Cambodia

Population Statistics

15,708,756

Total Population

2,356,313

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

20 December 2012

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disablities (2009)

Updated: June 2015

Article 45 states:

Stigmatization and discrimination against candidates with disabilities shall be prohibited.

Excerpt from Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilties (2009)

Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly (1997, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

Article 34 states:

The following persons shall not have the right to stand as a candidate in the Election of Members of the National Assembly:…

  • (4) Insane persons or persons under guardianship, certified as such by a competent institution; or
  • (5) Person whose rights to vote is temporary revoked or his/her name is deleted from the voters’ lists by the National Election Committee;…

 

Excerpt from the Law on the Election of the Members of the National Assembly (1997, last amended 2013)