Comments on legal draft amendments submitted by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute
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 …
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 »
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 …
Free Speech Under Threat From New Amendment to Lithuania’s Consumer Protection Law Read More »
HRMI urged the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs to reject draft constitutional amendments aiming to narrow down the definition of a family to heterosexual marriage. In 2013, the amendments were initiated by 107 MPs who proposed to define a family as a marriage between a man and a woman or relations stemming from motherhood and …
Parliament Considers Draft Law Discriminating Families and LGBT Community Read More »
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 …
During the autumn session parliamentary committees will consider the draft Law on Protection of Life in Prenatal Stage of Development. In HRMI’s view, such draft law is in conflict with Lithuanian obligations under international human rights law: European Convention on Human Rights, UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and UN …
HRMI Submitted Observations on the Draft Law Aiming to Ban Abortions Read More »
Human Rights Monitoring Institute submitted comments on the Draft Law on Freedom of Assembly currently being under consideration in the Lithuanian Parliament. The Law on Freedom of Assembly provides for necessary legal preconditions to enjoy one’s freedom of peaceful assembly enshrined in the Lithuanian Constitution. HRMI suggests, inter alia, to expand the list of potential …
Comments on the Draft Legislation on Freedom of Assembly Read More »
