Palestine

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Candidacy or Holding Office

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Article 9 states:

Palestinians shall be equal before the law and the judiciary, without distinction based upon race, sex, color, religion, political views or disability.

 

Article 26 states:

Palestinians shall have the right to participate in political life, both individually and in groups. They shall have the following rights in particular:…

• (3) To vote, to nominate candidates and to run as candidates for election, in order to have representatives elected through universal suffrage in accordance with the law.
• (4) To hold public office and positions, in accordance with the principle of equal opportunities…

 

Excerpts from the Palestinian Basic Law (2003, last amended 2005)

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Article 37, paragraph 1 states:

The office of the President shall be considered vacant in any of the following cases:

(a) Death;

(b) Resignation submitted to the Palestinian Legislative Council, if accepted by two thirds of its members;

(c) Loss of legal capacity, as per a ruling issued by the High Constitutional Court and subsequently approved by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Legislative Council.

 

Article 48, paragraph 2 states:

If the position of one or more Members becomes vacant due to death, resignation or loss of capacity, partial elections shall be conducted in the relevant district to elect a successor, in accordance with the law.

 

Excerpts from the Palestinian Basic Law (2003, last amended 2005)

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Article 37, paragraph 1 states:

The office of the President shall be considered vacant in any of the following cases:

(a) Death;

(b) Resignation submitted to the Palestinian Legislative Council, if accepted by two thirds of its members;

(c) Loss of legal capacity, as per a ruling issued by the High Constitutional Court and subsequently approved by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Legislative Council.

 

Article 48, paragraph 2 states:

If the position of one or more Members becomes vacant due to death, resignation or loss of capacity, partial elections shall be conducted in the relevant district to elect a successor, in accordance with the law.

 

Excerpts from the Palestinian Basic Law (2003, last amended 2005)