Under paragraph 69, the 2004 Joint Recommendations commented Article 13 of the Electoral Code, which provided the loss of voting rights for people sentenced to imprisonment (Article 13.1.c), and of being elected if his/her “criminal record is not extinguished” (Article 13.2.c). They suggested that the norm be amended in conformity with the principle that deprivation of political rights is admissible only if it is based on a criminal conviction for a serious offence and in conformity with the principle of proportionality.
