Article 22 Everyone shall have the right to recognition as a person before the law. Article 23 Each State party to the present Charter undertakes to ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated shall have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity. Article 24 Every citizen has the right: 1. To freely pursue a political activity. 2.  To take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives. 3.  To stand for election or choose his representatives in free and impartial elections, in conditions of equality among all citizens that guarantee the free expression of his will. 4. To the opportunity to gain access, on an equal footing with others, to public office in his country in accordance with the principle of equality of opportunity. 5.  To freely form and join associations with others. 6.  To freedom of association and peaceful assembly. 14