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KYRGYZ REPUBLIC - Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, The Draft Law on Elections to Local Governments and the Draft Law on the Formation of Election Commissions
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC - Joint Opinion on the Draft Law on Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, The Draft Law on Elections to Local Governments and the Draft Law on the Formation of Election Commissions
III. DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT NATIONAL ELECTIONS LAW AND THE DRAFT ELECTION COMMISSIONS LAW
E. Presidential Candidacy Rights
The UN Human Rights Committee has stated that:
“Persons who are otherwise eligible to stand for election should not be excluded by unreasonable or discriminatory requirements such as…residence or descent.”[1]
[1] UN Human Rights Committee General Comment 25, para. 15.
