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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Measures to support participation should take into account the different needs of persons with various forms of disability.


Obligations

  • Right and Opportunity to Vote

Election Parts

  • Voting Operations

Issues

  • Freedom From Discrimination in the Legal Framework

Criteria

  • Special measures were taken to ensure de facto equality for people with disabilities

Quotes

  • When defining accessibility standards, States parties have to take into account the diversity of persons with disabilities and ensure that accessibility is provided to persons of any gender and of all ages and types of disability.
  • In all the measures taken to facilitate the participation of persons with disabilities in political and public life, the authorities and other competent bodies should take into account the fact that persons with disabilities represent various groups in society. They can have a wide variety of impairments, very different personal characteristics and be in varying socio-economic situations.
  • Persons with disabilities should not be considered a homogeneous group. Persons with various types of disabilities have different needs and may require different forms of assistance and support.
  • Persons with disabilities should not be considered a homogeneous group. Persons with various types of disabilities have different needs and may require different forms of assistance and support.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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