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"The duty to substantiate the judgment constitutes part of the right to defense since the interested party can only appeal the decision adequately if he can refute the legal grounds on which the decision is based."

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OAS: Observing Electoral Justice Systems: A Manual for OAS Election Observation Missions, p. 26

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Observing Electoral Justice Systems: A Manual for OAS Election Observation Missions

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The judgment, findings, and evidence of judicial proceedings and legal reasoning of the judgment must be made public except in cases involving juveniles and/or matrimonial disputes.