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

Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala (1985, last amended 1993)

Updated: June 2015

Article 136 states:
The following are rights and duties of the citizens:

  • (a) to be included in the Register of Citizens;
  • (b) to vote and be elected;
  • (c) to see to the freedom and effectiveness of the vote and the integrity of the electoral process…

 

Excerpt from the Political Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala (1985, last amended 1993)