dismissal of candidacy, the nullification of election results, or jail time.40 Mexico – one of only six countries in the world that has reached gender parity

72 IFES Practitioner Brief on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections Mexico Mexico is an example of how ADR can make the electoral justice system more

(cases concerning candidate registration), Azerbaijan, Estonia, Latvia, Mexico. Andorra, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Ireland, Mexico, Ukraine. In Andorra, concerning disputes related to candidate

the Superior Chamber of the Federal Electoral Tribunal of Mexico in which the Green Party of Mexico and various famous people, including athletes, musicians, and

Analyzing litigation from France to Samoa and Kenya to Mexico, this paper explores on the legal questions

Instituto Nacional Electoral, Mexico

Electoral Institute, the institutional body in charge of organizing the elections in Mexico at the federal level and coordinating voting processes at the sub-national level

decision in the Inter – American Court of Human Rights Castañeda Gutman v Mexico, Judgment of 6 August 2008 Series C No 184 to the effect that

Alabama (8), Alaska (1), Delaware (1), Hawaii (2), Nevada (1), New Mexico (2), Vermont (1), and Wyoming (1). In addition, Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan

Electoral Legislation of Mexico, Opinion No. 680 / 2012 CDL-AD(2013)021, http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2013)021-e. 14 While judicial interlocutors in Mexico have told us

candidates and Mexico City mayoral candidates, with the exception of one party. Through these discussions ‒ which were the first-ever in Mexico between presidential

(1980) (any elector can contest results); N.M. STAT. ANN. §1-14-1 (2004) (New Mexico statute allows a candidate to contest the results of an election in court)

GAOR, A/54/40 (vol. I), p. 67, para. 350. See also as to Mexico, insofar as there was no independent body to investigate the substantial

Case of Cabrera García and Montiel Flores v. Mexico, para. 201; Case of Rosendo Cantú et al. v. Mexico. Preliminary objection, merits, reparations and costs.

Justice José Luis Vargas Valdez Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico Founder of the Global Network on Electoral Justice International Foundation for Electoral

MAURITANIA: POUR LA MAURITANIE: 3a POR MAURITAMA: FOR MEXICO: POUR LE MEXIQUE: S: PS If: 3a MeKCHicy: POR MEXICO: FOR MONACO: POUR MONACO: 3a POR MONACO:

Mission, Mexico PresIdential and Parliamentary Elections Final Report 50 (2006) [hereinafter E.U. Mexico Report], available at http://aceproject.org/regionsen/countries-and-territories/MX/reports/mexico-presIden

]  y   parlamentarias  de  México  50  (2006)  [en  lo  sucesivo,    el  informe  de  México],   http://aceproject.org/regionsen/countries-­‐and-­‐territories/MX/reports/mexico-­‐presIdential-­‐and-­‐parliamentary-­‐

have facilitated democratic development and strengthened electoral justice institutions in Mexico are closely linked to the dialogue between national and international instances.

spoiled ballot papers. 21 Some countries – including Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru – require complainants to attach supporting documentary evidence to

specifically, the right to register as an independent candidate. Castañeda Gutman v. Mexico, Case 12.535, Rep. No. 113/06, Inter-Am. Comm’n H.R. ¶¶ 92,40 (2008). 48

Manuel González Oropeza Justice of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico 7 1. Introduction Overview Elections are central to establishing a legitimate democratic

Electoral Legislation of Mexico, Opinion No. 680 / 2012 CDL-AD(2013)021, http://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2013)021-e. 14 While judicial interlocutors in Mexico have told us

presidential elections as mandated by law Mexico 2006 Electoral Court of the Judicial Branch of the Federation of Mexico Recount of votes ordered in presidential

Drawing on comparative examples across six countries (Mexico, Tunisia, Kenya, Macedonia, Kosovo and the