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"States should ensure that violations of human rights and complaints relating to the electoral process are determined promptly within the timeframe of the electoral process and effectively by an independent and impartial authority, such as an electoral commission or the courts."

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IPU: Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections, art. 4(9)

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Declaration on Criteria for Free and Fair Elections

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In the determination of suits at law the independence and impartiality of tribunals is an absolute right.
States have a duty to provide appropriate judicial and administrative means for addressing claims of rights violations.