Peru

Population Statistics

30,444,999

Total Population

4,566,750

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

30 January 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Law No. 26.859/97 (1997)

Updated: June 2015

Article 5 states:

The electoral authority will establish the form in which a citizen with a physical disability or who is illiterate will be able to exercise their right to participate in the voting process.

 

Article 263 states:

The blind are accompanied into the voting booth by a person whom they trust and, if possible, provide an official document that permits this person to cast their vote.

 

Article 276 states:

The Electoral Coordinator will have as his principle functions [...] to orient the sight-impaired as to the proper use of the template designed especially for the sight-impaired.

 

Excerpts from the Law No. 26.859.97(1997)

Political Constitution of Peru (1993, last amended 2009)

Updated: June 2015

Article 7 states:

Everyone has the right to protection of his health, of his family environment and of his community, as well as it is his obligation to contribute to its development and defense. Any individual unable to take care of himself due to a physical or mental disability has the right to respect for his dignity and to a legal protection, care, rehabilitation and security system.

 

Excerpt from the Political Constitution of Peru (1993, last amended 2009)