Practice question
An alien relies on Article 12 for movement while lawfully present. Officials reply that because Article 25 frames voting rights in terms of citizens, every Covenant protection must also be citizen-only. Which response is correct?
- One citizen-specific provision rewrites every other article
- All foreigners automatically acquire every political office
- Each article’s scope must be read separately; Article 25’s citizen language does not erase Article 12’s lawful-presence protection.
- Article 25 repeals Article 14
- Foreign nationals have no Covenant protections
Legal references
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Articles 10-12, 14-15, 18, 20 and 25-27: https://2covenants.ohchr.org/About-ICCPR.html
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