The state violated the Convention on Human Rights in parliamentary elections

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The state violated the Convention on Human Rights in parliamentary elections

The European Court of Human Rights concluded in a judgment handed down this morning that the Icelandic state violated the European Convention on Human Rights in the 2021 parliamentary elections, following a recount of votes in the North-West constituency. Magnús Davíð Norðdahl and Guðmundur Gunnarsson, who would have entered Parliament on the basis of the first published count of votes but did not do so after the recount of votes, took the matte…