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In 2022, Lithuania ratified the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. This legislation has enabled an individual complaint procedure, which gives children the opportunity to complain to the United Nations when their rights are violated and the legal system of the country where the …

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child refers for the first time an individual complaint to the Government in S.R.H.P. and A.O.C.H. v. Lithuania Read More »

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 …

The Ombudsperson for Child’s rights made recommendations on ensuring the rights of unaccompanied foreign minors travelling through Lithuania Read More »

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 …

Ruling of the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court: the Migration Department unlawfully and unjustifiably refused to examine an asylum application Read More »

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 …

HRMI’s position on the “Romuva” case Read More »

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 …

ECHR complaint on conditions in Lithuanian Foreigners’ Registration Centre Read More »