A searchable collection of all domestic and international reports referenced and analyzed on CRTA+.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty visited Serbia from 18 to 21 May 2026 and issued an end-of-visit statement documenting a broad deterioration of the human rights situation. The Commissioner expressed concern over increasing violence and intimidation against journalists and civil society actors, noting that only five of approximately 200 documented attacks […]
On 11 April 2026, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media issued a statement marking the 27th anniversary of the murder of Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija, who was shot dead outside his Belgrade home on 11 April 1999.The statement noted that Serbia’s Supreme Court, acting in a Protection of Legality procedure, found multiple serious […]
Serbia ranked 104th out of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) 2025 World Press Freedom Index, falling 8 places from the previous year. The report finds that while Serbia has some high-quality investigative journalism recognized internationally for its work on crime and corruption, it operates in a media environment shaped by rampant disinformation and […]
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a statement by High Commissioner Volker Türk expressing serious concern over the deteriorating state of civic space in Serbia. The statement follows a pattern of increasing restrictions affecting civil society organisations, journalists, and citizens exercising their right to peaceful protest.Türk specifically highlighted […]
The findings of the observation mission suggest that, while many technical aspects of the voting process were carried out in accordance with legal provisions, the broader conditions in which the elections took place raise serious concerns about the integrity of the process. Incidents recorded outside polling stations — including violence, intimidation, and the presence of […]
Serbia’s democratic trajectory continued to decline during the period covered by the BTI 2026 Country Report (February 2023 – January 2025). The report, published by the Bertelsmann Stiftung as part of its global assessment of transformation toward democracy and a market economy across 137 countries, documents the consolidation of political control by President Aleksandar Vučić […]
Serbia scored 53 out of 100 in Freedom House’s Freedom in the World 2025 report, a drop of 3 points from the previous year’s score of 56, retaining its Partly Free status. The score breaks down into 18 out of 40 for political rights and 35 out of 60 for civil liberties. Three individual indicator […]
Serbia has been classified as an electoral autocracy since 2014, when democracy broke down under President Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), according to the V-Dem Institute’s 2025 Democracy Report. Serbia’s autocratization episode began from a position of liberal democracy, making the deterioration particularly stark. Elections are no longer considered free and fair. […]
A total of 208 violations were documented during the year – more than double the 84 cases recorded in 2024 – affecting 358 media workers or entities. Serbia accounted for the largest number of recorded cases among EU member states and candidate countries and was identified as a media freedom “crisis point” in the region.Verbal […]
