IZBORNA PRAVDA: ovde, sada, sutra [SLUČAJ SRBIJA]
ELECTORAL JUSTICE: HERE, NOW, TOMORROW [THE CASE OF SERBIA]

Contributor(s): Bojan Klačar (Editor), Emilija Orestijević (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Civil Society, Governance, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: CeSID
Keywords: Serbia; Elections; electoral process ; ODIHR; Transparency
Summary/Abstract: Resolving electoral disputes is one of the most sensitive aspects of the electoral process and has a decisive bearing on the integrity of elections. Nevertheless, this issue has rarely commanded the attention of the broadest Serbian public due to both its opacity as a narrowly technical field and the (perhaps excessive) emphasis on other topics, primarily the role of the media and events on Election Day. Electoral justice has thus often been confined to a limited circle of lawyers or those with close knowledge of the electoral process. The topic has gained in importance given the context in which Serbian elections take place: firstly, Serbia is yet to develop and build stable electoral procedures and institutions (the country has seen a basically normalized electoral process only in the past 20 years, even though it displays traits of a deepseated traditional political culture nurtured in socialist Yugoslavia during the time of political monism), and, secondly, electoral law remains deeply influenced by political parties and organisations (with the electoral administration particularly strongly affected), which makes it difficult to promote public trust in elections and the electoral process as a whole.

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