for municipal council members and its amendments outlines the
conditions for the election of municipal council members, the
circumstances under which a person may be disqualified from
exercising this right, and provisions related to voter lists and electoral
districts, as well as the election mechanism. The law also establishes
penalties for violations of its provisions and sets the minimum voting
age at twenty years old.
4.
In order to complement the legislative framework governing the
exercise of the right to candidacy and voting, several supporting legal
instruments have been issued. These include Decree No. 49 of 2022,
which determines the electoral constituencies, boundaries, and
subcommittees for the elections of the Council of Representatives.
Additionally, Decision No. 47 of 2022 specifies the electoral
constituencies, boundaries, the number of subcommittees, and the
electoral districts for the election of municipal council members.
Furthermore, Decree Law No. 14 of 1973 regulates advertising, and
Decision No. 141 of 2022 governs electoral propaganda for the
elections of the Council of Representatives and municipal councils.
These address issues and procedures related to electoral propaganda
and the penalties for violations thereof.
Second: The International Perspective on the Right to Nominate and Vote
5.
From an international perspective, we find that the right to nominate
and vote has found its place in international instruments of human
rights, specifically in the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, to which the Kingdom of Bahrain acceded under Law No. 56
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