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International standards relating to political parties are found principally in Article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which both protect the right to freedom of association.  The right to freedom of opinion and expression enshrined in Article 10 of the ECHR and Article 19 of the ICCPR and the right to free elections guaranteed by Article 3 of the First Protocol to the ECHR and by Article 25 of the ICCPR are also of relevance.  Similarly, the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights(ACHPR) includes protection of freedom of association (Article 10) and freedom of opinion and expression (Article 9.2).  Lastly, the transparency of political party funding (and campaign funding) is covered more specifically in Article 7, paragraph 3, of the United Nations Convention against Corruption.