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Mohamed v. Chairman of High Elections Commission

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Egypt
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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
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Elections in Egypt: Implications of Recent Court Decisions on the Electoral Framework

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Elections in Egypt: Implications of Recent Court Decisions on the Electoral Framework
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Legal Issue and/or Topic
  • Legal Frameworks
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  • English
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Abdel-Razeq v. Ahmed

Country
Egypt
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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
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Mustafa v. Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces

Country
Egypt
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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
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Shura Council Speaker's request for constitutional review of the drafted law.

Country
Egypt
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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
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Shura Council Speaker request for constitutional review of the draft law regulating the exercise of political rights.

Country
Egypt
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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
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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)
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  • 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
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  • 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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  • COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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