Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimateRatified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 5 states:
Persons are not to be included in the lists of candidates and are not eligible to be elected to the Saeima if they:…
(4) have committed a criminal offence set forth in the Criminal Law in a state of mental incapacity or a state of diminished mental capacity or who, after committing a criminal offence, have developed a mental disorder and thus are incapable of taking or controlling a conscious action and as a result have been subjected to compulsory medical measures, or whose cases have been dismissed without applying such compulsory medical measures…
Article 13, paragraph 3 states:
The following institutions may certify the relevant information:…
(4) the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior – that the candidate has committed a criminal offence set forth by the Criminal Law in a state of mental incapacity or a state of diminished mental capacity, or after committing a criminal offence, the candidate has developed a mental disorder and thus is incapable of taking or controlling a conscious action and as a result has been subjected to compulsory medical measures, or his/her case has been dismissed without applying such compulsory medical measures…
Article 25 states:
If a physical handicap prevents a voter from voting or signing the voters’ list, a member of his/her family or some other trustworthy person shall make marks in the ballot paper in the voter’s presence according to his/her instructions. A special entry to this effect shall be made in the list of voters. A member of the relevant election commission may not act as such a trustworthy person.
Article 6 states:
The following persons shall have no right to elect the council:
(1) who have been adjudged incompetent according to the procedure stipulated by law…
Article 9, paragraph 1 states:
The following persons shall not be nominated as candidates for the council election and shall not be elected to the councils:…
(2) who are adjudged incompetent in accordance with the procedure set by law…
(4) who have committed a criminal offence in an irresponsible or limited responsible state, after having committed a crime, have become mentally ill and are incapable of taking conscious action or controlling it and as a result have been subjected to compulsory treatment, or their case has been dismissed without applying such a compulsory measure;
Article 22, paragraph 3 states:
The candidate shall be dismissed on the basis of a certificate issued by a respective institution or a court verdict. The fact that the candidate:
(22) has been adjudged incompetent according to the procedure set out by law; – confirmed by a certificate from the Board of Citizenship and Immigration Affairs;…
(5) have committed a criminal offence in an irresponsible or limited responsible state, after having committed a crime, have become mentally ill and are incapable of taking conscious action or controlling it, – confirmed by a certificate from the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior…
Article 33 states:
If the voter, due to a physical disability, cannot vote him/herself, then in presence of the voter and in conformity with the voter's oral specifications, marks shall be made on the election ballot by the voter's family member or any other person that the voter trusts.
Article 52 states:
If the President resigns from office, dies or is removed from office before their term has ended, the Chairperson of the Saeima shall assume the duties of the President until the Saeima has elected a new President. Similarly, the Chairperson of the Saeima shall assume the duties of the President if the latter is away from Latvia or for any other reason unable to fulfil the duties of office.