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Freedom Front Plus v. Electoral Commission of South Africa
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Operation
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Apr 29, 2019
Judgment
New Nation Movement NPC and Others v President of the Republic of South Africa
- Question Presented
- Whether the requirement of political party membership for candidate eligibility is constitutional.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 11, 2020
Judgment
My Vote Counts NPC v. Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
- Question Presented
- Is the current Promotion of Access to Information Act unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Campaign Finance
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 21, 2018
Judgment
Kham v. Electoral Commission
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when the IEC did not provide timely access to voter rolls to the petitioners before elections?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Voter Registration
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Nov 1, 2015
Judgment
Inkatha Freedom Party v. Independent Electoral Commission
Country
South Africa
- Question Presented
- Whether alleged electoral illegalities were sufficient to require an investigation into the election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 14, 2001
Judgment
Plaaslike Besorgde Inwoners v. Independent Electoral Commission
Country
South Africa
- Question Presented
- Whether the municipal government elections for four wards in the George Local Municipality should be annulled due to alleged wrongs and irregularities in the voting and counting procedures.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 5, 2021
Judgment
Democratic Alliance v. Electoral Commission
Country
South Africa
- Question Presented
- Whether the Commission is able to make this determination and implement the enforcement action.
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Operation
- Country
- South Africa
- Language of Decision
- English
Judgment
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Elections: Practitioner Brief
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Chair of Electoral Court of South Africa
Eldred De Klerk, Project Manager, Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa
South Africa
Granville Abrahams, General Manager
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Budding Democracy or Judicialisation: Lessons from Africa’s Emerging Electoral Jurisprudence
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AFRICA JUDGES & JURISTS FORUM (AJJF)
158 Jan Smuts Avenue, Rosebank Johannesburg
South Africa
Email: info@africajurists.org
www.africajurists.org
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- Election Annulments
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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Electoral Justice: The International IDEA Handbook
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the Congo
Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa (EISA),
South Africa
Institute for Education in Democracy (IED), Kenya
VII
Instituto Federal Electoral
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- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
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Scrutiny in Electoral Disputes: A Kenyan Judicial Perspective
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2011, s. 6(1).
27 Countries such as the USA, Canada, Australia, India, and South Africa carry out scrutiny at various stages of their
respective electoral processes.
28
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- English
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Marube Ombeta, Kamotho Njenga v. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
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common law was
developed.
196. In South Africa, the Constitutional Court in President of the Republic of
South Africa and Others vs. South African Rugby
- 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
Judgment
Bench Book on Electoral Dispute Resolution
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v President of the Republic of South Africa & 3 Others (263/11) [2011] ZASCA 241
(Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa)
Dennis Gakuu Wahome v IEBC
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- Election Dispute Resolution
- Judicial Independence
- Legal Frameworks
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Language
- English
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In re Representation of People Act and the September 7, 2015 Elections.
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passage from a judgment of the
Constitutional Court of South Africa in President of the Republic of
South Africa and others v South African Rugby Football Union and
- Question Presented
- Whether the potential for Chief Justice bias is sufficient to overturn the dismissal of a petition challenging election results.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Electoral Integrity
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Feb 6, 2020
Judgment
Quinn Leandro v. Jonas
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Rule 1(7) of the Election Rules.
New National Party of South Africa v Government of the Republic of
South Africa. (1995) 5 BCLR 489,mentioned.
4. Notwithstanding that late
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Oct 27, 2010
Judgment
Mavedzenge v. Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
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court to the case of New National Party v Government
of the Republic of South Africa and Ors 1999 (3) SA 191 (CC) in which the South African
Constitutional Court
- Question Presented
- Applicant seeks declaration of constitutional invalidity of Electoral Act section 192(6), particularly striking the phrase "approved by the Minister" from the provision. Is the Minister's approval requirement tantamount to the ZEC being subject to his direction and control?
- Legal Issue(s)
- EMB Independence
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- May 31, 2018
Judgment
Timba v. Electoral Commission
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or
convenience arises.”(my emphasis)
1
2
“Civil Practice of the High Courts of South Africa”, 5th ed. at page 217
5th ed, ibid
Judgment No. SC 69/15 9
Civil
- Legal Issue(s)
- Civil Procedure
- Disputing Results
- Country
- Zimbabwe
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 9, 2014
Judgment
Odinga v. IEBC
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Attorney General further cited the decision of the Constitutional
Court of South Africa in Richter v. Minister for Home Affairs &
Others31 where it was pointed
- Question Presented
- Which party has the burden of proof to contest an election?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Country
- Kenya
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 1, 2017
Judgment
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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Nations — Treaty Series • Nations Unies — Recueil des Traités
277
FOR SOUTH AFRICA:
POUR L'AFRIQUE DU SUP:
3a lOatayio Atypassy:
POR SUDAFRICA:
FOR SPAIN:
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- International Treaty
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Election Investigations Guidebook
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voluntary but the one person who declined sent a
written response.170 In South Africa, the Election Commission may afford
interested parties the opportunity to make
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- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
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An Integrated Approach to Election and Conflict
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even in the face of irregularities or crises. This was the case in South Africa in 1994,
when the actual polling process exhibited a number of irregularities
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- Election Dispute Resolution
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- English
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Advocate Prem Chandra Rai vs Government of Nepal
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in that country. It seems that
countries like Afghanistan, Argentina, Hungary, South Africa, etc. have
given the opportunity to vote to citizens abroad through this
- Question Presented
- Whether Nepali citizens residing abroad should be given the opportunity to vote from the country in which they currently reside. Whether restricted voting rights on Nepali citizens living abroad violates the constitutional right to vote.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Accessibility
- Elections as a Fundamental Right
- Out of Country Voting
- Country
- Nepal
- Language of Decision
- Nepali
- Date of decision
- Mar 21, 2018
Judgment
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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Liberia, Nigeria,
Somalia, with subnational elections postponed in Botswana, Libya, South Africa,
Tunisia and Zimbabwe. Postponements varied considerably, from a one-month
delay
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
- Language
- English
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Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij v. the Netherlands
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Reformed tradition, in the Netherlands and
elsewhere (e.g. in Germany, North America, South Africa).
2 Romans 13:1: “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For
- Question Presented
- 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?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Gender
- Country
- Netherlands
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 10, 2012
Judgment
International Standards for the Independence of the Judiciary
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are
disadvantageous to judges (e.g. Constitution of Kenya, Art.
160; Constitution of South Africa, Art. 176), the constitution
need not stipulate what the remuneration and benefits
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Judicial Independence
- Language
- English
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ACHPR Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania
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Activity Report (2000-2001) and Communication No
255/2002 Gareth Anver Prince v South Africa Eighteenth Activity Report
(July 2004 –December 2004), the Commission has stated
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Regional Jurisprudence
- Violation of an International Treaty
- Language
- English
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GUARDE: Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections
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Mexico and parts of Eastern Europe, and certain African countries including South Africa, Mauritius, and Botswana.
The situation is different when it comes
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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Tanganyika Law Society v. Tanzania
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Report (2000-2001) and Communication No 255/
2002 Gareth Anver Prince v South Africa Eighteenth Activity Report
(July 2004 –December 2004), the Commission has stated
- Question Presented
- Whether the Tanzania regulation prohibiting independent candidates from seeking public office is unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Judicial Independence
- Country
- Tanzania. United Republic of
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jun 14, 2019
Judgment
Human Rights in the Administration of Justice: A Manual on Human Rights for Judges, Prosecutors, and Lawyers
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Franciscans International, the General Council of the Bar of South
Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa), the Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights
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- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
- Portuguese
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Electoral Justice for All: A Practitioner's Guide to Increasing Women's Access to Electoral Justice
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”
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Justice Mandisa Maya, Deputy Chief Justice
of the Republic of South Africa
marginalized groups, such as ethnic or religious minorities,
and at more
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- Electoral Inclusion
- Electoral Inclusion
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