Library • Election Judgments

Title	Date added	Template	Question Presented	Legal Issue(s)	Country	Language of Decision	Date of decision
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.	Candidate Registration Disputing Results Party Registration Quotas	Colombia	Spanish	Sep 17, 2020
Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission	Sep 13, 2022	Judgment	Whether the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC)’s decision to implement the two-thirds gender rule for the 2022 elections is unconstitutional. Whether the IEBC’s decision to reject the petitioner’s candidate nominations list for the National Assembly and the Senate was unconstitutional.	Candidate Registration Gender Quotas	Kenya	English	Jun 13, 2022
VerfGH Thuringia, 07/15/2020 - VerfGH 2/20	Oct 19, 2021	Judgment	Is a gender quota statute constitutional?	Gender Quotas	Germany	German	Jul 15, 2020
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19	Oct 19, 2021	Judgment	Are gender quotas constitutional?	Gender Quotas	Germany	German	Oct 23, 2020
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23. October 2020 - VfGBbg 55/19	Oct 19, 2021	Judgment	Whether the gender quota under the Parity Act is constitutional	Gender Quotas	Germany	German	Oct 23, 2020
Supreme Court of Samoa, Faatuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (F.A.S.T. Party) v. Electoral Commissioner	Oct 19, 2021	Judgment	A couple of questions are presented to the Supreme Court. First, whether the Electoral Commissioner acted unlawfully when he activated Article 44(1A) and whether they are mandated to implement Article 44(1A), and if so, the timeframe to invoke it.	Gender Quotas	Samoa	English	May 14, 2021
(Mexico) SM JDC 0167 2021	Jul 1, 2021	Judgment	Whether it was incorrect that the request for a citizen's trial that he filed in the initial instance was processed as a complaint, considering that this is the ideal way in which a favorable resolution could be obtained that guarantees the inclusion of members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Whether political parties are obligated to have a quota for candidates that identify as LGBTQIA+ to guarantee their inclusion in the political process.	Gender Quotas	Mexico	Spanish	Mar 31, 2021
(Mexico) SCM JDC 0412 2021	Jul 1, 2021	Judgment	Whether there is an obligation among political parties to comply with a candidate quota that included people from the LGBTQIA + community even though there was no legal order or law to do so.	Gender Quotas	Mexico	Spanish	Apr 3, 2021
In re Article 27 (3) & (8) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010	Oct 2, 2020	Judgment	Whether failure to enact the two-third gender rule despite Court orders to do so calls for dissolvement of the Parliament.	Gender Quotas	Kenya	English	Sep 21, 2020
Suryadharma Ali & M. Romahurmuziy v. General Election Commission	Jul 15, 2020	Judgment	Did the General Election Commission (KPU) violate the Legislative Election Law by eliminating a political party’s proposed candidate list with total women candidates that did not meet 30 percent gender quota as stipulated by the law?	Candidate Registration Gender Quotas	Indonesia	Indonesian	Jun 3, 2013
In re Sixty-two deputies of the Group Popular Parliamentary of Congress	Jun 9, 2020	Judgment	Whether Spain's gender quotas violate the Spanish Constitution (art. 3.7, 20.4-7)	Gender Quotas	Spain	Spanish	Feb 13, 2009
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.	Gender Quotas	Spain	Spanish	Feb 29, 2008
Mexico SUP JDC 304 2018	Jul 16, 2019	Judgment	The High Chamber of the confirmed the validity of the candidacy of two transgender people (muxes in the state of Oaxaca) to occupy public posts reserved for women and revoked the registration of 15 male candidates.	Candidate Registration Gender Quotas	Mexico	Spanish	Jun 21, 2018
SUP RAP 726 2017	Jun 19, 2019	Judgment	Political parties and coalitions must register indigenous peoples´ representatives as candidates in at least 13 electoral districts	Quotas	Mexico	Spanish	Dec 14, 2017

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