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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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Human Rights Network of Uganda v. Attorney General | May 20, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Public Order Management Act of 2013 violates the Uganda Constitution? Whether parliament and the executive may pass legislation in response to decision of the court? |
| Uganda |
| Mar 26, 2020 |
Ramos Rojas v. Sanabria Chacón | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | 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. |
| Colombia |
| Dec 3, 2020 |
Núñez de Armas v. Magdaniel Hernández | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a candidate must resign from his administrative position twelve months from the date of his registration as a candidate or twelve months from the date of the election to be eligible to run as a candidate. |
| Colombia |
| Dec 16, 2020 |
Ledezma Acosta v. Ausecha Ordóñez and Armando Guevara Bravo | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a candidate’s disqualification from running in an election should affect the eligibility of all the candidates on the political party’s candidate list, since as a result of the disqualification the entire list did not meet the gender quota minimum required by law. |
| Colombia |
| Sep 17, 2020 |
BVerfG, decision of the Second Senate of December 15, 2020 | Oct 6, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the non-parity nomination of candidates for the Bundestag election by the parties constitutes a major electoral error that has a decisive impact on the distribution of seats and the validity of the election. |
| Germany |
| Dec 15, 2020 |
Masumba v. Kamondo | Sep 13, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the respondent was properly elected as a Member of Parliament on account of allegations made against him by the appellant of illegal acts or misconduct (i.e., defamation or inflammatory statements, intimidation and violence, and undue influence) during the campaign period. |
| Zambia |
| Nov 17, 2017 |
Case on Election Campaign by Teacher via Social Networking | Jun 18, 2020 | Judgment | A public school teacher shared a post on his/her Facebook that indicated that a political candidate was lying. |
| South Korea |
| Feb 27, 2020 |
New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa | Jun 11, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional. |
| South Africa |
| Jun 11, 2020 |
Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights. | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the draft law adheres to the current constitutional political protections. |
| Egypt |
| May 26, 2013 |
Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Judgment |
| France |
| Apr 24, 2015 | |
Case on Restricting Online Media from Publishing Columns, etc. Written by Candidates for Public Official Election | Jun 18, 2020 | Judgment |
| South Korea |
| Nov 28, 2019 | |
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23. October 2020 - VfGBbg 55/19 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the gender quota under the Parity Act is constitutional |
| Germany |
| Oct 23, 2020 |
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19 | Oct 19, 2021 | Judgment | Are gender quotas constitutional? |
| Germany |
| Oct 23, 2020 |
Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission | Jul 6, 2020 | 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. |
| Egypt |
| Jun 3, 2013 |
Prabowo Subianto & Sandiaga Salahudin Uno v. General Election Commission | Jul 15, 2020 | Judgment | Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the General Elections Code while conducting the vote count for the 2019 presidential election? |
| Indonesia |
| Jun 27, 2019 |
Prabowo Subianto & Hatta Rajasa v. General Election Commission | Jul 15, 2020 | Judgment | Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the Presidential Election Law while conducting the vote count for the 2014 presidential election? |
| Indonesia |
| Aug 21, 2014 |
Roeskan Effendi & Rohidin Mersyah v. General Election Commission of South Bengkulu | Jul 15, 2020 | Judgment | Did the General Election Commission (KPU) of South Bengkulu manipulate the official result “systematically, structurally, and massively” by conducting dishonest and unfair vote counting? |
| Indonesia |
| Jan 8, 2009 |
Décision n° 2001 445 DC du 19 juin 2001 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Judgment | Whether section 33 of the French Institutional Act violates the Constitution. |
| France |
| Jun 19, 2001 |
Décision n° 98 407 DC du 14 janvier 1999 Conseil constitutionnel | Jul 25, 2019 | Judgment | Whether the Electoral Code provision requiring parity between male and female candidates violates the French Constitution? |
| France |
| Jan 14, 1999 |
Siwale v. Electoral Commission of Zambia | Aug 7, 2019 | Judgment | Can the referendum proceed without being voted on as a bill as constitutionally required? |
| Zambia |
| Feb 14, 2018 |
Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act | Jun 26, 2020 | Judgment |
| Estonia |
| May 18, 2017 | |
Hichilema v. Lungu | Jul 16, 2019 | Judgment | Does the Court have jurisdiction to hear the election petition after the expiry of the 14 day constitutionally prescribed period? |
| Zambia |
| Sep 5, 2016 |
Mavedzenge v. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | Jul 16, 2019 | Judgment | Applicant seeks declaration of constitutional invalidity of Electoral Act section 192(6), particularly striking the phrase "approved by the Minister" from the provision. Is the Minister's approval requirement tantamount to the ZEC being subject to his direction and control? |
| Zimbabwe |
| May 31, 2018 |
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services | Jun 28, 2019 | Judgment | Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional? |
| South Africa |
| Jun 21, 2018 |
Popular Parliamentary Group of Congress of Deputies (Review of Law) | Jul 23, 2019 | Judgment | Whether the ballot parity is sufficiently remedied in the voter pool. Whether such quotas are constitutional. |
| Spain |
| Feb 29, 2008 |
Harle v. France | Jun 28, 2019 | Judgment | Should elections be annulled when 1) there were inconsistencies between the number of ballot papers and signatures, and 2) the candidate violated electoral propaganda laws when he posted a personal propaganda photo on his Facebook? |
| France |
| Dec 2, 2017 |
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard. |
| Egypt |
| Mar 15, 2015 |
Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates? |
| Egypt |
| Jun 14, 2012 |
Impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun | Jun 18, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the violations of the electoral code and the Constitution are sufficient to remove the President from office. |
| South Korea |
| May 14, 2004 |
In re Gomez | Jul 13, 2020 | Judgment | Whether criminal charges against an elected officeholder are sufficient to revoke the position on a temporary basis? |
| Chile |
| Dec 23, 2008 |