EUROPEAN FOUNDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

Wins 2021/07/07

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)

EFHR 2021/06/29

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’

Spelling of names and surnames 2021/06/25

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)

Wins 2021/06/22

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)

Spelling of names and surnames 2021/06/18

Court standardized the spelling of another family’s name

On March 4, 2021, the District Court of Vilnius City issued a decision that obliged the Civil Registry Office (CMS)

Training and conferences 2021/05/26

Minority rights, discrimination and a vision for the future at EFHR conference

Does the society know and accept national minorities? Would Lithuanians like to live and work with Poles, Russians and Romas?

Training and conferences 2021/05/13

International online conference on national minority rights in Lithuania on May 26

European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) was established in 2010 as a response to the violations and abuse of

Hate Speech 2021/04/07

Be Hate Free: A project is starting to meet the main challenges related to hate

The European Foundation of Human Rights together with partners – the Lithuanian Human Rights Center, the Vytautas Magnus University and the

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

Our activities 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

Our activities 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

EFHR 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

Wins 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

EFHR 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

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