Moreover, the guarantee of universal suffrage is recognized as a founding principle for the conduct of democratic elections, as enshrined in Article 3 of Protocol No 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 25(b) of the ICCPR. The Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters underlines in this respect that “[u]niversal suffrage covers both active (the right to vote) and passive electoral rights (the right to stand for election). The right to vote and stand for election may be subject to a number of conditions […]. The most usual are age and nationality.”