Liechtenstein

Population Statistics

37,624

Total Population

5,644

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

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

People's Rights Act (1973, last amended 2001)

Updated: June 2015

Article 2 states:

Persons are excluded from the right to vote:…

  • (b) those under guardianship...;
  • (d) those who have been officially ordered into an institution, for the duration of their hospitalization.

 

Article 4, section 1 states:

Excuses for not participating at elections are…

  • (b) illness or frailty,
  • (c) grave illness or death in the family.

 

Excerpts from the People's Rights Act (1973, last amended 2001)