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A decade of election observation; Is everything the same, worse, or better?
Today marks 10 years since the first elections we observed. Is that a short or a long time? In some ways, it feels short because few, if any, of the key problems in the electoral process have been resolved. Long – because many of those problems have deepened or, (if you will forgive the immodesty)…
Analysis of Proposed Electoral Law Amendments
On April 21, 2026, proposals to amend four laws entered parliamentary procedure: the Law on the Election of Members of Parliament, the Law on Local Elections, the Law on the Constitutional Court, and the Law on the Election of the President of the Republic. The Law on Prevention of Corruption and the Law on Financing…
Report on Election Day Observation – Local Elections 2026
CRTA deployed 10 limited-capacity observation missions, applying a methodology grounded in international principles and standards for citizen election observation. The observation was organised through mobile teams, in line with short-term observation practices, which are based on wide territorial coverage and direct monitoring of election day proceedings, but without continuous presence at all polling stations. Throughout…
Report on the Long-Term Observation of the 2026 Local Elections
Local elections scheduled for 29 March 2026, in 10 local self-government units (LSGs) are taking place in an environment of prolonged political polarization, heightened tensions, and practices that undermine the equality of electoral participants. On election day, CRTA will observe voting in all 10 LSGs. Observation missions will be organised according to a unified methodology…
CRTA’s address at the joint hearing of the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
Serbia today is increasingly described by citizens as Ćaciland. What is Ćaciland – this impossible-to-translate word? It refers to the space between the Presidency and the National Assembly, in the very centre of the capital, where individuals with serious criminal records, including war crimes, camp and operate openly. They physically and verbally attack journalists, activists,…
Due to violence by criminals and the unlawful conduct by the police, CRTA’s Election Observation Mission in Mionica has been suspended.
Since the safety of our observers has been seriously endangered, we have decided to abolish the CRTA’s Observation Mission in Mionica and withdraw our observers from all polling stations and mobile teams. We made this decision after a mobile team of CRTA’s female observers in Mionica was attacked by a group of unidentified men. They…
Local elections: CRTA in Mionica at all polling stations; in Negotin and Sečanj with legal and mobile teams
CRTA will be among the citizens voting on November 30 – in Mionica and Negotin…
CRTA address in Bundestag: Serbia, a democratic crisis with European implications
Honourable Members of the Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to address…
Majority for Elections, Majority for Change
Almost two thirds of citizens think that the calling of early elections would be a…
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Democratic culture
Because politics is not just for politicians. It is our human and citizen right to participate in the processes of making decisions which influence our lives. A dialogue has no alternative.
Free and fair elections
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