OEA/Ser.L/V/II.43 REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN URUGUAY CHAPTER VIII POLITICAL RIGHTS
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man – Article
XX. Every person having legal capacity is entitled to participate in the
government of his country, directly or through his representatives, and to take
part in popular elections, which shall be by secret ballot, and shall be honest,
period and free.1
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Exercise of political rights is suspended in Uruguay, as set forth in
Chapter I of this Report.
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American Convention on Human Rights. Article 23. 1.
Every citizen shall enjoy the following rights and opportunities: a.
to take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through
freely chosen representatives; b.
to vote and to be elected in genuine period elections, which shall be
by universal and equal suffrage and by secret ballot that guarantees the
free expression of the will of the voters; and, c.
to have access, under general conditions of equality, to the public
service of his country. 2.
The law may regulate the exercise of the rights and opportunities
referred to in the preceding paragraph only on the basis of age,
nationality, residence, language, education, civil and mental capacity, or
sentencing by a competent court in criminal proceedings. |