(broadcast will go live on October 27, 9 am to 2 pm) On October 27, the data protection experts and like-minded enthusiasts will come together for the first „Digital Rights Forum 2016“ in Lithuania (agenda). The first edition of the Forum centers around the recently adopted General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It is expected that …
Neither law, nor ethics violations have been found after the investigation conducted by The Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics (OIJE) concerning news portal‘s lrytas.lt previously published article „How do you identify a slut?“. Call them what you want? “How do you identify a slut?” asks the anonymous author of an article that …
Publications that degrade women remain unmonitored Read More »
The UN Disability Rights Committee has concluded its review of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Lithuania. Next to the Government’s submissions, the Committee considered the alternative report compiled by NGOs, HRMI among them. Unfortunately, the findings were grim – little to no progress had been achieved. The United …
Lithuania Criticized by UN Disability Rights Committee 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 »
Today, Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) jointly with the SOS Children’s Villages Lithuania and the Centre for Equality Advancement made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council on the occasion of Lithuania’s second Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The submission expands on the human rights issues around domestic and gender-based violence, human trafficking, right to …
HRMI Contributes to Lithuania’s Universal Periodic Review Read More »
HRMI conducted wide, unique, evidence-based research on PTD decision-making process and the use of alternatives through in-depth surveys of defense practitioners, monitoring detention hearings, reviewing case files, and interviewing prosecutors and judges. “The results of the research gave a twofold impression. On the one hand, the overall assessment of the situation in Lithuania is significantly …
Pre-trial detention rates are decreasing, but problems still remain – research report Read More »
In response to the invitation from Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania to participate in the public consultation on the prevention of human trafficking, HRMI submitted its observations and suggestions on how to combat this crime in order to improve protection of the rights of victims and to ensure successful prevention of …
HRMI Submits Proposals to Combat Human Trafficking Read More »
On 27 October, the Head of the Prison Department issued an Order cancelling the regulation which had unduly restricted the lawyers’ access to their clients in the liberty deprivation places. This regulation, violating the right to a fair hearing and defence, was adopted a year ago, when it was established that a lawyer must provide …
Unlawful Restrictions on Detainees’ Right to Meet Lawyer Amended Read More »
“We have to be ready to respond to EU-wide challenges and help victims of crime“, vice-minister of social affairs Algirdas Šešelgis opened a seminar for the officers and specialists. During the seminar held by HRMI and Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, the experts of Victim Support Europe discussed with the seminar participants how to …
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 …
