CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Galstyan, Margarita |
|---|---|
| Title | ELECTORAL RIGHTS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR CANDIDATES IN INTERNATIONAL,ARMENIAN AND GEORGIAN PERSPECTIVES |
| Summary | This paper is focused on the elaboration of the right to free elections and particularly limitations to the right to stand for elections. The objective of the research is to discuss the residency requirement as a criterion for candidates to national elections and to show the way it can be invoked for hindrance of the right to free elections. For the purpose of this research comparative analysis of the international, Armenian and Georgian electoral legislation and regulations has been conducted. Inter alia to international binding documents and case laws of the European Court of Human Rights and UN Human Rights Committee, relevant international requirements, standards for democratic elections and commentaries are presented. In addition to the theoretical discussion, Armenian and Georgian electoral practices and relevant cases from Armenia have been discussed. The comparative analysis of the international, Armenian and Georgian electoral legislation has enabled me to present and to evaluate the right to free elections in the light of three jurisdictions, to discuss the contradictions and inconsistencies among the relevant pieces of legislation regarding residency requirement for candidates. Further, the consideration of presented cases has shown that in Armenian reality the residency requirement has become a tool for the hindrance of electoral rights, which has its implications on the creation of real democracy. |
| Supervisor | Zsolt Kortvelyesi |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/galstyan_margarita.pdf |
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