{"id":9031,"date":"2019-09-26T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/lithuanian-parliament-aims-to-criminalize-stalking\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:48:58","slug":"lithuanian-parliament-aims-to-criminalize-stalking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/lithuanian-parliament-aims-to-criminalize-stalking\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuanian Parliament Aims to Criminalize Stalking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Human Rights Monitoring Institute has provided its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019-07-15-IS-XIV-11-Del-BK-papildymo-145prim-straipsniu.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opinion<\/a>\u00a0on this Parliamentary draft bill, noting that stalking is dangerous, with serious consequence for the victim. Stalkers often seek unwanted contact with their targets, disrupting their lives, creating constant tension and anxiety, and restricting their freedom of action. Victims sometimes need to change their address and contact details, avoid visiting places they used to frequent, limit their interactions online and over social media, and constantly worry about their own safety as well as the safety of their children and loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute emphasised that stalking may adversely affect victims&#8217; mental health due to constant tension. Stalking is also dangerous because, in some cases, it is used to prepare for a more serious crime, such as physical or sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>According to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fra.europa.eu\/en\/publication\/2014\/violence-against-women-eu-wide-survey-main-results-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0of EU women conducted by the Fundamental Rights Agency in 2014, stalking is widespread. No less than 18% of all participants claimed to have experienced it at some point since the age of 15, with 5% claiming to have been stalked in the last 12 months. The Fundamental Rights Agency found that as many as 74% cases of stalking are not dealt with by law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a 2017\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10610-017-9359-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">study<\/a>\u00a0on the trends concerning the criminalisation of stalking in the European Union, most EU states (21) have criminalised stalking, with Lithuania being one of the last countries that hasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>In light of these circumstances, the Human Rights Monitoring Institute is of the view that stalking should be criminalised in Lithuania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Human Rights Monitoring Institute has provided its\u00a0opinion\u00a0on this Parliamentary draft bill, noting that stalking is dangerous, with serious consequence for the victim. Stalkers often seek unwanted contact with their targets, disrupting their lives, creating constant tension and anxiety, and restricting their freedom of action. Victims sometimes need to change their address and contact details, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/lithuanian-parliament-aims-to-criminalize-stalking\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lithuanian Parliament Aims to Criminalize Stalking<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[127,175],"tags":[143],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuanian Parliament Aims to Criminalize Stalking - \u017dmogaus teisi\u0173 steb\u0117jimo institutas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/lithuanian-parliament-aims-to-criminalize-stalking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lithuanian Parliament Aims to Criminalize Stalking - \u017dmogaus teisi\u0173 steb\u0117jimo institutas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Human Rights Monitoring Institute has provided its\u00a0opinion\u00a0on this Parliamentary draft bill, noting that stalking is dangerous, with serious consequence for the victim. 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