BRUSSELS, 1 March 2010 — The Lithuanian Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information is entering into force today. The law bars ‘minors’ from receiving information about any type of sexual relationships, and seeks to protect the ‘traditional’ concept of family defined by the Constitution as based on the
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 26 February 2010 Amnesty International calls on the authorities of Lithuania to remove all restrictions on the distribution of public information relating to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people decreed in a new law. The controversial “Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of
Strasbourg 17.02.2010 – The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, published today letters sent to the Prime Minister of Lithuania and to the Speaker of the Seimas (Parliament) on discrimination issues, minority rights and steps taken to investigate whether the CIA detained terrorist suspects on Lithuanian territory. The letters follow the Commissioner’s
Today the plenary session of the European Parliament adopted reports on the accession to the European Union for Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. All three reports call on candidate countries to provide genuine protection to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender minorities, and remind candidate countries that the protection of all minorities
Press release 2010 01 19 Association Lithuanian Gay League addressed the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman of Lithuania Ausrine Burneikiene with a letter urging to take action on discrimination of trans people and include their issues in implementation of equal opportunities politics in Lithuania. European Court of Human Rights repeatedly acknowledged in its case-law that 14 article of
VILNIUS – Lithuanian lawmakers revised a controversial law on Tuesday that banned the promotion of homosexuality, but gay rights campaigners warned the move did nothing to assuage their concerns. In a 58-4 vote, with 25 abstentions, parliament approved amendments to legislation that sparked criticism from rights groups in Lithuania and abroad when it was passed
VILNIUS, Dec 22, – The Lithuanian Seimas on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information to replace provisions in the previous edition which were deemed homophobic. The new bill bans information that could be seen as promoting sexual relations from reaching the country’s youth. The
On Wednesday, Committee on Education, Science and Culture (CESC) did not approve amendment which proposed public information which encourages homosexual, bisexual relations or polygamy to treat as having detrimental effect on minors. This amendment proposed by member of the Conservative Party Gintaras Songaila was approved by the Seimas in the discussion of the draft of
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said she’ll veto the Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effects of Public Information if the Seimas opts to yet again include in it homophobic provisions slammed by human rights watchdogs. “This law violates the European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights. I will veto such a law,” the
Dear Mr Stundys, On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I urge you as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Education, Science and Culture to exercise your influence to ensure the plenary assembly of the Seimas will pass a version of the ‘Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information’ that
Press release by the Lithuanian Gay League (LGL) 2 December 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Tuesday the Lithuanian Parliament started discussing the draft Law on the Protection of Minors against the Detrimental Effect of Public Information and began to argue on the issue of sexual minorities. Even thought the purpose of the law is to
What is, and what should be, the role of legislation in efforts to combat discrimination? Will the current draft anti-discrimination directive help to reduce discrimination in the EU Member States, and how can we best combat multiple discrimination? These were just some of the questions discussed at the Equality Summit held on 16-17 November. One