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 …
This April, the Office of the Ombudsperson for Child’s rights received a report on a possible violation of the rights of a refugee child. The information received indicated that a group of five Syrian nationals, including an unaccompanied minor, have been detained for a week at the State Border Guard post. Their phones were taken …
On July 14, 2023, The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania initiated an amendment to a provision in the Law on the Protection of Minors from the Negative Effects of Public Information, which was found to be discriminatory against people of the LGBTQI+ community. The Human Rights Monitoring Institute supports this proposal and …
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The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court in case No. el3-9170-1161/2023 stated that the provisions of the legislation regulating the time limits for examination of asylum applications are imperative, therefore, they do not give the right to the Migration Department to decide on the extension of the time limit for application. The applicant left his country of …
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 …
An Iraqi asylum seeker has lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against the conditions of detention during the period spent in Kybartai Foreigners’ Registration Centre. The person was detained by Lithuanian border guards at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border in July 2021 and then transferred to multiple different Registration centres until in …
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As part of the Active Citizens Foundation project “Sustainable support for human rights through advocacy and education“, the Human Rights Monitoring Institute, together with its partner association “Kaunas Women’s Line” lead 5 online training courses on “Domestic Violence: recognition, response and support” for professionals working with domestic violence: police officers, medical staff, child rights specialists …
Lawyers at the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson of Lithuania, Audronė Daukšaitė-Timpė and Karolis Čepas, conducted a study on the protection of women with disabilities against domestic violence in Lithuania. According to the lawyers, there is still a lack of individualised needs assessment, but this is due to the fact that the debate on …
In March and April, the Human Rights Monitoring Institute invited media representatives to trainings in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda on the topics of reducing hatred against the LGBTQ+ community and respectful communication. The training has resulted in a memo for media representatives, in which the team of the Human Rights Monitoring Institute provides some tips …
In the recently published ILGA 2023 Rainbow Index Lithuania has dropped from 35th to 36th position in Europe in terms of LGBTI rights. The situation is currently worse in non-democratic Belarus, Russia and non-EU countries such as Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The 2023 ILGA review of LGBTI rights in Europe and Central Asia highlighted the …
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