HomeReportsHuman Rights Reports...Custom Report - 8d3e133528 hide Human Rights Reports Custom Report Excerpts: Belgium Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Sort by Country Sort by Section In this section / Belgium Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process Belgium Section 3. Freedom to Participate in the Political Process The constitution provides citizens the ability to choose their government in free and fair periodic elections held by secret ballot and based on universal and equal suffrage. Voting in all elections is compulsory; failure to vote is punishable by a nominal fine. Elections and Political Participation Recent Elections: Federal elections held in 2014 were considered free and fair. Participation of Women and Minorities: No laws limit participation of women or members of minorities in the political process, and they did participate. Edit Your Custom Report