CERD/C/MUS/CO/15-19, Mauritius (2013), p. 20: The Committee requests the State party to ensure that proper status is given to the languages spoken by the various groups of the population. The Committee also calls on the State party to eliminate language barriers to equality and to the enjoyment of civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights, in particular the right to education. A/HRC/13/25 (Forum on Minority Issues, 2010), p. 19: There should be no prohibition or unreasonable restriction placed on the use of any minority language during election campaigns, although language use should naturally be determined by assessing how the broadest constituencies possible may be reached. As far as possible, electoral authorities should provide voting information in both the official language and those minority languages used by voters in the areas where they are concentrated. Resources ACE Project, ‘Civic and Voter Education’, 2012, available at <http://aceproject.org/ ace-en/topics/ve>, accessed 27 March 2014 Association of European Electoral Officials (ACEEEO), Non armis, sed vi suffragiorum [By the authority of the ballot, not the force of the bullet, Handbook on Youth Voter’s Education] (ACEEEO, 2006), available at <http:// www.aceeeo.org/images/file/E-docs/handbook%20on%20youth%20voters%20 ed_aceeeo_2006.pdf> accessed 27 March 2014 Democracy International (DI), A Survey on Public Perception on Elections and Civic Education (Bethesda, Md.: DI, 2013) Elections Canada, L’impact de l’éducation civique sur la participation électorale, Semaine Canadienne de la Démocratie, available at <http://www.democracy-democratie.ca/ content.asp?section=res&dir=rsrch/icevt&document=icevt&lang=f#ftn1>, accessed 10 February 2014 International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) and National Democratic Institute (NDI), Equal Access: How to Include Persons with Disabilities in Elections and Political Processes (Washington, D.C.: IFES and NDI, 2014) International IDEA, Civic Education Research Database, available at <http:// civiced.idea.int/>, accessed 10 February 2014 International IDEA, Electoral Management Design: The International IDEA Handbook (Stockholm: International IDEA, 2006) International IDEA, Engaging the Electorate: Initiatives to Promote Voter Turnout from Around the World (Stockholm: International IDEA, 2006) United Nations (UN), Human Rights and Elections: United Nations Handbook on the Legal, Technical and Human Rights Aspects of Elections (New York and Geneva: UN, 1994) International Obligations for Elections 165 Part B. Electoral Components and Tables of Jurisprudence CCPR, GC 25, p. 12: Positive measures should be taken to overcome specific difficulties, such as illiteracy, language barriers, poverty, or impediments to freedom of movement which prevent persons entitled to vote from exercising their rights effectively. Information and materials about voting should be available in minority languages. Specific methods, such as photographs and symbols, should be adopted to ensure that illiterate voters have adequate information on which to base their choice. States parties should indicate in their reports the manner in which the difficulties highlighted in this paragraph are dealt with.

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