{"id":8681,"date":"2014-04-08T12:20:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T12:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/submission-to-the-committee-of-ministers-l-v-lithuania\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T15:07:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T15:07:29","slug":"submission-to-the-committee-of-ministers-l-v-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/submission-to-the-committee-of-ministers-l-v-lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission to the Committee of Ministers: L v. Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 10 December, HRMI together with the Lithuanian Gay League, ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe submitted the comments to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the implementation of the L. v. Lithuania case and the general measures recently proposed in the Government\u2019s Action Plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The general measures include (i) the elimination of the requirement to lay down gender reassignment conditions and procedures by law and the development of non-legal medical procedures; and (ii) the introduction of simplified procedures for changing entries in official documents, by means of a Law on the Registration of the Civil Acts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organizations expressed their concern that the proposal to delete Article 2.27, paragraph 2 of the Civil Code providing for a right, would leave the Lithuanian authorities with no obligation to put in place regulations enabling gender reassignment treatment. Given the hostility towards transgender persons in Lithuanian society, there would be no guarantee that such regulations and medical norms would be developed within a reasonable time, or that they would include coverage of the costs of gender reassignment treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By contrast, the organizations welcomed the proposal for the introduction of simplified procedures for changing entries in official documents, however noting that the adoption of this law would be a first step only.\u00a0 There would still be the need for subsidiary legislation, and the legal gender recognition will nevertheless remain dependent on the individual first undergoing full gender reassignment treatment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The submission requested the Committee of Ministers to maintain supervision of the case until all the steps have been fully implemented and to consider monitoring the case under the enhanced supervision procedure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L. v. Lithuania case concerned\u00a0 the\u00a0 failure\u00a0 to\u00a0 introduce\u00a0 implementing\u00a0 legislation\u00a0 to\u00a0 enable\u00a0 a transsexual person to\u00a0\u00a0 undergo\u00a0\u00a0 gender-reassignment\u00a0 surgery\u00a0\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 change\u00a0\u00a0 his\u00a0\u00a0 gender identification in official documents. In 2007, the European Court of Human Rights found Lithuania in violation of Article 8 of the Convention and ordered authorities to pass the required subsidiary legislation within three months of the judgment becoming final, and failing that, to pay the applicant \u20ac40,000, to finance, at least in part, the necessary surgery abroad. The Lithuanian authorities took the latter route.\u00a0 Some 12 years after the adoption of the Civil Code, and 6 years after the Court\u2019s judgment, this legislative gap has still not been addressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Update<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In February 2014, the Department for the Execution the ECtHR Judgments informed the Lithuanian Government\u2018s Agent that, as proposed in the submission by the HRMI, LGL and others, the Department is currently considering moving L. v Lithuania case to the enhanced supervision procedure. The Department indicated the lack of medical services for transsexuals and a failure to abide to the principle of legal certainty as key problems in the implementation of L. judgment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wcd.coe.int\/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=DH-DD%282014%29399&amp;Language=lanEnglish&amp;Site=CM\">On 21 March, 2014 the Government submitted the updated Action Plan<\/a> which the Committee of Ministers will consider during the June meeting. After considering Government\u2019s proposed measures, it will decide whether to start monitoring the case under the enhanced supervision procedure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Information from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tm.lt\/dok\/LRV_%20atstovo_ataskaita_2013.pdf\">2013 report by the Agent of the Lithuanian Government before the EctHR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Submission is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hrmi.lt\/uploaded\/Documents\/288D7686_1.pdf\"><b><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Government\u2019s Action Plan can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/wcd.coe.int\/com.instranet.InstraServlet?command=com.instranet.CmdBlobGet&amp;InstranetImage=2322499&amp;SecMode=1&amp;DocId=2022874&amp;Usage=2\"><b><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Judgment in L. v. Lithuania case is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tm.lt\/dok\/L__2007-09-11_sprendimas_NEGALUTINIS.pdf\"><b><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">here.<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 10 December, HRMI together with the Lithuanian Gay League, ILGA-Europe and Transgender Europe submitted the comments to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the implementation of the L. v. Lithuania case and the general measures recently proposed in the Government\u2019s Action Plan. The general measures include (i) the elimination of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/submission-to-the-committee-of-ministers-l-v-lithuania\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Submission to the Committee of Ministers: L v. 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