The election super year is marked by more fear than hope – due to the rise of the right, the strengthening of autocracies and political elites who, lacking solutions to crises and conflicts, are putting the rule of law on the back burner. A Donald Trump victory would push the issue of democracy out of…
Read the full speech of Svetlana Slapšak, at the International Conference “In Effect, Do We Elect?” in Belgrade held on 23. October 2024. Ochlocracy is a Greek compound word meaning “rule of the mob,” first used by the ancient Greek historian Polybius. Here, I use it as an operational term to describe the current mode…
Read the full speech of Vukosava Crnjanski, Crta’s Director, at the International Conference “In Effect, Do We Elect?” in Belgrade held on 23. October 2024. Dear guests and allies, Thank you for being here and for joining us in trying to make this a good conference, to do something meaningful for elections – here,…
Super election year. Around 3.7 billion people will be voting in 2024. Do these numbers bring more fear or hope? The conference will address the issues of electoral processes and the crisis of electoral democracy, bringing together dozens of academic researchers, experts from various fields, engaged intellectuals, and activists from Serbia and around the world….
As a member of the Working Group for the Improvement of the Electoral Process, organized by the National Assembly of Serbia, CRTA has prepared and submitted its proposal for the Draft Law on Amendments and Supplements to the Law on the Unified Voters’ Register on May 13, 2024. Members of the Working Group received a…
Draft Law on Supplements to the Law on the Unified Voter Register, which CRTA submitted to the Working Group for the Improvement of the Electoral Process of the National Assembly of Serbia, on May 13, 2024. *The translation of the document is not available in English.
The elections for the members of the Assembly of the City of Belgrade, held on June 2, 2024, were marked by a decline in electoral integrity and quality, the rule of law, and the democratic capacity of society. Due to the boycott by a part of the opposition and a record low turnout, the lowest…
The elections for the Assembly of the City of Belgrade were devastating regarding the integrity and quality of the elections, the rule of law and the democratic capacity of society. Around 200,000 fewer voters got out to vote compared to December, and despite a convincing majority that will form the Belgrade government, its legitimacy will…
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