Cayman Islands

Population Statistics

56,092

Total Population

8,414

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

Cayman Islands has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Cayman Islands Constitution Order (2009)

Updated: June 2015

Section 16 states:

(1) Subject to subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6), government shall not treat any person in a discriminatory manner in respect of the rights under this Part of the Constitution.

(2) In this section, “discriminatory” means affording different and unjustifiable treatment to different persons on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, age, mental or physical disability, property, birth or other status.

 

Section 92, subsection 1 states:

Any person who is registered as an elector in an electoral district shall, while so registered, be entitled to vote at any election in that district for an elected member of the Legislative Assembly, unless he or she is prohibited from so voting by any law in force in the Cayman Islands…

 

Excerpts from the Cayman Islands Constitution Order (2009)