consideration should be given to requiring institutions to make all documents in their
possession available to the public within reasonable periods of time. This ties in with
the finding of the legal review that it would be beneficial to develop binding guidelines for
local electoral commissions, patterned after best regional or global practices, to
enumerate all documents that would have to be published (such as primary and secondary
legislation, decisions, activity calendars, electoral lists, summaries of meeting transcripts,
election results and the like) and the time limits for doing so, and in particular emphasizing the
need for regular publication of objections filed and rulings made in response to them.
3.2.5. Compliance of the Serbian EDR process with international principles: conclusion
For clarity, the findings showing the extent of compliance with international principles
discussed in the foregoing sections are summarized in the Table below.
Table 3.2.5.1. Compliance of the Serbian electoral dispute resolution process with international
principles
Principle
Score*
Key strength
Key weakness
Fairness
2
Broad-based, adequate right to file
objections; awareness of
proceedings
Political character and composition
of authorities and lack of
appropriate fact-finding
Efficiency
3
Efficient adjudication of objections
and disputes without undue delay
Short time limits for adjudicating
objections and disputes
3
Broad-based, adequate right to file
objections and lodge appeals / seek
judicial review; availability of duly
justified decisions
Inadequate application of remedies /
inadequate legal regulation
2
Public availability of decisions/rulings
adopted by the REC and the
Administrative Court
Inability to access all information in
real time; lack of transparency of
local bodies
Effectiveness
Transparency
* Compliance score on a scale from 1 to 4, where 1 meant ‘not at all’, 2 meant ‘mostly no’, 3
meant ‘mostly yes’, and 4 meant ‘completely yes’
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