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Lithuania May Soon Allow Individuals to Appeal to the Constitutional Court

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The Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania is currently discussing amending the Constitution and the Law on the Constitutional Court to allow natural persons and legal entities to defend their constitutional rights before the Constitutional Court. Anyone could plead their case This is already possible in many democracies. It would open the way for people …

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Expert task force searched for practical solutions to improve victims‘ rights protection

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On 27-28 April, HRMI held expert task force meeting as part of the project „Improved response to victims of crime“. During the two-days long intensive meeting, experts from police, prosecution office and non-governmental organisations were developing the framework and contents for practical handbook and training programme for law enforcement officers, designed to enhance interaction with …

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Will We Overcome Apathy Towards Transgender Concerns in Lithuania?

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Updated on 2 May 2017 Lithuania is dragging its heels when it comes to implementing legal protections for transgender people, an issue one politician in the country bluntly said was not a priority. A decade has passed since the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued its judgment in the case of L v. Lithuania, …

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Another Attempt at Media Censorship in Lithuania Fails After Public Outcry

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MPs belonging to the Farmers and Greens Union proposed legally obliging the Lithuanian media to publish “positive” and “negative” information in equal parts. Dovilė Šakalienė, Zenonas Streikus and Robert Šarknickas, members of the ruling coalition in Parliament, gave quite a fright to Lithuanian journalists with their proposal to put into law that at least 50 …

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Another Attempt to Ban Abortions in Lithuania

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The party declaring to represent the Polish minority in Lithuania plans to submit a draft law that would make abortion illegal in the country. Rita Tamašunienė and Valdemaras Tomaševskis, representatives of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance political group, announced on February 20 that they plan to submit a proposal …

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Improved Response to Victims of Crime

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On 10 February, Human Rights Monitoring Institute and Lithuanian Police School held the kick-off meeting of the project “Improved Response to Victims of Crime” (JUST/2015/JACC/AG/VICT/9269). The project funded by the Justice Programme of the European Union, aims to equip law enforcement officers with knowledge and tools necessary to effectively respond to victims of crime. The …

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Lithuania Violates Inmate’s Right to Internet Access for Studying

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The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Lithuania violated a man’s right to information when authorities at the Pravieniškės Correctional Home refused to grant him online access for study purposes. All Mr. Jankovskis, an inmate at the Pravieniškės Correctional Home, wanted to do was access AIKOS, a website run by the Ministry of Education …

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Gay Couple Case Gives Lithuania’s Highest Court a Chance to Strengthen Rights Protections

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The Constitutional Court will have a say on whether migration authorities discriminated against a gay couple wishing to live together in Lithuania. For over a year now, one particular gay couple, a Lithuanian man and a citizen of Belarus, has been trying to convince the Lithuanian authorities and courts that they have the right to …

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Public opinion poll (2016)

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On October 19-26 the public opinion poll on the prevailing attitudes in society towards the human rights situation in Lithuania was  carried out by “Spinter tyrimai”, a market research company. The poll, commissioned by the Human Rights Monitoring Institute, is primarily aimed at determining the general public’s knowledge level about human rights and ways to defend them, …

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