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Sabha Primary Court Case #8
Jun 19, 2019
Nov 4, 2020
Judgment
Should elections be annulled when multiple irregularities occurred related to polling date announcements, voters lists, infrastructure, coercion, and vote-buying?
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Libya
  • Arabic
Apr 27, 2019
Decision No. 1 (1995)
Sep 16, 2022
Sep 16, 2022
Judgment
Whether a law that permits the Prime Minister to exercise his discretionary power to transfer or declare a vacancy for the position of the President of the Supreme Court of char’i jaafarite contradicts the principle of “separation of powers” and should be repealed.
  • Civil Procedure
Lebanon
  • French
Nov 2, 1995
City for All List, et. al v. Palestinian Central Election Commission, et. al
Jan 4, 2023
Jan 4, 2023
Judgment
Whether the error in registration on the voter list of one candidate from an independent candidate list should result in rejecting the application of all the candidates on the list, and thus the entire list, from running for election.
  • Candidate Eligibility
  • Candidate Registration
Palestine
  • Arabic
Apr 23, 2017
Albayda Judgment – Ali Tarhouni Case II (2016)
Oct 19, 2021
Oct 19, 2021
Judgment
Whether the chairman of the CDA lost his Libyan citizenship and eligibility for office by obtaining American citizenship and marrying a foreigner.
  • Candidate Registration
Libya
  • Arabic
Nov 28, 2016
Albayda Judgment - Emergency Procedural Ruling
Oct 19, 2021
Oct 25, 2021
Judgment
Whether Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly (“CDA”) members’ procedural change on vote quorum, from requiring 2/3 majority plus one of the entire CDA to 2/3 majority plus one of present members, violated the law.
    Libya
    • Arabic
    Dec 19, 2016
    Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights.
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    Judgment
    Whether the draft law adheres to the current constitutional political protections.
    • Accessibility
    • Vote Verification and Transmission
    Egypt
    • English
    May 26, 2013
    Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law.
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    Judgment
    Whether the proposed provisions are constitutional.
    • Electoral Maps and Districting
    • Vote Form Irregularities
    Egypt
    • English
    Feb 13, 2013
    Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    Judgment
    Whether the elections of the Shura Council, Upper House, exceed the bodies authority and whether and actions taken by the body are consequently unconstitutional.
    • Candidate Registration
    • Electoral Integrity
    • Judicial Independence
    Egypt
    • English
    Jun 3, 2013
    Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    Judgment
    Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard.
    • Electoral Integrity
    • Electoral Maps and Districting
    Egypt
    • English
    Mar 15, 2015
    Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    Judgment
    Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates?
    • Candidate Registration
    • Electoral Integrity
    • Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
    Egypt
    • English
    Jun 14, 2012
    In re Sixty-two deputies of the Group Popular Parliamentary of Congress
    Jun 9, 2020
    Sep 15, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether Spain's gender quotas violate the Spanish Constitution (art. 3.7, 20.4-7)
    • Gender
    • Quotas
    Spain
    • Spanish
    Feb 13, 2009
    59 Members of Parliament of Ukraine on the constitutionality of the provisions of Art.22.2 of the Parliamentary Elections Law of Ukraine concerning the equal allocation of foreign polling stations to all single-member constituencies
    Jun 10, 2020
    Sep 16, 2020
    Judgment
      • Electoral Maps and Districting
      • EMB Operation
      Ukraine
      • English
      Apr 4, 2012
      63 Members of Parliament of Ukraine on the constitutionality of the provisions of Art. 43 of the Parliamentary Elections Law of Ukraine concerning the election deposit
      Jun 10, 2020
      Sep 16, 2020
      Judgment
        • Candidate Registration
        Ukraine
        • English
        Jan 31, 2012
        Sinnott v. Minister for the Environment
        Jun 11, 2020
        Sep 16, 2020
        Judgment
        Whether the plaintiff's inability to cast a secret ballot based on his visual impairment violated his right to vote.
        • Elections as a Fundamental Right
        Ireland
        • English
        Mar 30, 2017
        Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel
        Jul 25, 2019
        Sep 16, 2020
        Judgment
          • Gender
          France
          • French
          Apr 24, 2015
          Décision n° 2001 445 DC du 19 juin 2001 Conseil constitutionnel
          Jul 25, 2019
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether section 33 of the French Institutional Act violates the Constitution.
          • Gender
          France
          • English
          • French
          Jun 19, 2001
          Décision n° 98 407 DC du 14 janvier 1999 Conseil constitutionnel
          Jul 25, 2019
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the Electoral Code provision requiring parity between male and female candidates violates the French Constitution?
          • Candidate Registration
          • Gender
          France
          • English
          • French
          Jan 14, 1999
          Kosovo Police v. Mustafa
          May 20, 2020
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether a candidate violated the Law of General Elections prohibition on taking advantage of a public employee during a campaign period when the candidate used photo of the Kosovo Police Chief?
          • Campaign Finance
          • Candidate Registration
          Kosovo
          • English
          May 10, 2019
          Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List
          May 21, 2020
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence.
          • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
          • Social Media
          Kosovo
          • English
          Sep 27, 2019
          LVV Political Entity v. Central Election Commission
          May 21, 2020
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the ballots declared invalid by the CRC were valid and should have been counted for in election totals?
          • Vote Form Irregularities
          Kosovo
          • English
          Oct 19, 2019
          BIRN v. Democratic League of Kosovo
          May 21, 2020
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the claimant met its evidentiary burden for determining that the respondent violated election law.
          • Civil Procedure
          • Social Media
          Kosovo
          • English
          Oct 6, 2019
          Nisma-Akr-PD v. Polling Station 211B
          May 21, 2020
          Nov 4, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether there is sufficient evidence to bar the election officials from participating in elections or election administration after they lost ballots.
          • Electoral Integrity
          • EMB Operation
          • Vote Form Irregularities
          Kosovo
          • English
          Oct 10, 2019
          PDK v. Central Election Commission
          May 21, 2020
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the technical omission from the Kosovo ballots warrants a recount prior to the final election results.
          • Civil Procedure
          • Vote Form Irregularities
          Kosovo
          • English
          Oct 18, 2019
          Self Determination Movement v. CEP
          May 22, 2020
          Oct 14, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the plaintiff sufficiently alleged that the irregularities in voting warranted renumbering the ballots.
          • Civil Procedure
          • Vote Form Irregularities
          • Vote Verification and Transmission
          Kosovo
          • English
          Oct 10, 2019
          Party of Kosovo Serbs v. Serbian List
          May 22, 2020
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
            • Civil Procedure
            • Technology
            Kosovo
            • English
            Oct 10, 2019
            Pacolli v. Central Election Commission
            May 22, 2020
            Sep 16, 2020
            Judgment
            Whether the court may hear the merits of a complaint on the voting counts are most polling stations.
            • Civil Procedure
            • Vote Form Irregularities
            Kosovo
            • English
            Oct 10, 2019
            Levizja Vetevendosje v. Central Election Commission
            May 22, 2020
            Oct 14, 2020
            Judgment
            Whether the ballots postmarked well before the election, but not received by the CRC, must be counted as valid ballots.
            • Vote Verification and Transmission
            Kosovo
            • English
            Oct 28, 2019
            Popular Parliamentary Group of Congress of Deputies (Review of Law)
            Jul 23, 2019
            Sep 15, 2020
            Judgment
            Whether the ballot parity is sufficiently remedied in the voter pool. Whether such quotas are constitutional.
            • Gender
            • Quotas
            Spain
            • Spanish
            Feb 29, 2008
            Presidential Petition on Local Government Council Election Act Amendment
            Jun 20, 2019
            Sep 16, 2020
            Judgment
            Is the Local Government Council Election Act Amendment unconstitutional?
            • Electronic Voting
            Estonia
            • English
            Sep 1, 2005
            Maurin v. France
            Jun 28, 2019
            Sep 16, 2020
            Judgment
            Did the candidate violate campaign finance laws when he filed his campaign accounts late and failed to file certain expenses and financial notebooks?
            • Campaign Finance
            France
            • French
            Feb 1, 2019

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