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Decision 378/2020
- Question Presented
- Whether the Bistrita Năsăud Electoral Bureau (BECJ BN)’s decision to reject the registration of appellant electoral alliance USR-PLUS’s list of four candidates for the 2020 parliamentary elections was incorrect even though the appellant did not properly include the candidates’ genders, as is required by law for Chamber of Deputies and Senate elections.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Country
- Romania
- Language of Decision
- Romanian
- Date of decision
- Oct 26, 2020
- Date added
- Sep 16, 2022
Judgment
Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 13, 2022
- Date added
- Sep 13, 2022
Judgment
VerfGH Thuringia, 07/15/2020 - VerfGH 2/20
- Question Presented
- Is a gender quota statute constitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Jul 15, 2020
- Date added
- Oct 19, 2021
Judgment
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23 October 2020 - VfGBbg 9/19
- Question Presented
- Are gender quotas constitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Oct 23, 2020
- Date added
- Oct 19, 2021
Judgment
VerfGBbg, judgment of 23. October 2020 - VfGBbg 55/19
- Question Presented
- Whether the gender quota under the Parity Act is constitutional
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Oct 23, 2020
- Date added
- Oct 19, 2021
Judgment
Supreme Court of Samoa, Faatuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (F.A.S.T. Party) v. Electoral Commissioner
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Samoa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 14, 2021
- Date added
- Oct 19, 2021
Judgment
BVerfG, decision of the Second Senate of December 15, 2020
- Question Presented
- Whether the non-parity nomination of candidates for the Bundestag election by the parties constitutes a major electoral error that has a decisive impact on the distribution of seats and the validity of the election.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- Germany
- Language of Decision
- German
- Date of decision
- Dec 15, 2020
- Date added
- Oct 6, 2021
Judgment
(Mexico) SUP 2020 REC 102 924628
- Question Presented
- Whether indigenous customs for men to elect political leaders outweigh the principles of non-discrimination, equality and gender parity, as well as the right of "every woman [...] to a life free of violence, both in the public and private spheres" and to "freely and fully exercise their political rights.”
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Indigenous Persons
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Sep 15, 2020
- Date added
- Jul 1, 2021
Judgment
(Mexico) SM JDC 0167 2021
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Mar 31, 2021
- Date added
- Jul 1, 2021
Judgment
(Mexico) SCM JDC 0412 2021
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Apr 3, 2021
- Date added
- Jul 1, 2021
Judgment
(Mexico) SX JE 0003 2021
- Question Presented
- Whether there were procedural irregularities in the lower court’s decision based on the timeliness of the complaint and lack of notice by the court. Whether evidence from Facebook and WhatsApp demonstrating gender based political violence were illegally obtained and possess the truth and veracity it asserts.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Jan 21, 2021
- Date added
- Jun 23, 2021
Judgment
In re Article 27 (3) & (8) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010
- Question Presented
- Whether failure to enact the two-third gender rule despite Court orders to do so calls for dissolvement of the Parliament.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 21, 2020
- Date added
- Oct 2, 2020
Judgment
Suryadharma Ali & M. Romahurmuziy v. General Election Commission
- Question Presented
- 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?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Indonesia
- Language of Decision
- Indonesian
- Date of decision
- Jun 3, 2013
- Date added
- Jul 15, 2020
Judgment
Together for the Change Without Formalizing Candidacies
- Question Presented
- Whether the when there is a vacancy in the candidate list and a legal framework for alternating candidate gender on the ballot, the substitute must be of the same gender as the deceased.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Country
- Argentina
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Nov 12, 2019
- Date added
- Jul 7, 2020
Judgment
In re Sixty-two deputies of the Group Popular Parliamentary of Congress
- Question Presented
- Whether Spain's gender quotas violate the Spanish Constitution (art. 3.7, 20.4-7)
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 2009
- Date added
- Jun 9, 2020
Judgment
Décision n° 98 407 DC du 14 janvier 1999 Conseil constitutionnel
- Question Presented
- Whether the Electoral Code provision requiring parity between male and female candidates violates the French Constitution?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Date of decision
- Jan 14, 1999
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2019
Judgment
Décision n° 2001 445 DC du 19 juin 2001 Conseil constitutionnel
- Question Presented
- Whether section 33 of the French Institutional Act violates the Constitution.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- English
- French
- Date of decision
- Jun 19, 2001
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2019
Judgment
Décision n° 2015 465 QPC du 24 avril 2015 Conseil constitutionnel
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- France
- Language of Decision
- French
- Date of decision
- Apr 24, 2015
- Date added
- Jul 25, 2019
Judgment
Huarte-Mendicoa v. Basque Parliament Act
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Jan 19, 2009
- Date added
- Jul 23, 2019
Judgment
Popular Parliamentary Group of Congress of Deputies (Review of Law)
- Question Presented
- Whether the ballot parity is sufficiently remedied in the voter pool. Whether such quotas are constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Spain
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Feb 29, 2008
- Date added
- Jul 23, 2019
Judgment
Mexico SUP JDC 304 2018
- Question Presented
- 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.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Gender
- Quotas
- Country
- Mexico
- Language of Decision
- Spanish
- Date of decision
- Jun 21, 2018
- Date added
- Jul 16, 2019
Judgment
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