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Political Rights and Association
Costa Rica
- EnglishThe law will regulate the exercise of suffrage in accordance with the following principles:
1. Autonomy of the electoral function;
2. Obligation of the State to register, of office, the citizens in the Civil Registry and to provide them with [an] identity form to exercise suffrage;
3. Effective guarantees of freedom, order, purity [pureza] and impartiality on the part of the government authorities;
4. Guarantees that the system to emit the suffrage facilitates to the citizens the exercise of this right;
5. Identification of the elector through a form [cédula] with [a] photograph or other appropriate technical means provided [dispuesto] by the law for such effect;
6. Guarantees of representation for the minorities;
7. Guarantees of political pluralism;
8. Guarantees for the designation of authorities and candidates of the political parties, according to democratic principles and without discrimination based on gender. (Art. 95) - SpanishLa ley regulará el ejercicio del sufragio de acuerdo con los siguientes principios:
1) Autonomía de la función electoral;
2) Obligación del Estado de inscribir, de oficio, a los ciudadanos en el Registro Civil y de proveerles de cédula de identidad para ejercer el sufragio;
3) Garantías efectivas de libertad, orden, pureza e imparcialidad por parte de las autoridades gubernativas;
4) Garantías de que el sistema para emitir el sufragio les facilita a los ciudadanos el ejercicio de ese derecho;
5) Identificación del elector por medio de cédula con fotografía u otro medio técnico adecuado dispuesto por ley para tal efecto;
6) Garantías de representación para las minorías;
7) Garantías de pluralismo político;
8) Garantías para la designación de autoridades y candidatos de los partidos políticos, según los principios democráticos y sin discriminación por género. (Art. 95)
Political Rights and Association
Ecuador
- EnglishEcuadorians benefit from the following rights:
1. To elect and be elected.
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7. To hold and discharge public office and duties on the basis of merits and capacities and in a transparent, inclusive, equitable, pluralistic and democratic selection and designation system that guarantees their participation, on the basis of criteria of gender equity and parity, equal opportunities for persons with disabilities, and intergenerational participation.
8. To set up political parties and movements, join or withdraw from them and participate in all the decisions adopted by them.
… (Art. 61) - SpanishLas ecuatorianas y ecuatorianos gozan de los siguientes derechos:
1. Elegir y ser elegidos.
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7. Desempeñar empleos y funciones públicas con base en méritos y capacidades, y en un sistema de selección y designación transparente, incluyente, equitativo, pluralista y democrático, que garantice su participación, con criterios de equidad y paridad de género, igualdad de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad y participación intergeneracional.
8. Conformar partidos y movimientos políticos, filiarse o desafiliarse libremente de ellos y participar en todas las decisiones que éstos adopten.
… (Art. 61)
Political Rights and Association
Guyana
- EnglishThe principal objective of the political system of the State is to establish an inclusionary democracy by providing increasing opportunities for the participation of citizens, and their organisations in the management and decision-making processes of the State, with particular emphasis on those areas of decision-making that directly affect their well-being. (Art. 13)
Political Rights and Association
Jamaica
- English…
2. Subject to sections 18 and 49, and to subsections (9) and (12) of this section, and save only as may be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society-
a. this Chapter10 guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in subsections (3) and (6) of this section and in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17; and
b. Parliament shall pass no law and no organ of the State shall take any action which abrogates, abridges or infringes those rights.
3. The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-
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e. the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association;
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m. the right of every citizen of Jamaica-
i. who is qualified to be registered as an elector for elections to the House of Representatives, to be so registered; and
ii. who is so registered, to vote in free and fair elections;
… (Sec. 13)
Political Rights and Association
Paraguay
- EnglishSuffrage is [a] right, [a] duty, and [a] function of the elector. It constitutes the basis of the democratic and representative regime. It is founded on the universal, free, direct, equal, and secret vote; in the public and supervised [fiscalizado] ballot, and in the proportional representation system. (Art. 118)
- SpanishEl sufragio es derecho, deber y función pública del elector.
Constituye la base del régimen democrático y representativo. Se funda en el voto universal, libre, directo, igual y secreto; en el escrutinio público y fiscalizado, y en el sistema de representación proporcional. (Art. 118)
Political Rights and Association
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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(2) a. Every Commonwealth citizen of the age of eighteen years or upwards who possesses such qualifications relating to residence or domicile in Saint Vincent as Parliament may prescribe shall, unless he is disqualified by Parliament from registration as a voter for the purpose of electing Representatives, be entitled to be registered as such a voter in accordance with the provisions of any law in that behalf, and no other person may be so registered.
b. Every person who is registered as aforesaid in any constituency shall, unless he is disqualified by Parliament from voting in that constituency in any election of Representatives, be entitled so to vote in accordance with the provisions of any law in that behalf, and no other person may so vote.
… (Sec. 27)
Political Rights and Association
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- EnglishAll citizens have the right of association for political purposes, through democratic methods of organization, operation and direction. … (Art. 67)
- SpanishTodos los ciudadanos y ciudadanas tienen el derecho de asociarse con fines políticos, mediante métodos democráticos de organización, funcionamiento y dirección. … (Art. 67)
Political Rights and Association
Barbados
- EnglishWhereas every person in Barbados is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
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(d) freedom of conscience, of expression and of assembly and association,
… (Sec. 11)
Political Rights and Association
Chile
- EnglishThe Constitution assures to all persons:
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15. The right to associate without prior permission.
In order to have juridical personality, associations must be constituted in conformity with the law.
No one can be obligated to belong to an association.
Associations contrary to morals, to public order and to the security of the State, are prohibited.
… (Art. 19) - SpanishLa Constitución asegura a todas las personas:
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15º.- El derecho de asociarse sin permiso previo.
Para gozar de personalidad jurídica, las asociaciones deberán constituirse en conformidad a la ley.
Nadie puede ser obligado a pertenecer a una asociación.
Prohíbense las asociaciones contrarias a la moral, al orden público y a la seguridad del Estado.
… (Art. 19)
Political Rights and Association
Cuba
- EnglishAll citizens with the legal capacity to do so have the right to contribute to the management of the State, either directly or through their elected representatives within the organs of People's Power and to participate, for this purpose, in the form prescribed by the law, through periodic elections, plebiscites, and popular referendums that will be free, equal, direct, and secret. Every elector has the right to a single vote. (Art. 204)
- SpanishTodos los ciudadanos, con capacidad legal para ello, tienen derecho a intervenir en la dirección del Estado, bien directamente o por intermedio de sus representantes elegidos para integrar los órganos del Poder Popular y a participar, con ese propósito, en la forma prevista en la ley, en elecciones periódicas, plebiscitos y referendos populares, que serán de voto libre, igual, directo y secreto. Cada elector tiene derecho a un solo voto. (Art. 204)