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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Everyone was treated equally before the law and courts


Election Parts

  • Electoral Dispute Resolution

Issues

  • Freedom from Discrimination and Electoral Dispute Resolution
Summaries
  • Equality before the courts includes equality in arms and equal access to the courts.
  • The guarantee to equality before the courts extends to judicial bodies entrusted with any judicial task (including customary and religious courts).
  • Fees that de facto prevent access to the courts may violate the obligation of equal access to the courts.
  • Procedures for the filing and adjudication of disputes must be understandable and easily accessible to all parties.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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