venice commission

Venice Commission backs right to vote

19 December 2011

19 December 2011. On Saturday the Venice Commission (an influential group of constitutional law experts) amended one of its key documents. In doing so it reversed an anomaly which allowed countries to exclude people with “genuine mental disabilities” from the ballot box.

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advocacy, venice commission, political participation, legal capacity

Demand universal suffrage today!

21 June 2011

15 June 2011, Venice (Italy). The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) and the European Disability Forum (EDF) are in Venice where this afternoon they are hosting a public discussion on the right to vote.

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political participation, italy, venice commission, legal capacity, advocacy

Universal suffrage for all

1 March 2011

1 March 2011, Budapest, Hungary. The Mental Disability Advocacy Center has sent a letter to the Venice Commission, a Council of Europe think tank dealing with constitutional affairs. In its letter MDAC requests the Venice Commission to bring its policy on the voting rights of people with disabilities in line with existing international law.

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legal capacity, right to vote, venice commission