Access to Justice and Electoral Integrity IV. Annex, Select bibliography Jesús Orozco-Henríquez et al., “Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook”, IDEA Internacional, 2010 Having an effective electoral justice system is a key element to fair, free, and genuine democratic process. Without a system that helps to mitigate and manage the perception of disparities or inequality, a lack of legitimacy to the elected government is created. The Handbook examines the concept of electoral justice and how to prevent electoral disputes. The notion of electoral justice further encompasses the means and mechanisms for ensuring that electoral processes are not marred by irregularities, and for defending electoral rights. Electoral justice mechanisms include all the means in place for preventing electoral disputes. It uses examples such as Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brazil, France, Mexico, amongst others. The Handbook highlights that electoral justice plays a decisive role in ensuring the stability of the political system and adherence to the legal framework, therefore ensuring the access to electoral justice and contributing to the consolidation of democratic governance. Additionally, the Handbook analyses the concepts of electoral justice, and electoral rights and their defense. It also provides guidelines for preventing conflict and examples of dispute resolution. http://www.idea.int/publications/electoral_justice/index.cfm 29