The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his (or her) country, directly or through freely chosen representatives (UDHR, Art. 21 (1)). The International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) explicitly refers only to citizens’ right to vote and to be elected (Art. 25). The same is true with regard to further international and regional human rights instruments. As for universal suffrage, thus, a nationality requirement may be applied (CDL-AD(2002)023rev2-cor, part I 1.1 b).