Our activities

The EVS Project “Promote diversity, promote human rights” is about to end

The project entitled “Promote diversity, promote human rights” which was realized with the partners from Poland (Bona Fides Civic Activity
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Trainings on human rights in public institutions

The awareness and knowledge of the human rights among the Lithuanians is weak. We wrote about it here. The European
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EFHR concerned about the lack of knowledge about the protection of human rights

In 2014, on order of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos Teisingumo Ministerija) an opinion
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EFHR invited to OSCE workshops

On the 12th and 13th July the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and
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One More Victory Regarding Original Spelling of First and Last Names

On 1st July the Vilnius City District Court adopted a ruling in which it obliged the Registry Office to issue
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EFHR’s ‘Application of international and European Union law in cases of discrimination in Lithuania’ training

For the past five years, the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) has been offering free of charge legal advice
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EFHR’s Visit to the Campanile of St John’s Church

Last Friday (17.06.2016) the EFHR team – both staff and volunteers – enjoyed an afternoon excursion to the campanile of
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EFHR training course on “International and EU law implementation in cases of discrimination in Lithuania”

EFHR invites you to attend our training course on “International and EU law implementation in cases of discrimination in Lithuania”
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EFHR competition in honour of the 20th anniversary of EVS – Results

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) organized a Facebook competition on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the
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EFHR Europos Parkas Excursion

Staff and volunteers from the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) office enjoyed a visit to Europos Parkas on Friday
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EFHR Competition to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of EVS

The European Voluntary Service (EVS) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! To honour this special occasion the European Foundation
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Europe Day Poster Gallery at the European Commission Representation in Vilnius

We are pleased to announce that a number of the posters from our recent EFHR Europe Day competition have been
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Protecting Minority rights using theatre as a tool

The training course „Minority Rights in Europe – Play and Change“ was organized by the Roma Youth Centre for youth
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Presentations for Europe Day

On the 10th and 11th of May 2016 our European Voluntary Service (EVS) volunteers gave two presentations about the European Union
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The problem of spelling of first names and surnames was talked over during the conference

On the 13th of May 2016, European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) organised a conference entitled “The Spelling of Names
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Europe Day – Poster Competition Results

In order to celebrate and promote Europe Day on the 9th of May, the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR)
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‘The Spelling of Names and Surnames – Challenges and Decisions’ Conference

On the 13th of May in the Council Chamber of the City of Vilnius’ local government, the European Foundation of
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EFHR to take part in Europe Day exam

On Monday 9th May the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) will help to celebrate Europe Day by completing an online test
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EFHR took part in the SNPL’s Conference devoted to the rights of national minorities

From the 28th– 30th of April in Vilnius, The Association of Polish Academics in Lithuania (SNPL), together with the University
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”Dialogue of cultures or a source of conflicts —problematic aspects of national minorities in Europe”

On the 21st and 22nd of March 2016 at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Warmia and Mazury (UWM)
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