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EFHR is coming to Kaunas to discuss the Poles

At the initiative of the “Būtent!” (“Makes sense!”) discussion festival we are meeting on July 4 in Kaunas, where the
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EFHR welcomes a new team member

Marta is a Polish-born youth worker, facilitator, and trainer. She moved to Vilnius from Riga, where she initially began to
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The impressions of the volunteer after the project at Vilnius Šilas School

On May 31 ended the European Solidarity Corps project, in which a psychology student from Italy, Giulia Girella, took part.
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Turto bankas is obliged to submit replies in the case of Sports Hall reconstruction

The District Court of Vilnius City has accepted the plaintiff’s Yosef Yizhak Pines’ revised action to the defendant state enterprise
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Vilnius citizens learned about disability thanks to the initiative of Italian volunteer

Last Thursday Giulia Girella, a volunteer at Vilnius Šilas School, presented the final event of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC)
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New EFHR intern from Canada

Aiden Tamasauskas is a multi-disciplinary student from Canada. His internship with EFHR will last for just over two months. As a Canadian
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While the politicians are debating, the courts are working – one more „W“ in a

On April 17, 2019, the District Court of Vilnius City announced one more decision in the case of original spelling
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EFHR publishes translations of the CERD recommendations

May 10, 2019, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued its Concluding observations on the combined 9th
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EFHR is participating in the festival of discussions “Būtent!” Once again!

For the third year in a row, people will gather in the festival of discussions “Būtent!” (“Makes sense!”), which takes
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The EFHR met with representatives of OSCE regarding presidential elections

On May, 11th 2019, lawyers of European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) – Evelina Dobrovolska and Monika Guliakaitė – met
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The EFHR Conception of National Minorities

On April 18, 2019, the Department of National Minorities under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania organized a discussion
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Court: Existing legal regulation is not sufficient to guarantee the rights of individuals

On April 12, 2019 Panevėžys District Court has decided that the civil status record may contain a surname with the
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A legal case was filed in Vilnius Court against plans for Sports Palace reconstruction in

A preventive claim was filed in the District Court of Vilnius City to prevent reconstruction works on the territory of
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The CERD Alternative Report was submitted by EFHR and LCHR

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) and the Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights (LCHR) have submitted their Alternative Report
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Is the slogan “Lithuania for Lithuanians” – a hate crime?

April 9, 2019, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a judgment in the case, which became a cause célèbre and concerned a hate
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EFHR shares translations of the resolution of the Committee of Ministers on the Protection of

Due to limited access of national minorities to international documents, the EFHR shares the Resolution of the Committee of Ministers
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New intern from Ukraine – Ganna Dudinska

Ganna is a human rights lawyer, a researcher and a civil society activist from Ukraine. Ganna holds LLB from the
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First court decision in Klaipeda: Letter ‘W’ allowed

On the 3rd of April this year Klaipeda District Court issued a decision about the original spelling of a letter
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International Brain Battle for The European Week Against Racism

This year the European Foundation of Human Rights, together with ESN Vilnius University and “No labels” organized an international quiz
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EFHR visiting the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania

On Friday, 15th March 2019, the team of EFHR visited the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania on their work
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