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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Guarantees of rights of persons with disabilities should be mainstreamed into all legislation and policies.


Obligations

  • Freedom from Discrimination and Equality Before the Law

Election Parts

  • Legal Framework

Issues

  • Freedom From Discrimination in the Legal Framework

Criteria

  • The legal framework for elections did not include provisions that discriminate on the basis of prohibited grounds

Quotes

  • Persons with disabilities have the right to be effectively protected and to positively engage. The law itself shall guarantee the substantive equality of all those within a given jurisdiction. Thus, the recognition that all persons with disabilities are equal under the law means that there should be no laws that allow for specific denial, restriction or limitation of the rights of persons with disabilities, and that disability should be mainstreamed in all legislation and policies.
  • Persons with disabilities have the right to be effectively protected and to positively engage. The law itself shall guarantee the substantive equality of all those within a given jurisdiction. Thus, the recognition that all persons with disabilities are equal under the law means that there should be no laws that allow for specific denial, restriction or limitation of the rights of persons with disabilities, and that disability should be mainstreamed in all legislation and policies.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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