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Title | Date added | Date modified | Template | Question Presented | Legal Issue(s) | Country | Language of Decision | Date of decision | Legal Issue and/or Topic | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14- Attorney General v. Chief Justice | Jul 10, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | 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 | ||
SUP RAP 0749 2017 | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | The Electoral Tribunal considered that the pre-opening of ballot boxes for the identification of improperly deposited ballots by citizens on Election Day exceeds the attributions of the National Electoral Institute, and trespasses the principles of legislative power, legal certainty and safety, by modifying the scrutiny and count procedure, as well as of the transfer of electoral packages. |
| Mexico |
| Feb 14, 2018 | ||
12- Mendis v. Kumaratunga | Jul 10, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | 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 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Sri Lanka |
| Jun 26, 2008 | |||
Democratic Alliance v. Electoral Commission | Jun 3, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Commission is able to make this determination and implement the enforcement action. |
| South Africa |
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Freedom Front Plus v. Electoral Commission of South Africa | Jun 3, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment |
| South Africa |
| Apr 29, 2019 | |||
Union NSW v. New South Wales | Jun 9, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether Election Code s 96D, and 95G6 are inconsistent with the Australia Constitution. |
| Australia |
| Dec 13, 2013 | ||
SUP RAP 0042 2018 | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Mexico |
| Mar 22, 2018 | |||
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. |
| Egypt |
| May 26, 2013 | ||
Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice | Jun 23, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment |
| United Kingdom |
| Oct 16, 2013 | |||
Attorney General v. Taylor | Jul 10, 2020 | Oct 14, 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 | ||
In re Representation of People Act and the September 7, 2015 Elections. | Jul 10, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the potential for Chief Justice bias is sufficient to overturn the dismissal of a petition challenging election results. |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Feb 6, 2020 | ||
In re Valdes | Jul 13, 2020 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a judicial election taking place after a newly election procedure was passed, but initiated before has ground for annulment. |
| Colombia |
| Feb 23, 2017 | ||
Western Native Voice v. Stapleton | Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Ballot Interference Prevention Act violates the Plaintiff’s right to vote, right to free speech, right to association, and due process. |
| United States of America |
| Sep 25, 2020 | ||
National Elections Commission v. Siebo | Sep 16, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the respondent lost his right to appeal the Review Panel rejection of his application when he failed to meet the Election Commission’s deadline. |
| Liberia |
| Sep 19, 2017 | ||
Chiafalo v. Washington | Sep 17, 2020 | Sep 17, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a pledge requirement and sanction violates the Electors Constitutional right to pledge electoral votes regardless of voter preference? |
| United States of America |
| Jul 6, 2020 | ||
Hong Kong Police Force v. Electoral Affairs Commission | Jul 24, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a publicly accessible voter list violates the right to privacy? |
| Hong Kong |
| May 5, 2020 | ||
Wendenberg v. Netherlands | Jul 24, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether an electoral bribe must be for the amount promised in order to be a criminal offense. |
| Netherlands |
| Apr 9, 2019 | ||
2018Hun-Ma551 | Nov 1, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | Judgment | Whether prohibiting elementary and secondary schoolteachers from establishing and joining political parties unreasonably infringes on their right to freedom of association. Whether the ban on elementary and secondary schoolteachers creating or being members of “other political organizations” as stated in Article 65(1) of the State Public Officials Act is clear and meets the balancing test set up by the court to justify a restriction on political rights. |
| South Korea |
| Apr 23, 2020 | ||
CH-02 | Apr 28, 2025 | Apr 28, 2025 | Judgment Submission Form |
| United States of America | Aug 5, 2022 | ||||
CH-02 | Apr 30, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | Judgment | Are elements of the national electoral code that define allotment of legislative seats across the country's 10 districts (based off population patterns and anticipated growth in 1987) in conflict with the Constitution, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the American Convention of Human Rights, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? |
| Suriname |
| Aug 5, 2022 | ||
Mavedzenge v. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs | Jul 16, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | 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 | ||
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) |
| Spain |
| Feb 13, 2009 | ||
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? |
| Estonia |
| Sep 1, 2005 | ||
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. |
| France |
| 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? |
| France |
| Jan 14, 1999 | ||
APDH v. Cote d'Ivoire | Aug 1, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the composition of the IEC is in conformity with the Constitution. |
| Ivory Coast |
| Nov 18, 2016 | ||
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services | Jun 28, 2019 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional? |
| South Africa |
| Jun 21, 2018 | ||
Raatsin for the Declaration of Invalidity of the Voting Results of the Riigikogu Elections of 2011 | Jun 26, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Estonia |
| Mar 23, 2011 | |||
New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa | Jun 11, 2020 | Sep 15, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional. |
| South Africa |
| Jun 11, 2020 |