Oman

Population Statistics

3,286,936

Total Population

493,040

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

06 January 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Basic Law of the Sultanate of Oman (1996, last amended 2011))

Updated: June 2015

Article 58, bis 2 states:

Without prejudice to Article 58 (bis 1), whomever is chosen as a member of Majlis Al Dawla shall be:…Not suffering from a mental illness.

 

Article 58, bis 5 states:

The membership to Majlis Al Dawla shall expire due to one of the following reasons:…Death or total disability.

 

Article 58, bis 10 states:

A candidate of Majlis Al Shura shall be:…Not suffering from a mental illness…

 

Article 58, bis 15 states:

The membership to Majlis Al Shura shall expire for any one of the following reasons:…Death or total disability…

 

Excerpts from the Basic Law of the Sultanate of Oman (1996, last amended 2011)