Guatemala

Population Statistics

14,918,999

Total Population

2,237,850

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

07 April 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Electoral and Political Party Law (1985, last amended 2007)

Updated: June 2015
   
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Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala (1985, last amended 1993)

Updated: June 2015
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No Hay Limitaciones

No Hay Limitaciones

Updated: May 2016
This radio spot reminds voters with disabilities that nothing impedes them from casting their ballot and guiding their country's future as the Tribunal Supremo Electoral, Guatemala's electoral commission, implemented unprecedented ...
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Elecciones 2015: Voto Nuestro Derecho

Elecciones 2015: Voto Nuestro Derecho

Updated: May 2016
In 2015, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and Consejo Nacional para la Atención de las Personas con Discapacidad (CONADI), with the support of the United States Agency for International ...
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Empowering Guatemalans with Disabilities to Vote

Empowering Guatemalans with Disabilities to Vote

Updated: May 2016
This video for the 2011 Guatemalan general elections reminds voters with disabilities that nothing impedes them from casting their ballot and guiding their country's future as the Tribunal Supremo Electoral ...
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Tactile ballot

Tactile ballot

Updated: December 2014
This tactile ballot uses raised symbols to facilitate voting for persons with visual disabilities.
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Convención Sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad

Convención Sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad

Updated: March 2015
The United Nations Office of the High Comissioner of Human Rights in Guatemala coordinated with Agencia Catalana de Cooperación al Desenvolupament (ACCD) to produce an illustrated comic book that describes ...
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Policy Platform

Policy Platform

Updated: March 2015
This policy platform was drafted in 2012 by organizations run by persons with disabilites, and presented to Guatemalan political candidates. Authors included CONADI, AGALFI, ANCG, ASCATED, ASORGUA, and FUNDAL.  
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Assessment of Election Access Barriers in Guatemala

Assessment of Election Access Barriers in Guatemala

Updated: December 2014
A report from IFES, funded by USAID, shares the findings of an assessment on electoral accessibility in Guatemala. 
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Manual de Juntas Receptoras de Votas

Manual de Juntas Receptoras de Votas

Updated: December 2014
This manual for poll workers in Guatemala includes a section on how to appropriately support persons with disabilities as they vote at polling stations.
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