Last week, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, issued a Human Rights Comment stating that “persons with disabilities must not be denied the right to vote.” Commissioner Hammarberg’s comment came as a result of a number of key developments in the jurisprudence on electoral rights for people with disabilities within the Council of Europe over the past year. Continue reading “Commissioner for Human Rights speaks out against denial of voting rights to people with disabilities” →