Within the European Union, there are over 120,000 people being held in pre-trial detention at any given time. That’s more than 1 in 5 people held in prison that haven’t yet been found guilty of any crime. In June 2014, Fair Trials, Human Rights Monitoring Institute and 9 other organisations set out to collect a …
Measure of last resort? Report on detention in EU Read More »
Neither law, nor ethics violations have been found after the investigation conducted by The Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics (OIJE) concerning news portal‘s lrytas.lt previously published article „How do you identify a slut?“. Call them what you want? “How do you identify a slut?” asks the anonymous author of an article that …
Publications that degrade women remain unmonitored Read More »
The primary objective of the project is the provision of training pursuant to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (hereinafter the “Victims’ Directive”), taking a human-rights’ based approach. Period 1 September 2016 – 1 …
Developing an EU Training Module for the Victims’ Directive Read More »
The primary objective of the project is to identify how suspects’ procedural rights operate in practice and to provide recommendations for removing possible flaws. Data gathered through observational research will be used to ensure better implementation of suspects’ rights enshrined in the EU Directives on the right to interpretation and translation, the right to information, …
Inside Police Custody: Application of EU Procedural Rights Read More »
The project seeks to provide a human insight into the treatment of people following surrender under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), and to identify and illustrate good and bad practice in post-surrender treatment to support effective implementation of the EAW Framework decision. Project period 2016 06 01 – 2018 03 01 Partnership Lithuania, Belgium. Romania, …
The project aims at raising awareness about gaps in correct implementation of the 2012/13 Directive on the right to information in criminal proceedings, in particular with respect to the accessibility of the Letter of Rights (LoR), to produce and to test the alternative versions of the LoR. Project period 2016 06 01 – 2017 04 01 Partnership …
The project aims to strengthen the procedural rights of suspects and accused in criminal proceedings by increasing knowledge and the capacity to apply the Directive 2013/48/EU (“Right of access to a lawyer directive”) and Recommendation C(2013) 8179/2 (“Right to legal aid recommendation”) among legal professionals. Project period 2016 06 01 – 2017 12 31 Partnership Lithuania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, …
The UN Disability Rights Committee has concluded its review of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Lithuania. Next to the Government’s submissions, the Committee considered the alternative report compiled by NGOs, HRMI among them. Unfortunately, the findings were grim – little to no progress had been achieved. The United …
Lithuania Criticized by UN Disability Rights Committee Read More »
Human Rights Monitoring Institute has significant experience in drafting and presenting expert reports in both national and foreign courts. We offer the services of preparing expert reports on human rights issues such as, but no limited to, discrimination, harassment, hate speech, video surveillance, pre-trial detention and prison conditions.
Human Rights Monitoring Institute conducts research on various human rights issues, legal regulation and practical implementation of human rights in Lithuania. Based on the research, HRMI drafts and publishes studies, reports and other publications. HRMI’s publications.
