Brazilian Superior Electoral Court Denies Accreditation to Transparencia Electoral for 2026 Elections

The Brazilian Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), the country's highest electoral authority, has denied accreditation to Transparencia Electoral to send an international observation mission to the 2026 general elections, although the same organization had been accredited for the 2022 elections. This was reported in a statement from the Latin American NGO, specialized in electoral observation, which defines the decision as "arbitrary" and without adequate legal basis.

According to Transparencia Electoral, currently present massively to monitor the elections in Sweden, during the procedure requests were informally made that were not foreseen by the legislation, including the reduction of the delegation and the waiving of the contribution paid by the participants to cover the logistical costs of the missions.

The NGO claims that election observation in Brazil is only regulated by a 2021 TSE resolution and asks Parliament to approve a law on the matter.

It also underlines that Tse himself had recognized his independence and technical capacity in 2022. Transparencia Electoral also announced that it is considering an appeal to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICHR).