Access to Justice and Electoral Integrity
Access to Justice and Electoral
Integrity: A Policy Brief by María
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I. Rule of law and access to justice as cornerstones of
electoral integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03
The rule of law and access to justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07
II. Key principles for effective, timely and neutral
administration of justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Key principles and international standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Electoral justice and specific key principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
III. Electoral justice and the importance of remedies . . . . . . . . . . 23
The importance of remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
IV. Annex, select bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
V. Indication of sources for this brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Editor: Dr. Alessandro Nai
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