would participate in elections for a purpose incompatible with article 17, namely, to destroy the very rights and freedoms protected."
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IPU: Free and Fair Elections: International Law and Practice, p. 139

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