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Furthermore, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has stated that “participation is a hallmark of democracy”20, additionally, it has considered that “wide-reaching restrictions or deprivations of electoral rights may not be compatible with guarantees of equality and non-discrimination under international law”.