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Richter v. Minister of Home Affairs

Procedural history
law), 9(1) (equality), 10 (human dignity), and 19(3)(a) (right to vote) of the Constitution of the Republic
Question Presented
Whether Section 33(1)(b) and Section 33(1)(e) of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998 — which limited the "special vote" to South African citizens absent from the Republic only if they were on "government service" (or members of the household of such persons), while effectively excluding all other citizens living or working abroad — unjustifiably limited the constitutional right to vote under Section 19(3)(a) of the Constitution, read with the rights to equality (Section 9(1)), human dignity (Section 10), and equal citizenship (Section 3(2)(a)).
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
South Africa
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Feb 9, 2009
Judgment

Decision No. 207182

Procedural history
The Republic Election Commission (REC) ruled against the complainant.
Question Presented
Whether a voter’s electoral rights are violated when the question asked in a referendum is unclear and information about the question is not readily available at the polling site.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
  • Vote Form Irregularities
Country
Serbia
Language of Decision
  • Serbian
Date of decision
Feb 3, 2022
Judgment

APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire

Alleged Acts
The plaintiff alleges that allowance of the a person representative of the President of the Republic
Question Presented
Whether the composition of the IEC is in conformity with the Constitution.
Legal Issue(s)
  • EMB Independence
  • EMB Operation
Country
Ivory Coast
Language of Decision
  • English
  • French
Date of decision
Nov 18, 2016
Judgment

Guide Electoral, Tome III Référencement jurisprudentiel 2006-2018

Description
Compendium of electoral case law from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • French
Resources

SUP RAP 0173 2018

Question Presented
the registration of Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez as an independent candidate to the Presidency of the Republic
Question Presented
The TEPJF instructs the INE to issue a new resolution on the registration of Jaime Heliodoro Rodríguez as an independent candidate to the Presidency of the Republic.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
Country
Mexico
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Apr 9, 2018
Judgment

Decision 207183

Procedural history
The applicant then appealed to the Republic Election Commission, which rejected his appeal.
Question Presented
Whether the Sabac City Assembly was the proper authority to hear a challenge about the conduct of a referendum.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Electoral Administration Irregularities
Country
Serbia
Language of Decision
  • Serbian
Date of decision
Feb 3, 2022
Judgment

Emile v. Republic of Cote D’Ivoire

Title
Republic of Cote D’Ivoire
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Resources

Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania

Procedural history
The National Assembly of the United Republic of Tanzania passed a law requiring all candidates for Presidential
Question Presented
Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
  • Judicial Independence
Country
Tanzania. United Republic of
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 14, 2019
Judgment

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights v. Republic of Peru

Title
Republic of Peru
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Annulments
  • Judicial Independence
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Resources

August v Electoral Commission of South Africa

Applicable Law(s)
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and the Electoral Act 73 of 1998
Question Presented
Whether prisoners retained their constitutional right to vote under the 1996 Constitution, and, if so, whether the IEC was obligated to take active steps to facilitate their registration and voting, particularly in the absence of any parliamentary legislation that explicitly disenfranchised them.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Voter Registration
  • Voters' Rights
Country
South Africa
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 1, 1999
Judgment

Ngandu v. Congo

Description
The court determined that the Democratic Republic of Congo did not violate Articles 3 and 26 of the Charter
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Regional Jurisprudence
  • Violation of an International Treaty
Language
  • French
Resources

Barthelemy v. President of the Republic of Vanuatu

Title
President of the Republic of Vanuatu
Question Presented
(1) Was the Council of Minister’s advice to the President to dissolve Parliament while there was a pending motion of no confidence by members of parliament a violation of the Constitution? (2) If so, was the dissolution of parliament by President void? (3) Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to hear constitutional writ petitions relating to the dissolution of parliament?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Conflict of Interests
Country
Vanuatu
Date of decision
Sep 9, 2022
Judgment

New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa

Title
New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa
Question Presented
Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
Country
South Africa
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 11, 2020
Judgment

Election Dispute Resolution Report 2020

Document contents
(government), Slovak Republic, Switzerland. 49 Brazil, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Ireland,(for political party registration/appeal board), Republic of Korea, Luxembourg
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Resources

Georgian Labour Party v. Georgia

Document contents
systems of electoral administration in Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and the
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Electoral Fraud
  • Regional Jurisprudence
  • Violation of an International Treaty
Language
  • English
Resources

Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission

Summary
Here, the Court relied on its opinion in Republic v.
Question Presented
Whether petitioner’s affidavit verifying a video recording meets the evidentiary burden outlined in Section 107 of the Evidence Act relating to electronic evidence.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Country
Kenya
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Jun 5, 2013
Judgment

Sitaropoulos v. Greece

Document contents
the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, the Republic of Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Accessibility
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
Resources

Gorzelik v. Poland-

Document contents
minorities notion, the Republic of Poland declares that it understands this term as national minorities residing within the territory of the Republic of Poland at
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Regional Jurisprudence
  • Violation of an International Treaty
Language
  • English
Resources

Yumak & Sadak v. Turkey

Document contents
are the most widely used in Europe. By way of example, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
  • French
Resources

Appeals declared by the Political Party "Dignity and Truth Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" and by the Electoral Council of the Chisinau Municipal Electoral District No. 1

Title
Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic
Question Presented
Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Disputing Results
  • Social Media
Country
Moldova
Language of Decision
  • Romanian
Date of decision
Jun 25, 2018
Judgment

Guide to Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights

Document contents
Partisi (the Welfare Party) and Others v. Turkey [GC], 2003; Linkov v. the Czech Republic, 2006; Parti nationaliste basque – Organisation régionale d’Iparralde v. France
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Legal Frameworks
Language
  • English
Resources

Alajos Kiss v. Hungary

Document contents
§ 78, Series A no. 94, race - D.H. and Others v. the Czech Republic [GC], no. 57325/00, § 182, ECHR 2007-..., or sexual orientation - E.B.
Question Presented
Whether Hungary's voting restriction was proportional and legitimate under Article 1, Protocol 3
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
  • Elections as a Fundamental Right
  • Voters' Rights
Country
Hungary
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
May 20, 2010
Judgment

Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook

Document contents
In the Czech Republic, the justices of the Constitutional Court (Ústavní Soud) are appointed by the President of the Republic with the consent
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
Resources

Molka v. Poland

Document contents
life (see Botta, cited above, § 34, and Zehnalová and Zehnal v. the Czech Republic (dec.), no. 38621/97, ECHR 2002-V). The first of those cases concerned
Question Presented
Did Poland violate the European Charter of Human Rights by being indifferent to the inaccessibility of poll stations?
Legal Issue(s)
  • Accessibility
Country
Poland
Language of Decision
  • English
Date of decision
Apr 11, 2006
Judgment

Measuring Effective Remedies for Fraud and Administrative Malpractice

Document contents
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/turkey/219201. 50 Id. 51 ID. 52 Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain and the United
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Electoral Fraud
Language
  • English
Resources

Legal Considerations when Delaying or Adapting Elections

Document contents
the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Republic of Korea’s Crucial Test (лютий 2020 р.), адреса: https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/publications/managing-elections-duringpandemic-republic-korea-crucial-test.pdf. 59 Id.
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Postponement
Language
  • Ukrainian
Resources

Tanase v. Moldova

Document contents
Socialist Republic (changed to the Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova in 1990). The remaining territory of Bessarabia became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Those
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Accessibility
  • Regional Jurisprudence
  • Violation of an International Treaty
Language
  • English
Resources

Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón

Summary
is not valid because it “‘enshrin[es] provisions contrary to the Constitution and the laws of the Republic
Question Presented
Whether a political party’s internal rules on candidacy criteria relating to nepotism may nullify an election of one of its registered candidates if he violated the party rules but otherwise met the eligibility criteria set up in the Constitution or statutes.
Legal Issue(s)
  • Candidate Registration
Country
Colombia
Language of Decision
  • Spanish
Date of decision
Dec 3, 2020
Judgment

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Document contents
Federal Re public of Germany: France, German Democratic Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • International Treaty
Language
  • English
Resources

Equal Access: How to Include Persons with Disabilities in Elections and Political Processes

Document contents
Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore,
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Accessibility
Language
  • English
Resources

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