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Victor Paul Borg, 26 May 2022
No celebration for gender-corrective mechanism adding 12 women MPs to Malta’s ineffective parliamentVictor Paul Borg, 19 February 2021
Malta’s proposed gender top-up system: Good intentions, questionable means? 
In Malta, constitutional court allows continuation of case challenging parliamentary gender quotas8 March 2022
The Constitutional Court has upheld an appeal filed by independent candidate Arnold Cassola and ordered the continuation of a case in which he is challenging th…
In Malta, government receives Venice Commission opinion on proposed reforms3 June 2021
Proposed reforms in how fines are dished out by regulatory authorities should be implemented through a constitutional amendment, rather than an amendment to the…
Op-ed: Bill presented by Malta's government undermines the constitution and rule of law4 March 2021
The Constitutional Court of Malta, in line with the consistent and well-established case law of the European Court of Human Rights, has ruled on several occasio…
In Malta, proposed gender corrective mechanism clears second reading in parliament19 January 2021
A corrective electoral mechanism to boost the number of women MPs has cleared the second stage in parliament with support from both sides of the House.
Parlia…
Malta's electoral commission to be gender-balanced in the future12 January 2021
Changes are in the pipeline so that Malta’s all-male Electoral Commission will be more gender balanced in the future.
As things stand today, the Electoral Com…
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