Switzerland

Population Statistics

8,121,830

Total Population

1,218,275

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

15 April 2014

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Federal Constitution of the Swiss Federation (1999, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

Article 143 states:

Any person eligible to vote may be elected to the National Council, the Federal Council or the Federal Supreme Court.

 

Excerpt from the Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation (1999, last amended 2013)

Federal Act on Political Rights (1976, last amended 2013)

Updated: June 2015

Article 25, paragraph 2 states:

The agent and, in the event of his incapacity, the deputy agent have the right and the obligation to make such legally-binding declarations on behalf of the signatories as may be required to obviate any objections.

 

Excerpt from the Federal Act on Political Rights (1976, last amended 2013)