Advocacy work by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute
The Human Rights Monitoring Institute has submitted an alternative report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. The report draws attention to Lithuania’s situation in the light of Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides for the protection of the child from all …
10 October is celebrated as World Mental Health Day. To mark this occasion, the Mental Health 2030 Coalition has prepared and submitted proposals to the Lithuanian authorities calling for fundamental changes in mental health care. This is not the first time that a coalition of NGOs and individual expert members has stressed the need for …
Mental Health 2030 Coalition’s proposals for mental health services Read More »
The Human Rights Monitoring Institute has submitted conclusions to the Human Rights Committee of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania on the draft Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners. The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania has recognised that the provisions of the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners regulating the …
The Human Rights Monitoring Institute has submitted a position to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the implementation of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of the ancient Baltic religious community “Romuva”. The position is set out in the context of the most recent action …
We submitted comments and proposals on the draft laws amending the Law on the State Border and its Protection (LSA) and the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens (LSA ). We propose to abandon the legalisation of “reversals” In our comments to the draft amendments to the ISA, we pointed out that the proposed …
HRMI has made proposals for draft laws on the rights of migrants and asylum seekers Read More »
The Human Rights Monitoring Institute has provided the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants with up-to-date information on the rights of migrants in Lithuania. The Special Rapporteur is currently working on a report on “Human rights violations at international borders: trends, prevention and accountability”. In this document, HRMI provides an overview …
HRMI provided information on migrants’ rights to the UN Special Rapporteur Read More »
In November 2022, a petition has been submitted on behalf of Syrian applicants to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding lack of access to asylum procedures in Lithuania as well as violation of the principle of non-refoulement. The applicants fled Syria because of a real threat caused to them and their close relatives …
Lithuania, Latvian, and Polish civil society organizations approached the European Commission by signing an open letter to express deep concerns with regards to situation of migrants on the external EU border with Belarus. In Lithuania, the letter was signed by representatives from Diversity Development Group, Refugee Council of Lithuania, Human Rights Monitoring Institute, and Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights. …
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The Lithuanian Parliament has started the new year by making fresh attempts to restrict the freedom of the media and the public to express their views. Proposed changes threaten freedom to challenge views and criticise authorities Amendments to the Law on the Provision of Information to the Public, which were tabled on 2 January by …
Amendments to Lithuanian Law Threaten Freedom of Expression Read More »
A proposed ban on the sale of certain goods could deter public and academic discussions on contemporary and historical armed conflicts as well as present-day policy issues. The Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) has submitted its observations on the draft amendment to the Law on Consumer Protection, which seeks to prohibit the sale of goods …
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