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Lessons on the Use of Technology in Elections
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from legislation that provides for the optional
use of technology by the EMB (Nigeria), 13 laws requiring a paper trail (some U.S. states), to mandatory requirements
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- Election Dispute Resolution
- Legal Frameworks
- Regional Jurisprudence
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- English
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- Nov 8, 2023
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Lessons on Disinformation and Election Disputes
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July 18). Nigeria: Revisiting Nigeria’s Legal Framework On Hate
Speech And Fake News Post 2023 General Elections. Mondaq. In recent years, Nigeria has grappled
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- Election Dispute Resolution
- Judicial Independence
- Legal Frameworks
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- English
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- Nov 8, 2023
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Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections: Practitioner Brief
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countries in Africa: Zambia, Malawi, and Nigeria have rolled out mediation initiatives by their election
commissions and in Nigeria there is a growing push for ADR
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- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
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- May 5, 2023
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The Right to Participate in the Government of One's Country in the Context of an Election Held During a Public Health Emergency or a Pandemic, Such as the COVID-19 Crisis, No. 001/2020, Advisory Opinion, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights [Afr. Ct. H.P.R.] (July 16, 2021).
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d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles,
Tanzania, Togo and Uganda at the national level.”
62. Citing several
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- COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
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- English
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- Aug 5, 2021
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Budding Democracy or Judicialisation: Lessons from Africa’s Emerging Electoral Jurisprudence
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& M Simati ‘The Role of the Courts in Mitigating Election Violence in Nigeria’ (2019) 38 Cadernos de Estudos Africanos [Online]. <https://journals.openedition.org/cea/
pdf/4407>
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- Election Annulments
- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
- Date modified
- Jun 4, 2021
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Election Investigations Guidebook
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Prosecution of Electoral Offenders in Nigeria: Challenges and Possibilities 2 (2013),
http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/nigeria/10405.pdf; Nigeria: Pass Bill to Prosecute Electoral
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- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
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- Dec 28, 2020
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Mutharika v. Chilima
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v
Mnangagwa and Twenty Four Others CCZ 42/18; of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in
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Abubakar v Yar’adua [2009] ALL F WLR (PT. 457) ISC; of the
- Question Presented
- Whether the standard that candidate must receive a majority of the votes means the highest percentage of votes or over 50%?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
- Country
- Malawi
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 8, 2020
- Date modified
- Nov 19, 2020
Judgment
Odinga v. IEBC
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Court of Canada in
Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj 44 and the Supreme Court of Nigeria in
Abubakar v. Yar’adua45.
[129] The common law concept of burden of proof
- Question Presented
- Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2017
- Date modified
- Nov 6, 2020
Judgment
Abubakar v. Independent Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the President was not duly elected to his position based upon alleged corruption in the vote counting.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 5, 2019
- Date modified
- Nov 4, 2020
Judgment
Chilima v. Mutharika (lower court decision)
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omissions on their part. The Attorney General
cited authorities from Canada, Nigeria, Ghana and Uganda where the courts relented and
sympathised with Electoral
- Question Presented
- Whether the Electoral Commission breach its duty under section 76, 77, and 40 of the Constitution of Malawi. These duties include ensuring the absence of electoral irregularities, illegalities, and failed provide proper oversight and verification.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- EMB Operation
- Country
- Malawi
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 3, 2020
- Date modified
- Nov 4, 2020
Judgment
Uzodinma v. Ihedioha
- Question Presented
- Whether the votes administered on incorrect ballots were improperly considered void. Whether the Governor failed to ascertain a majority vote based upon those results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 14, 2020
- Date modified
- Nov 4, 2020
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Ngandu v. Congo
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Social and Economic Rights Action Center et
Center for Economic and Social Rights c. Nigéria Communication 155/96 (2001) AHRLR 60
(ACHPR 2001) et Union Interafricaine des Droits
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- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
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- French
- Date modified
- Oct 14, 2020
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ACHPR Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania
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130/94, 152/96
(Consolidated Communications) Media Rights Agenda and others v
Nigeria Fourteenth Activity Report (2000-2001) and Communication No
255/2002 Gareth Anver Prince
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- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
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- English
- Date modified
- Oct 14, 2020
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Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania
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Communications No 105/93, 128/
94, 130/94, 152/96) Media Rights Agenda and others v Nigeria
Fourteenth Activity Report (2000-2001) and Communication No 255/
2002 Gareth Anver
- 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
- Date modified
- Oct 14, 2020
Judgment
Bangladesh 16th amendment ruling
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Leone, South Africa,
Sri Lanka, Tuvalu and the United Kingdom.
In
Nigeria
certain
and
Rwanda,
positions
parliamentary
removal,
Judges
are
but
who
- Question Presented
- Does the 16th amendment, which allows the legislature to remove Supreme Court justices on grounds of incapacity or misconduct, violate the Constitution?
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 3, 2017
- Date modified
- Oct 14, 2020
Judgment
Yusuf v. INEC
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent was not duly elected in the election and the re-run of the election.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 20, 2020
- Date modified
- Oct 14, 2020
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Jupica vs Nec
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of the spread of the virus into
other West African Countries—Sierra Leone and Nigeria. By August, 2014, what started in one
county in Liberia had reached all fifteen
- Question Presented
- Whether the postponement of the Liberian elections to a date when the Ebola threat was still ongoing was unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- EMB Independence
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 13, 2016
- Date modified
- Oct 8, 2020
Judgment
Re Culleton
Country
Nigeria
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- Nigeria
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 31, 2017
- Date modified
- Sep 16, 2020
Judgment
Elections on Trial: The Effective Management of Election Disputes and Violations
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htm; African Charter, supra note 14, art. 7(a);
Constitutional Rights Project v. Nigeria, African Comm’n on Human and Peoples' Rights, Comm. No. 60/91 (1995);
UN
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- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
- Date modified
- Sep 16, 2020
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Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook
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EDR
systems entrusted to judicial bodies, as in Colombia. Conversely, in Nigeria
a gubernatorial candidate in Anambra State, Peter Obi, who had successfully
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- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
- Date modified
- Sep 16, 2020
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results
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conduct by the winning candidate must be proven to the
highest standard. Nigeria applies the reasonable doubt standard even in civil actions if the civil
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- Election Annulments
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- Sep 16, 2020
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Measuring Effective Remedies for Fraud and Administrative Malpractice
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final addresses.” CONSTITUTION OF NIGERIA (1999), § 294(1).
58 GUIDELINES FOR UNDERSTANDING, supra note 7.
59 OSCE, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, GENERAL ELECTIONS 28 MARCH
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- Electoral Fraud
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- English
- Date modified
- Sep 16, 2020
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Election Audits: International Principles that Protect Election Integrity
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edu/humanrts/instree/z1afchar.htm [hereinafter African Charter]; Constitutional Rights Project
v. Nigeria, African Comm’n on Human and Peoples' Rights, Comm. No. 60/91 (1995) available
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- Audits
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- English
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- Sep 16, 2020
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The Hierarchy of Laws: Understanding and Implementing the Legal Frameworks that Govern Elections
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codes of conduct
for different groups of electoral
stakeholders (e.g., Pakistan and
Nigeria). Regardless of the model
chosen, it is a best practice that the
conduct
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- Electoral Fraud
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- Sep 16, 2020
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Scrutiny in Electoral Disputes: A Kenyan Judicial Perspective
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be
overemphasized.32
As is the case in many other jurisdictions such as Australia,33 Nigeria,34
Pakistan,35 South Africa,36 and Tanzania,37 upon completion of the
registration of voters
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- Sep 16, 2020
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GUARDE: Directrices para la comprension y resolucion de conflictos electorales
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adjudicación de quejas en Nigeria, se deberían resaltar
los logros. La mejora del proceso de adjudicación de quejas en Nigeria tiene un impacto positivo
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- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- Spanish
- Date modified
- Sep 16, 2020
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GUARDE: Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections
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adjudication of complaints in Nigeria, the successes should
be highlighted. The improvement of the complaints adjudication process in
Nigeria has had a clear positive
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- Sep 16, 2020
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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POUR LE NIGER :
3a Harep:
POH EL NIGER:
FOR NIGERIA:
POUR LA NIGERIA :
3a
POR NIGERIA :
FOR NORWAY:
POUR LA NORVÈGE:
3a HopBernio:
POR NORUEGA:
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- International Treaty
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- Sep 16, 2020
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Unfair Advantage: The Abuse of State Resources in Elections
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on Gifts
EU EOM, Final Report: Federal Republic of Nigeria 20-21 (2015) [hereinafter EU EOM Nigeria Final Report].
A bonus was later given to public employees
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- Abuse of State Resources (ASR)
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- English
- Date modified
- Sep 16, 2020
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