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Article 1 Aanvullend Protocol bij het Europees Handvest inzake lokale autonomie betreffende het recht op participatie in de aangelegenheden van lokale autoriteiten

1 The States Parties shall secure to everyone within their jurisdiction the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority.

2 The right to participate in the affairs of a local authority denotes the right to seek to determine or to influence the exercise of a local authority’s powers and responsibilities.

3 The law shall provide means of facilitating the exercise of this right. Without unfairly discriminating against any person or group, the law may provide particular measures for different circumstances or categories of persons. In accordance with the constitutional and/or international obligations of the party, the law may, in particular, provide for measures specifically limited to voters.

4.1 Each Party shall recognise by law the right of nationals of the Party to participate, as voters or candidates, in the election of members of the council or assembly of the local authority in which they reside.

4.2 The law shall also recognise the right of other persons to so participate where the Party, in accordance with its own constitutional order, so decides or where this accords with the Party’s international legal obligations.

5.1 Any formalities, conditions or restrictions to the exercise of the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority shall be prescribed by law and be compatible with the Party’s international legal obligations.

5.2 The law shall impose such formalities, conditions and restrictions as are necessary to ensure that the ethical integrity and transparency of the exercise of local authorities’ powers and responsibilities are not jeopardised by the exercise of the right to participate.

5.3 Any other formalities, conditions or restrictions must be necessary for the operation of an effective political democracy, for the maintenance of public safety in a democratic society or for the Party to comply with the requirements of its international legal obligations.

Regeling
Aanvullend Protocol bij het Europees Handvest inzake lokale autonomie betreffende het recht op participatie in de aangelegenheden van lokale autoriteiten
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
01-06-2012
BWB-id
BWBV0003999
Versie
2012-06-01_0

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