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Title | Date added | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision |
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Quinn Leandro v. Jonas | Jun 20, 2019 | Judgment |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
| Oct 27, 2010 | |
1- Gamaethige v. Attorney General | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Determination on 20th amendment and people's sovereignty |
| Sri Lanka |
| Sep 8, 2017 |
2- Karunathilaka v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | People's sovereignty |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dec 7, 1998 |
3- Liyanage v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Recognition of political parties |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dec 17, 2014 |
5- Centre for Policy Alternatives v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Filling of vacancies in the membership of provincial councils |
| Sri Lanka |
| Mar 17, 2003 |
6- Egodaweie v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Did several electoral irregularities and acts of violence at polling stations fall within the scope of section 46A, compelling the respondent to declare those polls null and void? |
| Sri Lanka |
| Apr 3, 2001 |
9- Thavaneethan v. Commissioner of Elections | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Vote as a fundamental right |
| Sri Lanka |
| Mar 25, 2003 |
10- Perera v. Senarathe | Jul 12, 2019 | Judgment | The petitioner, an MP, complained that the respondent, also an MP, has illegally entered into contracts with government institutions and seeks a declaration that the respondent's appointment is void. |
| Sri Lanka |
| Dec 10, 1999 |
12- Mendis v. Kumaratunga | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | The Petitioners presented their case on the basis of an infringement pertaining to the acquisition of land on the premise that such land would be utilized to serve a public purpose whereas, by this impugned executive or administrative action the land was knowingly, deliberately and manipulatively sold to a private entrepreneur to serve as an exclusive and private golf resort in Sri Lanka, one carrying a membership fee of Rs. 250,000. |
| Sri Lanka |
| Jul 31, 2008 |
13- Nanayakkara v. Choksy (John Keells Case) | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment |
| Sri Lanka |
| Jun 26, 2008 | |
14- Attorney General v. Chief Justice | Jul 10, 2019 | Judgment | Did the Court of Appeal have the power to issue a writ of certiorari with respect to Parliament in the process of impeaching the Chief Justice, who was accused of financial impropriety? |
| Sri Lanka |
| Feb 21, 2014 |
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 | Judgment |
| Ukraine |
| 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 | Judgment |
| Ukraine |
| Jan 31, 2012 | |
1996 (Gyo Tsu) 28 [Judgment of the Second Petty Bench, partially dismissed, partially quashed, and partially terminated] | Jun 29, 2020 | Judgment | Whether denying absentee ballots to voters outside of the country for official ballots is sufficient to dispute the election result. |
| Japan |
| May 31, 1996 |
1999 (Gyo Tsu) 35 [Judgment of the Grant Bench, dismissed by the Supreme Court] | Jun 29, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the unequal treatment between independent and political party candidates regarding broadcasting during campaigns was unconstitutional. |
| Japan |
| Oct 19, 1999 |
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 82 Judgments of the Supreme Court | Jun 29, 2020 | Judgment |
| Japan |
| Sep 14, 2001 | |
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 233 [Case to Seeking Nullification of the Election] | Jun 29, 2020 | Judgment |
| Japan |
| Dec 18, 2001 | |
2017 (Gyo Tsu) 47 [Judgments concerning the constitutionality of the provisions on the apportionment of seats for members (to be elected by constituency) of the House of Councillors stipulated in Article 14 and Appended Table 3 of the Public Offices Election Act] | Jun 29, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the electoral code system, in light of the migration from constituencies, should be declared unconstitutional? |
| Japan |
| Sep 17, 2017 |
2017Hun-Ma813 | Sep 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether any of the following alleged acts violate citizens’ constitutional rights to vote or equality under the law: 1) denying a soldier’s request to watch presidential election interviews and debates; 2) requiring election campaign bulletins written in braille to be within the page limits for booklet-type campaign bulletins; and 3) failing to require Korean sign language or captions in all election-related broadcasts. |
| South Korea |
| Aug 28, 2020 |
2018Hun-Ma456 | Sep 14, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Public Official Election Act’s required verification of internet users when they post election-related content online during a campaign violates freedom of expression, freedom of anonymous speech, freedom of the press and the right to informational self-determination. |
| South Korea |
| Jan 28, 2021 |
Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed | Jul 6, 2020 | Judgment | Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard. |
| Egypt |
| Mar 15, 2015 |
Abubakar v. Independent Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President was not duly elected to his position based upon alleged corruption in the vote counting. |
| Nigeria |
| Nov 5, 2019 |
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe v. ZANU-PF | Jun 19, 2019 | Judgment | Should an interdict be ordered against the respondents for several coercion related activities towards children in schools? |
| Zimbabwe |
| Jun 28, 2018 |
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire | Aug 1, 2019 | Judgment | Whether the composition of the IEC is in conformity with the Constitution. |
| Ivory Coast |
| Nov 18, 2016 |
Aryeh Bain v. Chief Electoral Officer | Jun 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether setting election day as a Jewish holiday violates the right to vote? |
| Canada |
| Jun 26, 2019 |
Attorney General v. Taylor | Jul 10, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the 2010 Electoral Amendment Act is inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act due to the provision disenfranchising prisoners |
| New Zealand |
| Nov 9, 2019 |
Australian Electoral Commission v. Johnston | Jun 9, 2020 | Judgment |
| Australia |
| Feb 18, 2014 | |
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List | May 21, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence. |
| Kosovo |
| Sep 27, 2019 |
Bangladesh 16th amendment ruling | Jul 8, 2019 | Judgment | Does the 16th amendment, which allows the legislature to remove Supreme Court justices on grounds of incapacity or misconduct, violate the Constitution? |
| Bangladesh |
| Jul 3, 2017 |
Baytan v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 2020 | Judgment | Whether petitioner's voluntary disclosure and alleged good faith mistake is sufficient to survive a preliminary hearing requiring only probable cause? |
| Phillippines |
| Feb 4, 2003 |