2020 - EUROPEAN FOUNDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

EFHR 2020/12/24

Season’s greetings ⭐️

May the Christmas season finish this year on a happy note! We hope that this challenging year together have

EFHR 2020/12/04

European Foundation of Human Rights is celebrating its 10th anniversary

The foundation was established in 2010 as a response to the violations and abuse of human rights and the

EFHR 2020/11/27

On December 10th, an international conference on hate crimes

On December 10th, an international conference “Promoting effective response to hate crimes and hate speech in Lithuania” will take place

EVS - European Voluntary Service 2020/09/01

“Get to know Vilnius” project with a volunteer from Germany

Together with a volunteer from Germany – Pascal Sturm – the special needs kindergarten “Ciauskutis” group “Saulutes” held a “Get

EFHR 2020/08/27

Farewell with a volunteer became a bubble party

On the morning of the 15 th July a volunteer of the special needs kindergarten “Ciauskutis” Michela Plavan together with

EFHR 2020/07/16

Draft legislation on national minorities is complete

On 16th July 2020, works on the draft bill on national minorities have been completed. Subsequently, the project has been

EU Court of Justice judgements 2020/05/11

CJEU rules on homophobic statements made by employers

On 23rd April 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that those who publicly declare that

Spelling of names and surnames 2020/04/28

A victory over ‘Viktorija’ – Viktoria’s name accepted in court

Article 2.20 part 1 of the Civil Code of Lithuania establishes that every person has the right to a name.

Our interventions 2020/03/24

European Foundation of Human Rights draws attention to the funding of minority media

In 2020 January 15th there was information published online that the Press, Radio and Television Sponsorship Foundation (hereafter – the

Our interventions 2020/03/24

The authorities approved the idea of supporting minority media projects with a separate funding line

In the early February of 2020, the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) drew attention to the funding of minority

Our activities 2020/03/17

EFHR met with researches to discuss national minority rights

On 12th March 2020, representatives of the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) met with three researchers working on the

EFHR 2020/03/13

EFHR team will be working remotely

The European Foundation of Human Rights team will be working remotely over the next two weeks in response to the

Our activities 2020/03/06

New volunteer joins European Solidarity Corps project in “Čiauškutis”

Last week, a new face has joined the team of volunteers at Vilnius’ special kindergarten “Čiauškutis”. Pascal Strum from Germany

Our interventions 2020/03/04

10 Cases of Hate Crime in Lithuania in 2019 submitted to ODIHR

A total of ten hate-driven incidents appeared in a report compiled by the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) for

EFHR 2020/02/26

An Italian volunteer started a European Solidarity Corps project in Čiauškutis

26th September 2019 European Solidarity Corps project “Let’s do it together” started in Vilnius Special Nursey-Kindergarten “Čiauskutis”. The first volunteer

Our trainees 2020/02/07

EFHR Led Workshops on National Minority Rights

In the last days of January, the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) visited the John Paul II Secondary School

EFHR 2020/02/03

Over 100 Claimants in the Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports Case and a Request

At the beginning of 2019, an Israeli citizen, whose ancestors are buried in Vilnius, filed a preventive claim to the

Our trainees 2020/01/15

The newest member of EFHR – translation trainee Julija Vaitiekūnaitė

Julija Vaitiekūnaitė is a fourth year student of Vilnius University’s English and another foreign (French) language study programme. Born in

EFHR 2020/01/14

Minority SafePack Initiative signatures registered

The registration of Minority SafePack Initiative has been completed and the signatures forwarded to the European Commission. Minority SafePack was

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