nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/12c1e1bc8ee0dd22 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241006s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/12c1e1bc8ee0dd22 doi eng 342 23 Dias, Sanjit Author aut Thinking Outside the (Ballot) Box - On the Sri Lankan Supreme Court's Election Commission Decision Dias, Sanjit Verfassungsblog 2024-10-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is riding a wave of praise after completing a peaceful presidential election on 21st September 2024. Less than a month before, however, the commission was found responsible for a breach of fundamental rights for its failure to conduct local government elections scheduled for 2023. This blogpost argues that the landmark decision sends a strong signal to all guarantor institutions in Sri Lanka to maintain their independence and to use their powers to discharge their functions. CC BY-SA 4.0 Election Commission Election law Fourth Branch Sri Lanka (DE-588)4009696-8 gnd Sri Lanka Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/thinking-outside-the-ballot-box/ raw object