Togo

Population Statistics

7,552,318

Total Population

1,132,848

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

01 March 2011

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Electoral Code (2000, last amended 2005)

Updated: June 2015

Article 108 states:

All electors who are elderly or physically handicapped who find it impossible to render their vote, may authorize an assistant of their choice who is registered at the same polling place.

 

Article 121 states:

Should someone want to exercise their rights by voting by proxy, they must fall into one of the following categories:…

  • (3) Hospital patients and individuals confined to their home;
  • (4) Invalids and elderly.

 

Excerpts from the Electoral Code (2000, last amended 2005)

Constitution of the Fourth Republic of Togo (1992, last amended 2007)

Updated: June 2015

Article 2 states:

The Republic of Togo assures equality before the law without distinction of origin, race, sex, social condition, or religion.

 

Article 33 states:

The state takes special measures for the handicapped and elderly in the form of shelters and offers protection from social injustice.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of Togo (1992, amended 2007)