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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Lawful restrictions of this freedom may also be placed on members of the armed forces and the police.


Obligations

  • Freedom of Association

Election Parts

  • Candidacy and Campaigning
  • Vote Counting and Tabulation

Issues

  • Establishment, Regulation of, and Membership in Political Parties
  • Partisan and Nonpartisan Observation of Vote Counting and Tabulation

Criteria

  • Citizens were able to establish and participate in political parties and other associations
  • The vote-counting process was transparent and observable

Quotes

  • This article shall not prevent the imposition of lawful restrictions on members of the armed forces and of police in their exercise of this right.
  • This Article shall not preclude the imposition of lawful restrictions on the exercise of these rights by members of the armed forces or by members of the law-enforcement or administrative organs of the State.
  • The provisions of this article do not bar the imposition of legal restrictions, including even deprivation of the exercise of the right of association, on members of the armed forces and the police.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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