The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Lithuania violated a man’s right to information when authorities at the Pravieniškės Correctional Home refused to grant him online access for study purposes. All Mr. Jankovskis, an inmate at the Pravieniškės Correctional Home, wanted to do was access AIKOS, a website run by the Ministry of Education …
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The Constitutional Court will have a say on whether migration authorities discriminated against a gay couple wishing to live together in Lithuania. For over a year now, one particular gay couple, a Lithuanian man and a citizen of Belarus, has been trying to convince the Lithuanian authorities and courts that they have the right to …
On October 19-26 the public opinion poll on the prevailing attitudes in society towards the human rights situation in Lithuania was carried out by “Spinter tyrimai”, a market research company. The poll, commissioned by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute, is primarily aimed at determining the general public’s knowledge level about human rights and ways to defend them, …
On 8 December, Lithuanian MPs unanimously voted to amend the country’s Civil Code to limit the right to criticize public figures. With such decision, Lithuanian parliament significantly curtailed freedom of speech and media freedom in the country. However, following concerns raised by the journalists, lawyers and NGOs, on 19 December the Lithuanian President vetoed the law, …
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According to Lithuanians, the most-violated right in 2016 was the right to fair trial. This follows the trend of 2012 and 2014. The right to privacy was the second-most violated right, while the right to participate in political life had the least amount of violations associated with it. Sufficient info There was a slight increase …
Less Than One in Ten Opt to Defend Their Rights in Lithuania Read More »
Neringa Mikalauskienė, author of the fairy tale collection “Amber Heart,” won her first battle – the courts will now have to re-examine whether fairy tales with homosexual characters can be considered harmful to minors, or whether they simply promote tolerance for gay people. The Supreme Court of Lithuania quashed the judgments of the Vilnius District …
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Lithuanians are most likely in the European Union (EU) to justify sexual and psychological violence in intimate partnership, shows the Eurobarometer survey. More than a quarter of Lithuanian population believes that forcing a partner to have sex should not be prohibited by law. This is the highest rate throughout the EU. “Code of Silence” “There …
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The Vilnius City District Court ruled that the owner of commercial premises that were located in an apartment block violated his neighbors’ right to privacy by installing no less than eight surveillance cameras without their consent. The owner argued that he was trying to protect his property and that the cameras were turned off, but …
At the Digital Rights Forum 2016, experts discussed the preparedness of companies to implement the General Data Protection Regulation and debated whether we really know what type of data protection people actually need. “We had to update the regulatory regime concerning data protection to keep pace with technological challenges,” claimed EU Commission representative Paulo Silva, …
The Privacy Paradox and Europe’s Way Forward on Data Protection Read More »
Two new research studies, released by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI), discuss perceptions of Lithuanian public towards the right to data protection and the readiness of Lithuanian business to implement the EU data protection reform. “The Privacy Paradox: the Lithuanian Public’s Perceptions of Data Protection”. HRMI collaborated with “Spinter research” and carried out a representative survey …
New studies find low awareness of data protection among Lithuanian business and public Read More »
