92 Human Rights Indicators Outcome Process Structural Table 5 Universal and equal suffrage Access to public service positions • Date of entry into force and coverage of legal provisions guaranteeing access to public service positions without discrimination • Date of entry into force and coverage of administrative tribunals or dedicated judicial redress mechanism for public service matters • Average voter turnout in national and local elections, by sex and target group • Proportion of invalid and blank votes in elections to national and subnational legislatures • Proportion of seats in parliament,* elected and appointed bodies at subnational and local levels held by women and members of target groups • Reported cases of denial of access to public service or position on account of discrimination • Proportion of public service positions held by women and members of target groups • Proportion of vacancies in (selected) public authorities at national and subnational levels filled through selection of women and candidates from target population groups • Proportion of cases filed in administrative tribunals and dedicated judicial redress mechanism for public service matters adjudicated during the reporting period • Proportion of positions in the public service reserved to nationals or citizens * MDG-related indicators All indicators should be disaggregated by prohibited grounds of discrimination, as applicable and reflected in metadata sheets • Proportion of the voting-age population registered to vote • Reported irregularities (intimidation, corruption or arbitrary interference) with registration, maintenance and review of electoral rolls • Number of complaints per elected position recorded and addressed in the election process by national and subnational electoral authorities • Share of public expenditure on national and subnational elections spent on voter education and registration campaigns • Number of political parties registered or recognized at national level • Proportion of voting-age population not affiliated to political parties • Number of national and local elections (election, referendum) held during the reporting period • Number of laws adopted by national and subnational legislatures during the reporting period • Proportion of elections and sessions of national and locally elected bodies held as per the schedule laid down by constitutional or statutory bodies • Proportion of election campaign expenditure at national and subnational levels met through public funding • Proportion of elected personnel whose term of service was interrupted, by type of interruption • Proportion of women and target groups included in the membership of national political parties or presented as candidate for election • Proportion of received complaints on the right to participate in public affairs investigated and adjudicated by the national human rights institution, human rights ombudsperson or other mechanisms and the proportion of these responded to effectively by the Government • Periodicity of executive and legislative elections at national and local level • Date of entry into force and coverage of laws establishing an independent national electoral body • International human rights treaties relevant to the right to participate in public affairs ratified by the State • Date of entry into force and coverage of the right to participate in public affairs in the constitution or other forms of superior law • Date of entry into force and coverage of domestic laws for implementing the right to participate in public affairs, including freedom of opinion, expression, information, media, association and assembly • Date of entry into force of universal suffrage, right to stand for election, legal provisions defining citizenship and limitations (including age limits) on permanent residents with respect to the right to participate in public affairs at national and local levels • Quota, time frame and coverage of temporary and special measures for targeted populations in legislative, executive, judicial and appointed bodies • Type of accreditation of national human rights institutions by the rules of procedure of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions • Number of registered and/or active NGOs (per 100,000 persons) involved in the promotion and protection of the right to participate in public affairs Exercise of legislative, executive and administrative powers Illustrative indicators on the right to participate in public affairs (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 21) IV. >> Illustrating the Framework - Indicators for Some Rights