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Jupica vs Nec
- Question Presented
- Whether the postponement of the Liberian elections to a date when the Ebola threat was still ongoing was unconstitutional?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Electoral Administration Irregularities
- EMB Independence
- Health Concerns & Election Administration
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jan 13, 2016
Judgment
National Elections Commission v. Siebo
- Question Presented
- Whether the respondent lost his right to appeal the Review Panel rejection of his application when he failed to meet the Election Commission’s deadline.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Sep 19, 2017
Judgment
Karnwea v. National Elections Commission
- Question Presented
- Whether an investigation is necessary to prohibit a candidate from running when they allegedly do not meet the qualifications? Whether the Election Commission may go beyond the statutorily prescribed penalties for not meeting a qualification?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Candidate Registration
- Civil Procedure
- EMB Independence
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Jul 20, 2017
Judgment
National Elections Commission v. Brumskine
- Question Presented
- Should elections be annulled when there were late openings of polls, changes of polling stations, inaccurate voter registration lists, and an absence of queue controllers?
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Electoral Integrity
- Voter Registration
- Country
- Liberia
- Language of Decision
- English
- Date of decision
- Dec 7, 2017
Judgment
GUARDE: Directrices para la comprension y resolucion de conflictos electorales
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trimestral -‐ Liberia: Programa de empoderamiento de los
partidos políticos 5 (2005) [en lo sucesivo, el Informe de CEPPS/IRI sobre Liberia], disponible
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- Spanish
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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- International Treaty
- 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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Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles,
Tanzania, Togo and Uganda at the
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
- Language
- English
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Election Investigations Guidebook
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Moldova No. 81/667 of July
12, 1997, art. 65–68 (Moldova); Election Comm’n of Liberia, Complaints Regulations ¶ 6 (2005); Haiti Const. art. 183 (2005); Law
No.
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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Safeguarding Health and Elections
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successful elections, such
as the U.S. during the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918,8 Liberia during the Ebola outbreak of 20149 and,
very recently, South Korea during
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- COVID-19 (Postponement and Accessibility)
- Language
- English
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GUARDE: Guidelines for Understanding, Adjudicating, and Resolving Disputes in Elections
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08]] Republican Institute, Quarterly Report- Liberia: Political Party Empowerment Program 5 (2005) [hereinafter CEPPS/IRI Liberia Report], available at http://pdf.dec.
org/pdf_docs/PDACF452
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results
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arde_final_publication_0.pdf.
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“Liberia court authorises presidential runoff with conditions,” The Punch newspaper, December 7, 2017,
https://punchng.com/liberia-court-authorises-presidential-runoff-with-conditions/
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Annulments
- Language
- English
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When Are Elections Good Enough? Validating or Annulling Election Results
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arde_final_publication_0.pdf.
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“Liberia court authorises presidential runoff with conditions,” The Punch newspaper, December 7, 2017,
https://punchng.com/liberia-court-authorises-presidential-runoff-with-conditions/
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Annulments
- Language
- English
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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
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Heads of State and Government at its
Sixteenth Ordinary Session held in Monrovia, Liberia, from 17 to 20 July 1979 on the
preparation of a "preliminary draft on an
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- International Treaty
- Language
- English
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The Hierarchy of Laws: Understanding and Implementing the Legal Frameworks that Govern Elections
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changes require a very high proportion of approval by state
legislatures. In Liberia, a two-thirds referendum majority is needed for amendments, and in 2011 three
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Electoral Fraud
- Language
- English
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Appeals declared by the Political Party "Dignity and Truth Platform" and the electoral candidate Andrei Năstase, by Political Party "Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova" and by the Electoral Council of the Chisinau Municipal Electoral District No. 1
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Chişinău, voință care constituie
baza puterii de stat, fiind exprimată prin alegeri libere și directe. Statul trebuie să
garanteze exprimarea voinţei cetăţenilor prin apărarea principiilor
- Question Presented
- Whether the 2018 mayoral election in Chisinau were appropriately annulled due to violations of the electoral silence period on election day.
- Legal Issue(s)
- Disputing Results
- Social Media
- Country
- Moldova
- Language of Decision
- Romanian
- Date of decision
- Jun 25, 2018
Judgment
The Resolution of Election Disputes: Legal Principles That Control Election Challenges
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book grew out of a series of seminars that were presented in Monrovia, Liberia, in late July, 2005.
In the seminars, United States state court decisions
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- Legal Issue and/or Topic
- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
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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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different
mechanism was therefore needed for their implementation.21 According to Liberia, it
13 GAOR, sixth session, 1951-1952, Third Committee, doc. A/C.3/SR.365,
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- Election Dispute Resolution
- Language
- English
- Portuguese
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