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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania | Aug 1, 2019 | Oct 14, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional? |
| Tanzania. United Republic of |
| Jun 14, 2019 | ||
1- Gamaethige v. Attorney General | Jul 10, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Determination on 20th amendment and people's sovereignty |
| Sri Lanka |
| Sep 8, 2017 | ||
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 | ||
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. |
| Spain |
| Feb 29, 2008 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Case on Election Campaign by Teacher via Social Networking | Jun 18, 2020 | Sep 16, 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 | ||
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 | |||
1999 (Gyo Tsu) 35 [Judgment of the Grant Bench, dismissed by the Supreme Court] | Jun 29, 2020 | Feb 9, 2021 | Judgment | Whether the unequal treatment between independent and political party candidates regarding broadcasting during campaigns was unconstitutional. |
| Japan |
| Oct 19, 1999 | ||
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 233 [Case to Seeking Nullification of the Election] | Jun 29, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Japan |
| Dec 18, 2001 | |||
2001 (Gyo Tsu) 82 Judgments of the Supreme Court | Jun 29, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Japan |
| Sep 14, 2001 | |||
Wong Souk Yee v. Attorney General | Jul 1, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the Prime Minister had a duty to fill the vacancy in a Group Representation Constituency. |
| Singapore |
| Apr 10, 2019 | ||
Huarte-Mendicoa v. Basque Parliament Act | Jul 23, 2019 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| Spain |
| Jan 19, 2009 | |||
Case on Restricting Online Media from Publishing Columns, etc. Written by Candidates for Public Official Election | Jun 18, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment |
| South Korea |
| Nov 28, 2019 | |||
Sardelli v. Almeida | Jul 9, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | Judgment | Whether the President may file a criminal electoral complaint against a private citizen. |
| Brazil |
| Aug 14, 2003 | ||
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 | ||
Baytan v. Commission on Elections | Sep 23, 2020 | Nov 6, 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 | ||
Hvit Election Alliance v. Attorney General | Jul 15, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether a discriminatory election alliance member's criminal conviction violates domestic law and the ECHR? |
| Norway |
| Nov 28, 1997 | ||
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 | ||
Decision No. 207182 | Sep 16, 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | Judgment | Whether a voter’s electoral rights are violated when the question asked in a referendum is unclear and information about the question is not readily available at the polling site. |
| Serbia |
| Feb 3, 2022 | ||
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. |
| Lebanon |
| Nov 2, 1995 | ||
Decision 207183 | Sep 19, 2022 | Sep 19, 2022 | Judgment | Whether the Sabac City Assembly was the proper authority to hear a challenge about the conduct of a referendum. |
| Serbia |
| Feb 3, 2022 | ||
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 | ||
Resolução nº 22.610, de 25 de outubro de 2007 | Jun 17, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | Judgment | Whether elected officials crossing party lines after ascertaining political office violates Brazil's electoral code? |
| Brazil |
| Oct 25, 2007 | ||
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 |