2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode ABSTRACT: The task of the criminal procedure defined in terms of clarifying and re- solving the main case of a criminal proceedings – criminal matter (causa criminalis) is achieved by the application of legally standardized basic procedural principles. The possibility given to the parties in a criminal pro- ceedings to actively participate in it represents one of the basic features of the accusatory system of criminal proceedings. The principle of con- tradiction refers to the right of any procedural party to declare itself to the procedural actions of the opposing party before the competent court bases its decision on these procedural actions. The principle of contradiction is one of the general elements of the right to a fair trial. Therefore, the right of contradiction (contradicere) opposing the allegations of the other party is, together with the principle of immediacy, in a direct function of achieving the principle of a fair trial in our legal system. It is present during the whole criminal proceedings, but it mostly becomes prominent to expressing the evidence at the main trial. The Code of Criminal Procedure of Republic of Serbia has explicitly not envisaged the principle of contradiction. How- ever, in addition of being involved in the main trial, as the main phase of the criminal proceedings, this principle extends through the entire criminal procedure, both the first instance and the second instance. Although not explicitly proclaimed in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the principle of contradiction has developed in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights as a general element of the right to a fair trial. REZIME: Zadatak krivičnog postupka definisan u smislu rasvetljavanja i rešavanja glavnog predmeta krivičnog postupka – krivične stvari (causa criminalis) ostvaruje se upravo primenom pravno normiranih osnovnih procesnih načela. Zakonom priznata mogućnost krivičnoprocesnih stranaka da aktivno sudeluju u krivičnom postupku jeste jedna od osnovnih teko- vina akuzatorskog sistema krivičnog postupka. Načelo kontradiktornosti se sastoji u pravu svake procesne stranke da se izjasni o procesnim radnjama protivne stranke pre nego što nadležni sud na tim procesnim radnjama ute- melji odluku. Načelo kontradiktornosti jedan je od opštih elemenata prava na pravičan postupak. Dakle, pravo protivrečja (contradicere) navodima protivne stranke je uz načelo neposrednosti, u direktnoj funkciji ostvarenja načela pravičnog postupka u našem pravnom sistemu. Prisutno je u toku celog krivičnog postupka, ali najviše dolazi do izražaja u izvođenju dokaza na glavnom pretresu. Zakonik o krivičnom postupku Republike Srbije nije izričito predvideo načelo kontradiktornosti, međutim, pored toga što je ut- kano u tok glavnog pretresa, kao glavne faze krivičnog postupka, ovo načelo se proteže kroz celi krivični postupak, i prvostepeni i drugostepeni. Iako nije izričito proklamovano u Evropskoj konvenciji za zaštitu ljudskih prava i osnovnih sloboda, načelo kontradiktornosti se razvilo u praksi Evropskog suda za ljudska prava kao opšti element prava na pravični postupak. Matijašević Obradović, Jelena Subotin, Maja Pravo - teorija i praksa vol. 37 br. 1 str. 34-46 srp https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:1979 doi:10.5937/ptp2001034M ISSN: 0352-3713 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Keywords: criminal proceedings, procedural principles, the principle of contradiction, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the European Court of Human Rights Ključne reči: krivični postupak, procesna načela, načelo kontradiktornosti, Zakonik o krivičnom postupku, Evropski sud za ljudska prava application/pdf 343570 bytes The principle of contradiction as a general element of the right to a fair procedure in the practice of the Criminal Court of Serbia and the European Court of Human Rights Načelo kontradiktornosti kao opšti element prava na pravičan postupak u praksi Krivičnog suda Srbije i Evropskog suda za ljudska prava