Cambodia

Population Statistics

15,708,756

Total Population

2,356,313

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

20 December 2012

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993, last amended 2008)

Updated: June 2015

Article 34 states:

Khmer citizens of either sex shall enjoy the right to vote and to stand as candidates for the election. Khmer citizens of either sex of at least eighteen years old, have the right to vote…Provisions restricting the right to vote and to stand for the election shall be defined in the Electoral Law.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia (1993, last amended 2008)

Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disablities (2009)

Updated: June 2015

Article 44 states:

All persons with disabilities have the right to vote or to be a candidate to be elected in accordance to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and applicable Election Law. .

Excerpt from Law on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilties (2009)