Welcome to the Electoral Risk and Management Tool (the 'Tool' as further described in clause 23.1), which is owned and operated by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance ('International IDEA'). International IDEA is an intergovernmental, non-profit organization established by international treaty and funded by its member states. For more information on our organization, please visit our website http://www.idea.int/about/.
This database provides an overview of case decisions governing Special Voting Arrangements (SVAs) from countries around the world.
Cases and case categories have been chosen to illustrate some of the common roles that courts and other tribunals at the sub-national, national, or international level may play in the governance of SVAs as part of an overall electoral legal framework.
Some of the common purposes that decisions fulfill include the following:
This tool allows interactive exploring of all global(*) data presented on the Special Voting Arrangements page
Choose the SVAs of your interest from the drop down menu on the top right of the chart and see which countries are using the selected SVAs
The questionnaire is a guide to drive, focus and target the collection of structured information for analysis.
Each of the nine guiding questions results from the intersection between a democratic principle and a stage of the policy process.
How [principle] is the [duty bearer] to the [claim holder/s] for the [duty at policy stage]?
Each guiding question is then broken down into four issues. The issues to look for section provides further guidance on the specific aspects an assessor needs to investigate.
