Author name: Deimantė Juščiūtė

In 2022, Lithuania ratified the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. This legislation has enabled an individual complaint procedure, which gives children the opportunity to complain to the United Nations when their rights are violated and the legal system of the country where the …

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child refers for the first time an individual complaint to the Government in S.R.H.P. and A.O.C.H. v. Lithuania Read More »

On August 23, 2023 The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court ruled to annul the letter of the Migration Department and ordered the Migration Department to re-examine the applicant’s application. The Court found that the Migration Department had not complied with the rules which should have ensured an objective assessment of all the circumstances and the validity …

Ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court: the Migration Department unreasonably failed to assess the circumstances presented by the applicant and failed to comply with the rules ensuring the objective reasonableness of the decision Read More »