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APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire

Alleged Acts
The plaintiff alleges that allowance of the a person representative of the President of the Republic
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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
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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
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Decision No. 207182

Procedural history
The Republic Election Commission (REC) ruled against the complainant.
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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
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SUP RAP 0173 2018

Summary
Institute (INE), which determined that the aspiring independent candidate to the Presidency of the Republic
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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
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Decision 207183

Procedural history
The applicant then appealed to the Republic Election Commission, which rejected his appeal.
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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
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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
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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
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Barthelemy v. President of the Republic of Vanuatu

Applicable Law(s)
Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu: Articles 53, 21, 28, 39, 40, 43, 66, 67
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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
  • Improper Practices
Country
Vanuatu
Date of decision
Sep 9, 2022
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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
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Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania

Procedural history
The National Assembly of the United Republic of Tanzania passed a law requiring all candidates for Presidential
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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
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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
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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
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Odhiambo Oduol v. Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission

Summary
Here, the Court relied on its opinion in Republic v.
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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
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Election Dispute Resolution Report 2020

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(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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  • Election Dispute Resolution
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
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  • English
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Georgian Labour Party v. Georgia

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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
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Sitaropoulos v. Greece

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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
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  • English
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Gorzelik v. Poland-

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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
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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
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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
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Yumak & Sadak v. Turkey

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

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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 Frameworks
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  • English
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Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook

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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
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Measuring Effective Remedies for Fraud and Administrative Malpractice

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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
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  • English
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Legal Considerations when Delaying or Adapting Elections

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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
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Tanase v. Moldova

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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
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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

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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
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  • English
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Electoral Justice Regulations Around the World: Key findings from International IDEA's global research on electoral dispute-resolution systems

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this aspect of the research show that in only two countries (the Czech Republic and Eritrea) is there no legislation criminalizing any type of misconduct
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
Language
  • English
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In re Magyar Ketfarku Kutya Part v. Hungary

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ban on such conduct. 42. In two of the member States surveyed (the Czech Republic and Finland), the freedom of voters to publish information on their own
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Legal Frameworks
  • Regional Jurisprudence
Language
  • English
  • French
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Election Investigations Guidebook

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of the Republic of Armenia adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia — information on the fact of being absent from the Republic of Armenia
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
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  • English
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Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors, and Lawyers

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Islamic Republic of Iran or to any other country where she [ran] a risk of being expelled or returned to the Islamic Republic of Iran”
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Election Dispute Resolution
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  • English
  • Portuguese
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