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Building tolerance for LGBT+ starts with news media

Aistė Turčinavičiūtė Objectivity, neutrality, and factuality – these are some of the values ​​that every professional journalist or media representative
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The Supreme Court of Lithuania inquires a case about the writing of diacritical marks in

The Supreme Court of Lithuania inquired a civil case in which the writing of secondary (diacritical) marks in the records
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The court ruled in favour of another family on the right to spell their surname

On 29 April 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision that obliged the Civil Registry Office to
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Welcome to our new trainee Kinga Pytel

Congratulations to the trainee Kinga Pytel on joining the EFHR team! Kinga is a third year Russian philology student at Adam Mickiewicz
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Meet our new Volunteer, Katarzyna Borowska!

Katarzyna Borowska is a new Volunteer at the EFHR. She was raised in United Kingdom where she successfully completed her
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EFHR invites you to have a look at the statistical information for 2013-2021 concerning the

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) has been taking action for the right to the original spelling of names
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Lithuanian education policy (2021–2030) – EFHR evaluates the signed agreement

On September 1, 2021, in the seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, the chairmen of the political parties signed an agreement
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Another success of the EFHR in the fight for the right to the original spelling

On 20 April 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision which obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)
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The Court stated: the refusal to enter the surname “W.” in the marriage record infringes

On 15 April 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision which obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)
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The EFHR welcomes a new team member

Congratulations to the lawyer Darius Kazinec on joining the EFHR team! Darius holds a Master of Laws degree from Mykolas
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The Court took another decision allowing the registration of the surname in its original form,

On 12 April 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision that obliged the Civil Registry Office to
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New EFHR Volunteer – Brigita Gerikaitė

Brigita Gerikaitė is a fourth year International Relations & Chinese student at Goldsmiths University of London. Brigita became interested in
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Another victory for the EFHR in the fight for the right to the original spelling

On 6 April 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision that obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)
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Court standardized the spelling of another family’s name

On 25 March 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision that obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)
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A new member of the EFHR team – Lawyer-administrator Agata Palinska

Agata was born and grew up in Vilnius, where she graduated from the National M.K.Čiurlionis School of Arts (specialising in
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Another victory for the right to the original spelling of surnames – the Court obliged

On 25 March 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision that obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)
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In the Court’s view, the refusal to change the letter of the applicant’s surname from

On 24 March 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision that obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)
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New EFHR office in Vilnius

European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR), a non-governmental organisation that works every day to protect human rights and national minorities’
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The Court states: the current legal regulation is not sufficient to guarantee the rights of

On 23 March 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision which obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)
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Another new surname with an “X” will be added to the Residents’ Register of the

On 22 March 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision that obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)
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