Last instance body dealing with electoral disputes
Iceland
The Parliamentary Elections Act does notspecify any possibility to appeal decisions regarding candidate listsregistration taken by the NEC. However, the OSCE report below suggests thatArticle 70 of the Constitution might open up a possibility to bring up suchissues to a court of law. Since (1) this possibility has never been attemptedand (2) the article is expressed only in general terms leaving it up to thecourts to interpret and (3) the Parliamentary Elections Act does not include anact on the possibility to appeal decisions by the NEC, this act should not beseen as a real method to appeal but rather as a hypothetical possibility.
OSCEfinal report 2013 Icelandic parliamentary elections, p. 18
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/103053
TheConstitution provides the right of recourse to an independent and impartialcourt of law within a reasonable time [Article 70]. However, the PEA [ParliamentaryElections Act] does not clearly prescribe any judicial appeal against decisionsregarding voter and candidate lists registration taken by the municipalauthorities and the NEC, respectively. The admissibility of such recourses hasnever been determined since no such complaint has ever been filed to the court.
Constitutionof the Republic of Iceland (Stj?rnarskr? l??veldisins ?slands), (published 1944-06-17,last amended 1999-06-24)
http://www.kosning.is/english/laws-and-regulations/constitution/
Everyone shall, for the determination of his rights and obligations or in theevent of a criminal charge against him, be entitled, following a fair trial andwithin a reasonable time, to the resolution of an independent and impartialcourt of law. A hearing by a court of law shall take place in public, except ifthe judge decides otherwise as provided for by law in the interest of morals,public order, the security of the State or the interests of the parties.
Everyone charged with criminal conduct shall be presumed innocent until provenguilty.
