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Sabha Primary Court Case #8
Jun 19, 2019
Nov 4, 2020
Judgment
Should elections be annulled when multiple irregularities occurred related to polling date announcements, voters lists, infrastructure, coercion, and vote-buying?
  • Disputing Results
  • Electoral Integrity
  • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
Libya
  • Arabic
Apr 27, 2019
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.
  • Accessibility
  • Vote Verification and Transmission
Egypt
  • English
May 26, 2013
Albayda Judgment - Emergency Procedural Ruling
Oct 19, 2021
Oct 25, 2021
Judgment
Whether Libyan Constitution Drafting Assembly (“CDA”) members’ procedural change on vote quorum, from requiring 2/3 majority plus one of the entire CDA to 2/3 majority plus one of present members, violated the law.
    Libya
    • Arabic
    Dec 19, 2016
    Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law.
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    Judgment
    Whether the proposed provisions are constitutional.
    • Electoral Maps and Districting
    • Vote Form Irregularities
    Egypt
    • English
    Feb 13, 2013
    Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    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.
    • Candidate Registration
    • Electoral Integrity
    • Judicial Independence
    Egypt
    • English
    Jun 3, 2013
    Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    Judgment
    Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard.
    • Electoral Integrity
    • Electoral Maps and Districting
    Egypt
    • English
    Mar 15, 2015
    Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
    Jul 6, 2020
    Aug 5, 2021
    Judgment
    Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates?
    • Candidate Registration
    • Electoral Integrity
    • Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
    Egypt
    • English
    Jun 14, 2012
    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.
    • Civil Procedure
    Lebanon
    • French
    Nov 2, 1995
    City for All List, et. al v. Palestinian Central Election Commission, et. al
    Jan 4, 2023
    Jan 4, 2023
    Judgment
    Whether the error in registration on the voter list of one candidate from an independent candidate list should result in rejecting the application of all the candidates on the list, and thus the entire list, from running for election.
    • Candidate Eligibility
    • Candidate Registration
    Palestine
    • Arabic
    Apr 23, 2017
    Albayda Judgment – Ali Tarhouni Case II (2016)
    Oct 19, 2021
    Oct 19, 2021
    Judgment
    Whether the chairman of the CDA lost his Libyan citizenship and eligibility for office by obtaining American citizenship and marrying a foreigner.
    • Candidate Registration
    Libya
    • Arabic
    Nov 28, 2016
    Kosovo Police v. Mustafa
    May 20, 2020
    Sep 16, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether a candidate violated the Law of General Elections prohibition on taking advantage of a public employee during a campaign period when the candidate used photo of the Kosovo Police Chief?
    • Campaign Finance
    • Candidate Registration
    Kosovo
    • English
    May 10, 2019
    Balkan Investigative Reporting Network BIRN Internews and Kosova v. Serbian List
    May 21, 2020
    Sep 16, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether the Serbian List's election spot violated the Election Code such that it incited hatred or violence.
    • Electoral Violence and Intimidation
    • Social Media
    Kosovo
    • English
    Sep 27, 2019
    LVV Political Entity v. Central Election Commission
    May 21, 2020
    Sep 16, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether the ballots declared invalid by the CRC were valid and should have been counted for in election totals?
    • Vote Form Irregularities
    Kosovo
    • English
    Oct 19, 2019
    BIRN v. Democratic League of Kosovo
    May 21, 2020
    Sep 16, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether the claimant met its evidentiary burden for determining that the respondent violated election law.
    • Civil Procedure
    • Social Media
    Kosovo
    • English
    Oct 6, 2019
    Nisma-Akr-PD v. Polling Station 211B
    May 21, 2020
    Nov 4, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether there is sufficient evidence to bar the election officials from participating in elections or election administration after they lost ballots.
    • Electoral Integrity
    • EMB Operation
    • Vote Form Irregularities
    Kosovo
    • English
    Oct 10, 2019
    PDK v. Central Election Commission
    May 21, 2020
    Sep 16, 2020
    Judgment
    Whether the technical omission from the Kosovo ballots warrants a recount prior to the final election results.
    • Civil Procedure
    • Vote Form Irregularities
    Kosovo
    • English
    Oct 18, 2019
    Harle v. France
    Jun 28, 2019
    Nov 4, 2020
    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?
    • Disputing Results
    • Electoral Integrity
    • Social Media
    • Technology
    • Vote Verification and Transmission
    France
    • French
    Dec 2, 2017
    Maurin v. France
    Jun 28, 2019
    Sep 16, 2020
    Judgment
    Did the candidate violate campaign finance laws when he filed his campaign accounts late and failed to file certain expenses and financial notebooks?
    • Campaign Finance
    France
    • French
    Feb 1, 2019
    Yushchenko vs CEC
    Jun 17, 2020
    Nov 4, 2020
    Judgment
      • Disputing Results
      • Electoral Integrity
      Ukraine
      • Ukrainian
      Dec 3, 2004
      Chester v. Secretary of State for Justice
      Jun 23, 2020
      Oct 14, 2020
      Judgment
        • Judicial Independence
        • Voter Registration
        United Kingdom
        • English
        Oct 16, 2013
        Review of the Constitutionality of Section Five of the Riigikogu Election Act
        Jun 26, 2020
        Oct 9, 2021
        Judgment
          • Campaign Finance
          Estonia
          • English
          May 18, 2017
          Srpska Radikalna Stranka v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
          Jul 8, 2019
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the the PEC's decision to bar the Serb Radical Party from the elections for not meeting the conditions is reviewable by the the court.
          • Civil Procedure
          • Party Registration
          Bosnia and Herzegovina
          • English
          Jan 1, 2000
          Obradovic v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
          Jul 8, 2019
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the plaintiff's dismissal from the military banned him from participating in the General Election?
          • Candidate Registration
          Bosnia and Herzegovina
          • English
          Oct 10, 2003
          In re the Icelandic Presidential Election of 2012
          Jul 23, 2020
          Nov 4, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the inability of disabled voters to cast secret ballots is sufficient grounds for annulling election results.
          • Accessibility
          • Electoral Administration Irregularities
          • Electoral Integrity
          Iceland
          • Icelandic
          Jun 6, 2012
          In re 2016 Election of President of Iceland
          Jul 23, 2020
          Sep 16, 2020
          Judgment
          Whether the prohibition of voters from signing support petitions for multiple candidates conflicts with Act. No. 36. 1945. Whether the plaintiff has a cause of action before elections take place.
          • Candidate Registration
          • Civil Procedure
          Iceland
          • Icelandic
          Jun 15, 2016
          Appeals declared by the Political Party "Dignity and Truth Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" and by the Electoral Council of the Chisinau Municipal Electoral District No. 1
          Oct 26, 2021
          Oct 26, 2021
          Judgment
          Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day.
          • Disputing Results
          • Social Media
          Moldova
          • Romanian
          Jun 25, 2018
          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.
          • Criminal Procedure
          • Electoral Integrity
          Netherlands
          • Dutch
          Apr 9, 2019
          Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij v. the Netherlands
          Aug 9, 2024
          Aug 9, 2024
          Judgment
          Whether religiously affiliated parties can exclude women from running as candidates on the grounds that forcing the party to host women candidates violates its freedom of religious expression, as it believes women are unsuited for public office?
          • Gender
          Netherlands
          • English
          Jul 10, 2012
          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)
          • Gender
          • Quotas
          Spain
          • Spanish
          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?
          • Electronic Voting
          Estonia
          • English
          Sep 1, 2005

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