168. The Court also held in its interpretation judgment that the Respondent State sought the Court's opinion on how to implement the order of the Court to make the electoral law compliant with the aforementioned human rights instruments, which, “in the Court's view, is the responsibility of the State of Céte d'Ivoire”. 169. The Court further notes that in Africa there is a great diversity in terms of the structure and composition of independent and impartial electoral bodies.'® Generally, these characteristics depend on the specificity of each country taking into account their respective legal, administrative and political history. 170. The Court accordingly finds that it is not incumbent on it to impose a one-sizefits-all solution on the structure and composition of the electoral bodies across the continent. adopted However, the by the Respondent Court the still consider whether the new State is no longer in violation of the human instruments mentioned in paragraph will first consider must different law rights 12 of this judgment. Therefore, the Court criteria that may affect the electoral body’s independence and impartiality. Then, in the subsequent sections it will consider the electoral body’s institutional independence and its credibility as revealed through its reform process. The members of the electoral body 171. With Court regard to the composition holds, contrary of the Respondent to the Applicants’ claim, State’s electoral body the that having political parties represented in an electoral body does not necessarily exclude the possibility for it to offer sufficient guarantees of its independence and impartiality. However, as the Court noted in its judgement in APDH v Céte d'Ivoire (merits), “for such a body to be able to reassure the public about its ability to organise transparent, 14 Actions pour la Protection des Droits de l'Homme (APDH) v. Céte d'ivoire (interpretation) (2017) 2 AfCLR 14, § 16. 15 See, for example, Electoral Commissions in West Africa - a Comparative Study (ECOWAS Electoral Assistance Unit and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, 2011), Election Management Bodies in Southern Africa Comparative study of the electoral commissions’ contribution to electoral processes (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa and Electoral Commissions Forum — SADC Countries, 2016), Electoral Management Design (International IDEA, 2014). 37