Cabo Verde

Population Statistics

545,993

Total Population

81,899

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

10 October 2011

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Law No. 56/VII (1999, last amended 2010)

Updated: June 2015

Article 7, section (b) states:

Those notoriously recognized as being mentally ill- whether interned by a psychiatric service or establishment or declared by a doctor - are not eligible to vote.

 

Excerpt from Law No.56/VII (1999, last amended 2010)