Election Obligations & Standards Database

Criterion

Key aspects of the election process were enshrined in law at the highest level (e.g., the electoral system was enshrined in the constitution)

Election Parts

Legal Framework

Issues

International Human Rights Obligations and the Legal Framework

Summaries

The fundamental aspects of the electoral law should be enshrined in the constitution or at another level higher than ordinary law.
Subsidiary legislation should lay out clear and precise regulations and administrative instructions for the electoral process.