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Given v. Australia

United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 16 February 2018.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2026

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Abstract

Human rights — Persons with disabilities — United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 — Article 29 — Participation in political and public life — Voting — Right to vote — Right to vote on an equal basis with others — Right to vote by secret ballot — Right to accessible voting procedures — Article 5 — Equality and non-discrimination — Article 9 — Accessibility — Australia — Whether Australia violated the rights of persons with disability for failing to provide access to electronic voting procedure — Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006 — Article 2 — Admissibility — Article 2(d) — Exhaustion of domestic remedies — Article 2(e) — Substantiation of claims

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