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Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

The requirement to take steps to give effect to human rights is unqualified and of immediate effect.


Obligations

  • State Must Take Necessary Steps to Give Effect to Rights

Election Parts

  • Legal Framework
  • Voting Operations
  • Electoral Dispute Resolution

Issues

  • The Right to an Effective Remedy, Including Challenging Election Results
  • Right to an Effective Remedy and Voting Operations
  • International Human Rights Obligations and the Legal Framework

Criteria

  • The state took the steps necessary to give effect to rights during the electoral process, including through the dispute resolution process
  • Steps were taken to prevent and punish fraud and electoral offenses
  • The legal framework for elections included the protection of fundamental rights and made international obligations domestically binding

Quotes

  • The requirement under article 2, paragraph 2, to take steps to give effect to the Covenant rights is unqualified and of immediate effect. A failure to comply with this obligation cannot be justified by reference to political, social, cultural or economic considerations within the State.
EOS EOS

Election Obligations & Standards Database

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