The right to political participation of people with disabilities: the situation in Spain after more than a decade of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities coming into effect.

Abstract

The violation of the right to vote in Spain has a double dimension since people with disabilities may be denied the right to register as voters and the right to vote.
This article presents a factual, legal and jurisprudential analysis of the situation regarding the right to vote of people with disabilities in Spain. The analysistakes as its starting points the essential content of the right established by article 29 of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the conditions established by its Committee in its general observations and jurisprudence.
The conclusions show that the restriction of this right implies a violation of freedom, equality and non-discrimination, which, according to the human rights model of the Convention, may not suffer any restriction.