Report on Human Rights in Lithuania
On May 16, 2006, the Human Rights Monitoring Institute released the third annual human rights overview. The overview shows flagrant violations of international human rights standards since Lithuania has joined the European Union in May 2004. Most of the violations involve the right to respect for private life, the right to political participation, the right to fair trial, rights of vulnerable groups, and cross-cutting violations concerning discrimination, particularly among the Roma.
Concerning the rights of socially vulnerable groups, the Report highlights continuous problems that need resolution. Levels of domestic violence against women remains disturbingly high. Children suffer abuse at home and at school. Due to the lack of social services, problems in families are usually solved by placing children in state custody, instead of offering counseling and other services. Although the government of Lithuania has seriously attempted to control and prevent trafficking against human beings, the system of reintegration of victims of trafficking and the computerized system of searching for missing people are rarely implemented. Full Report in Lithuanian language.
Compiled from: Human Rights in Lithuania: Downward Spiral, Human Rights Monitoring Institute, 16 May 2006.
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