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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

There was an effective means of seeking redress for violations concerning boundary delimitation and the electoral system


Election Parts

  • Electoral System and Boundary Delimitation

Issues

  • Right to an Effective Remedy
Summaries
  • Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by a competent national tribunal for acts that violate his or her rights or freedoms.
  • Individuals must have the right to a remedy for violation of their participatory rights relating to the election process.
  • Remedy should be available for complaints arising throughout the electoral process.
  • States must enforce a remedy when granted.
  • Delimitation of boundaries requires remedies that sufficiently equalize the ratio between population and representation and/or ensure that constituencies as drawn do not discriminate.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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