Guinea

Population Statistics

11,780,162

Total Population

1,767,024

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

08 February 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Guinea (2010)

Updated: June 2015

Article 1 states:

Guinea is a unified Republic indivisible, secular, democratic, and social. The State ensures equality before the law of all citizens without distinction as to origin, race, ethnicity, sex, religion, or opinion. The State respects all beliefs…

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Guinea (2010)

Electoral Law (1992)

Updated: June 2015

Chapter 2, article L79 states:

All voters who are infirm and find it impossible to stuff the envelope may authorize someone of their choice to assist.

 

Section 4, article L93 states:

May exercise, on their request, their right to vote by proxy, those electors belonging to one of the categories listed here, constrained by the obligations of the electoral constituency where they are registered...

  • (3) Individuals who are hospitalized or treated at home
  • (4) Individuals with a severe disability or invalidity.

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Law (1992)