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Milda Vainiute
2 July 2018
The Seimas Ombudsmen Augustinas Normantas and Raimondas Šukys met with the Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga and the Minister of Justice Elvinas Jankevicius to discuss implementation issues of ECtHR judgement in the case L. v. Lithuania. The representative of the Government of the European Court of Human Rights Karolina Bubnytė, who also participated at the meeting, introduced the realities of realisation of the ECtHR judgment in the case L. v. Lithuania and the main aspects of an implementation of this judgement.
During the meeting, the ECtHR judgment on the partly acceptable application submitted by L., a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, to the ECtHR in respect of the lack of legal regulation regarding transsexuals in Lithuania, was discussed.
During the meeting, the Ombudsmen also noted that in order to implement the ECtHR judgement, not only medical but also legal issues should be solved. Ministers and the Seimas Ombudsmen have agreed that this is a sensitive topic that needs a cross-cutting analysis, including security issues, value issues and comparison with foreign practices.
Commenting on the feasibility of the implementation of the ECtHR judgement, Aurelius Veryga presented the Seimas Ombudsmen with key points of the implementation of the judgment, noting that support by politicians is needed: "There is an although a minor, but positive support from some politicians, which is the biggest incentive not to stop, but to move forward, in order to meet the needs of a particular part of the society”.
18 May 2018
The Seimas Ombudsmen Augustinas Normantas and Raimondas Šukys met with a delegation of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) which is now conducting its fourth cycle of monitoring of public assemblies and Lithuania was included in the ongoing assembly monitoring cycle.
Representatives of the delegation informed the Seimas Ombudsmen that they are planning to monitor freedom of assembly related to the "Rainbow Days 2018" festival in Vilnius, thus assessing Lithuania's readiness to comply with international obligations ensuring the right to freedom of assembly.
Anita Danka, head of the delegation, noted that when monitoring human rights activities, the OSCE / ODIHR places particular emphasis on the need to ground its conclusions with information gathered following the principles of transparency, accuracy and impartiality. Moreover, observers involved in the process of collecting information must adhere to strict principles of objectivity and impartiality.
When collecting information, representatives of the delegation meet with representatives of various institutions, NGOs, national human rights institutions, who can provide more information on the peaceful assembly in the country as well as specific information on the selected monitoring events.
2018 m. balandžio 3 d.
At the meeting with experts on human rights and mental health, the Seimas Ombudsmen Augustinas Normantas and Raimondas Šukys discussed the conformity of the amendments to the Law Mental Health Care with the international obligations of the country in the field of human rights.
Representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Justice and non-governmental organisations together with the Seimas Ombudsmen, discussed the implementation of recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Lithuania related to Article 14 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other provisions.
Introducing the draft law to the Seimas Ombudsmen Director of the State Mental Health Centre Ona Davidonienė noted that the law is being amended for the first time. Therefore the amendments seek to encompass the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture.
The new law establishes an obligation to consider compulsory hospitalisation and treatment in court with the participation of the patient. Moreover, the draft law foresees a possibility for the patient to appeal against the decision regarding compulsory hospitalisation to a higher instance court.