Fiji

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability

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Section 23, Subsection (3) states:

Every citizen who has reached the age of 18 years has the right—

• (a) to be registered as a voter;
• (b) to vote by secret ballot in any election or referendum under this Constitution…

 

Section 26 states:

(3) A person must not be unfairly discriminated against, directly or indirectly on the grounds of his or her—

• (a) actual or supposed personal characteristics or circumstances, including race, culture, ethnic or social origin, colour, place of origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, birth, primary language, economic or social or health status, disability, age, religion, conscience, marital status or pregnancy…

(5) Every person has the right of access, membership or admission, without discrimination on a prohibited ground, to shops, hotels, lodging-houses, public restaurants, places of public entertainment, clubs, education institutions, public transportation services, taxis and public places.

(6) The proprietor of a place or service referred to in subsection (5) must facilitate reasonable access for persons with disabilities to the extent prescribed by law.

 

Section 42 states:

(1) A person with any disability has the right—

• (a) to reasonable access to all places, public transport and information;
• (b) to use sign language, Braille or other appropriate means of communication; and
• (c) to reasonable access to necessary materials, substances and devices relating to the person’s disability.

(2) A person with any disability has the right to reasonable adaptation of buildings, infrastructure, vehicles, working arrangements, rules, practices or procedures, to enable their full participation in society and the effective realisation of their rights…

 

Section 55, Subsection (1) states:

Every citizen who is or will be the age of 18 years and over on or before the date of the issue of the writ for the next election of members to Parliament, has the right to be registered as a voter, in the manner and form prescribed by a written law governing elections or registration of voters.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Fiji (2013)

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Section 55 states:

(2) A person who…

• (b) is under a law in force in Fiji, adjudged or declared to be of unsound mind…does not have the right to be registered as a voter.

(3) A person who is registered as a voter and who, after his or her registration as a voter…

• (b) is under a law in force in Fiji, adjudged or declared to be of unsound mind…ceases to be a registered voter.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Fiji (2013)