In response to the invitation from Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania to participate in the public consultation on the prevention of human trafficking, HRMI submitted its observations and suggestions on how to combat this crime in order to improve protection of the rights of victims and to ensure successful prevention of …
HRMI Submits Proposals to Combat Human Trafficking Read More »
By increasing victim support organisations’ knowledge of the possibilities, benefits and challenges of victim support through online support, project T@LK aims to build capacity to proceed with a pilot implementation of such a model, to complement the coventional support avenues already in place. Project period 2016 04 01 – 2018 03 01 Coordinator and …
Dear friends and colleagues, thank you for being with us this year and for your continuous support and interest in our work! We wish you the most joyful and relaxing holiday break, and would like to invite you to remember some of the best and most interesting moments for human rights in Lithuania in 2015. …
10 Memorable Moments for Human Rights in Lithuania in 2015 Read More »
On 27 October, the Head of the Prison Department issued an Order cancelling the regulation which had unduly restricted the lawyers’ access to their clients in the liberty deprivation places. This regulation, violating the right to a fair hearing and defence, was adopted a year ago, when it was established that a lawyer must provide …
Unlawful Restrictions on Detainees’ Right to Meet Lawyer Amended Read More »
“Our research shows that the right to privacy is considered one of the most vulnerable. People are concerned about their privacy, but what can they do to better protect it?”. Natalija Bitiukova of HRMI says that even though individuals can file complaints to data protection authorities, penalties for privacy violations are low – only up …
“Ideology, especially in its modern utopian forms – all these ideologies are inherently dangerous, even murderous, because… someone always stands in the way, whether it be a race, or a political group or so on. We must understand that Nazi anti-Semitism was of a unique type… it was uniquely genocidal,” claimed professor Saulius Sužiedėlis, speaking at …
We must understand the inner logic of radicalism Read More »
“We have to be ready to respond to EU-wide challenges and help victims of crime“, vice-minister of social affairs Algirdas Šešelgis opened a seminar for the officers and specialists. During the seminar held by HRMI and Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, the experts of Victim Support Europe discussed with the seminar participants how to …
Lithuanian Government should improve draft law proposals on transgender rights – claim HRMI and Lithuanian Gay League in their joint submission to the Committee of Ministers. The submission evaluates the steps the Lithuanian Government took so far to implement European Court of Human Rights judgement in the case of L v Lithuania (2007). The court …
Every year, around 50 thousand people in Lithuania become victims of crime. 2014 research shows that victims lack information on their rights, legal advice, psychological and emotional support. HRMI has recently submitted to the Lithuanian Government recommendations to ensure effective transposition of EU Victims’ Rights Directive to the national legal system. The Directive establishes minimum …
Stronger Protection of Victims’ Rights in Lithuania Needed Read More »
The aim of the project is to facilitate the assessment of Member State compliance with the requirements of the 2012/13/EU Directive on the Right to Information in Criminal Proceedings, and thus feed into the European Commission’s own evaluation process. Project period 2015 08 – 2016 06 Partnership Lithuania, Austria, Italy, Spain, Poland, Ireland Project snapshot Achievements 1. We …
