Publications

After assessing the human rights of foreigners in places of temporary accommodation, the Seimas Ombudsman, Head of the Office Augustinas Normantas submitted a report recommending the Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonyte to pay attention to violations identified in the report and take all measures to ensure that admission of foreigners fully complies with the European and international law, …

REPORT ON ENSURING HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS IN PLACES OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION OF FOREIGNERS HAVING CROSSED THE BORDER OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA WITH THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS Read More »

We are inviting you to read a summary of the research HATE-CRIMES-AND-HATE-SPEECH-OVERVIEW-OF-THE-SITUATION-IN-LITHUANIA carried out by European Foundation of Human Rights, together with the Human Rights Monitoring Institute, Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights and Lithuanian Police School. This publication is in the framework of the implementation of the project “#PoliceAcademy_LT: Promoting Effective Response to Hate Crime and Hate Speech in …

HATE CRIMES AND HATE SPEECH: OVERVIEW OF THE SITUATION IN LITHUANIA Read More »

The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) has established the obligation of the state parties to create visiting bodies for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, i.e. the National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs). Most of the Baltic and Nordic countries have ratified this protocol, with the …

An Overview of Torture Prevention Systems in Russia, Lithuania, Sweden and Norway Read More »