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Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether the elections of the Shura Council, Upper House, exceed the bodies authority and whether and actions taken by the body are consequently unconstitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 3, 2013
Judgment
Elections in Egypt: Implications of Recent Court Decisions on the Electoral Framework
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Legal Frameworks
- Language
- English
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Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed
- Question Presented
- Where the constituency representation scheme violates the reasonableness standard.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Integrity
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Mar 15, 2015
Judgment
Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
- Question Presented
- Whether closed party lists and a first past the post system discriminates against independent candidates?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Electoral Integrity
- Voting Systems (Winner-take-all, proportional, etc.)
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 14, 2012
Judgment
Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law.
- Question Presented
- Whether the proposed provisions are constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Maps and Districting
- Vote Form Irregularities
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 13, 2013
Judgment
Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights.
- Question Presented
- Whether the draft law adheres to the current constitutional political protections.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Vote Verification and Transmission
- Country
- Egypt
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 26, 2013
Judgment
Preserving Electoral Integrity During an Infodemic
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COVID-19 to bolster the
strength and legitimacy of the regime in power. In Egypt, for example, state propaganda spread a
narrative that COVID-19 was a Western
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
- Language
- English
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An Integrated Approach to Election and Conflict
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a wider conflict assessment lens to our PETAs, as was done
in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. It is important to keep in mind that conflict analysis is
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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The Right to Participate in the Government of One's Country in the Context of an Election Held During a Public Health Emergency or a Pandemic, Such as the COVID-19 Crisis, No. 001/2020, Advisory Opinion, African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights [Afr. Ct. H.P.R.] (July 16, 2021).
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Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo
Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
- Language
- English
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International Standards for the Independence of the Judiciary
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the June 2013 draft Constitution
do not change this position, and, as in Egypt, maintain the
status quo under which civilians can be tried “for military
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Judicial Independence
- Language
- English
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GUARDE: Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections
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Rights), Al-JarIda Al Rasmiyya, 1956 arts. 39-51 (Egypt); see also PresIdent of the Arab Republic of Egypt Legislative
Decree No. 220 of 1994 (To Amend
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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Equal Access: How to Include Persons with Disabilities in Elections and Political Processes
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regional examples and assist in drafting more inclusive
laws. For example, in Egypt, IFES conducted an election law review and provided comments to the EMB
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Accessibility
- Language
- English
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Ngandu v. Congo
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60. Sur l’article 56(7) et la litispendance, voir entre autres,
Njoku c. Egypte Communication 40/90 et Gunme c. Cameroun op. cit.
10 La Commission a reconnu
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
- Language
- French
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Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors, and Lawyers
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at
eradicating female circumcision in public health care.40
With regard to Egypt, the same Committee welcomed the Minister of Health’s
Decree of 1996
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
- Portuguese
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Manuel de Capitalisation des Bonnes Pratiques en Matière de Contentieux Électoral dans l'Espace Francophone
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Congo
• République démocratique du Congo • Côte d’Ivoire • Djibouti • Dominique • Égypte • Ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine • France • France–Nouvelle-Calédonie • Gabon •
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- French
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GUARDE: Directrices para la comprension y resolucion de conflictos electorales
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ejercicio de los derechos políticos), Al-‐JarIda Al Rasmiyya,
1956 arts. 39-‐51 (Egypt); consulte también el Decreto Legislativo del Presidente de la República
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- Spanish
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Gandhi v. Narain
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Korea and north Vietnam all call themselves democracies. So
does Nasser's Egypt: so does General Stoessner's Paraguay; so did Sukarno's
Indonesia. Yet,
- Question Presented
- Whether legislative acts passed during the appeals process may be retroactively applied to validate an election currently in the courts.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- India
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 11, 1975
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