Argentina

1991

Law No. 24012 (30%)

Bolivia

1997

Reform and Completion of the Electoral System Act (30%)

Brazil

1997

Law 9.504 (quota of 20% with provision for increase to 30% in the year 2000)

Chile

1997

Bill to amend the constitutional law on political parties

Colombia

2000

Law 581 ( high-level government positions -30% )

Costa Rica

1996

Law 7653 (quota for parties and Assembly delegations, 40%)

Dominican Republic

1997

Electoral Law 275/97 (25%)

Ecuador

1997

Labor Protection Act (20%)

Guyana

Constitution/ Equal Rights Act (30%)

Mexico

1996

Amendment to the Federal Code on Electoral Procedures and Institutions (30%)

Panama

1997

Law No. 22 (30%)

Paraguay

1996

Law 834 Electoral Code (20%)

Peru

1997

Law No. 26859 Article 116 of the Constitutional Law on Elections  (25%)

Law No. 26864 Article 10, subsection 2 of the Municipal Elections Law  (25%)

Venezuela

1997

Suffrage and Political Participation Act (30%)