Eritrea

Population Statistics

6,527,689

Total Population

979,153

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

Eritrea has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of Eritrea (1997)

Updated: June 2015

Article 20 states:

Every citizen who fulfills the requirements of the electoral law shall have the right to vote and to seek elective office.

 

Article 41, section 6 states:

The President may be removed from office by two-thirds majority vote of all members of the National Assembly for the following reasons:…

  • (c) being incapable of performing the functions of his office by reason of physical or mental incapacity.

 

Article 52, section 1 states:

A judge may be removed from office before the expiry of his tenure of office by the President only acting on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Sub-Article 2 of this Article for physical or mental incapacity.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of Eritrea (1997)

Eritrean Electoral Law (2002)

Updated: June 2015

Article 20 states:

Every citizen who fulfills the requirements of the electoral law shall have the right to vote and to seek elective office.

 

Article 41, section 6 states:

The President may be removed from office by two-thirds majority vote of all members of the National Assembly for the following reasons:…

  • (c) being incapable of performing the functions of his office by reason of physical or mental incapacity.

 

Article 52, section 1 states:

A judge may be removed from office before the expiry of his tenure of office by the President only acting on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Sub-Article 2 of this Article for physical or mental incapacity.

 

Excerpts from the Eritrean Electoral Law (2002)