Substantive issue: Freedom of expression; fair trial; independent tribunal; discrimination; right to be elected and to take part in conduct of public affairs
Substantive issue: Freedom of expression; fair trial; independent tribunal; discrimination; right to be elected and to take part in conduct of public affairs.
More and more women exercise their right to be elected to publicly elected bodies and to participate in the formulation and implementation of government policy
More and more women exercise their right to be elected to publicly elected bodies and to participate in the formulation and implementation of government policy.
The right to be elected or to elect people under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is enshrined, as is the presumption of innocence
Their right to vote, obtained in # was guaranteed by both the Constitution and the Electoral Act, and since # they had had the right to be elected to office
Right to be elected: Article 77 of the Constitution guarantees that all citizens, without discrimination, may be elected to any public office, except when citizenship has been suspended.
Subject matter: Confiscation of electoral campaign material shortly before elections day; right to disseminate information without unjustified restrictions; fair trial; right to be elected; discrimination on political grounds
International standards hold that the right to be elected may be limited only on the basis of objective and reasonable criteria, for instance, minimum age and mental incapacity.