Our interventions

Cyber crimes give rise to criminal liability

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR), with great pleasure, encounters an increasingly serious approach towards cyber-crime by the institutions
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Another EFHR and Trakai Secondary School success

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) is glad to report on another court case victory thanks to legal aid
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Poland and the Poles in the eyes of Lithuanians – initiative to build friendly relationships

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the signing up of the Treaty of friendly relationships and neighbourly cooperation  in
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Alternative NGO Report on Lithuania’s Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National

The European Foundation of Human Rights’ (EFHR) alternative report aims to highlight the protection of minorities since Lithuania’s ratification of the Framework
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Success of the High School in Trakai

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) is glad to announce the decision adopted on May 15 by the Council
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Original spelling of surnames should be regulated legally

The issue of the original spelling of forenames and surnames in passports and identity cards still remains one of the
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The latest report concerning racism and discrimination on the Lithuanian labour market

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) invites everyone to familiarize themselves with the latest report of the European Network
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Presidential Candidates on the protection of minority rights and original spelling of non-Lithuanian surnames

The presidential election in Lithuania will take place on the 11th of May this year. The text that enables us
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Alternative critical opinion concerning the original spelling of names and surnames in identity documents

On 25 April 2014 a discussion concerning the spelling of names and surnames was held in the Institute of the
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Draft law concerning spelling of names and surnames – a big failure

On April 10 this year, the next draft law in the Lithuanian Parliament concerning the spelling of names and surnames
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45 writers oppose the original spelling of names and surnames

On 8th April 2014, 45 Lithuanian writers addressed a declaration to the highest authorities in Lithuania in which they expressed objections
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The bill “liberalizing” the spelling of names – still no solution to the problem

The vice-chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Gediminas Kirkilas, and the governor of the social democrats’ parliamentary
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Regulation of spelling of names and surnames in the hands of Commission of the Lithuanian

On 27th of February 2014, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania recognized that the spelling of names and
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Right to use the language of national minorities is an issue of interpretation

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania is once again considering explanations for a few assumptions of the Constitutional
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EFHR helps in a case of discrimination on the grounds of age and nationality in

Following a request from the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR), the Lithuanian Ombudsman for Equal Opportunities (Lygių galimybių kontrolieriaus tarnyba)
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EFHR wins almost 30,000 litas in compensation

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) has won almost 30,000 litas in compensation from the State Social Insurance Fund
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EFHR has made legal punishments for offensive comments becoming a standard procedure

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) is overjoyed with another success and another case won. Vilnius City District Court
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The Inspector of Journalist Ethics has accepted EFHR’s argumentation about the publication in the newspaper

On 21st November, 2013 the Inspector of Journalist Ethics (Žurnalistų Etikos Inspektorius) issued a decision about a complaint of Kazimieras
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Personal names can now retain original spelling in official documents

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) is pleased to announce that rules regulating the original spelling of given and
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A pecuniary fine for two derogatory comments

Another sentence of the court for the author of an offending commentary published on the Internet proves that even the
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