Election Obligations & Standards Database

Summary

Legislation should define procedures for appeal against decisions of the independent monitoring body.

Obligations

State Must Take Necessary Steps to Give Effect to Rights

Election Parts

Candidacy and Campaigning

Issues

Independent Body to Monitor Campaign Finances

Criteria

The state took steps to provide for independent monitoring of campaign and political financing

Quotes

With regard to the monitoring agency, legislation on political finance should determine: the procedures for appeals against decisions of the agency.
The regulatory body itself should be subject to legal accountability, either through administrative law or by other means.
Where sanctions are imposed, it is essential that the sanctioned parties have the right to appeal and have recourse to a fair hearing by an impartial tribunal that can provide an effective remedy.
Where sanctions are imposed, it is essential that the sanctioned parties have the right to appeal and have recourse to a fair hearing by an impartial tribunal that can provide an effective remedy.