1. HUMAN RIGHTS IN LITHUANIA

2. Human rights in Lithuania are
protected and observed by the
main law in LithuaniaConstitution.This law contains
the most important human
rights- the right to
work, studying etc. Human rights
and freedoms are innate. The
human has the right to have his
own convictions and freely
express them. The human being
must not be hindered from
seeking, receiving and imparting
information and ideas.

3. Property must be
inviolable. The rights of
ownership are protected
by law. While
implementing his rights
and freedoms, the human
being must observe the
Constitution and the laws
of the Republic of
Lithuania and must not
restrict the rights and
freedoms of other people.

4. 1995 Lithuania ratified Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental
freedoms. Respect for human rights is one of the main characteristics of any
democratic country. The main international document ratified in 1948 is
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Are these rights observed and followed?
There are a number of everyday situations when we can hear: ‚‘violated human
rights‘, “does not uphold the rights‘. That is why we can assume that human
rights are not always promoted, though it mainly depends on the country, its
laws, individual citizens, their attitude and value system. Every person claims
that he/she knows his rights, however, it is essential to know the duty which
comes together with every right.

5. If everyone carried out their
duties and perceived their
rights at the same time, then
human rights would be
respected and defended at
the state level. Then there
would be respect for any
citizen, for his innate right-the
right to live and we would not
hear on TV that someone did
not respect this right and
violated it.

6. The person has to start with himself/herself and his/her immediate surroundings.
Despite the fact that every child in Lithuania has the right to study, there are children
who ignore this right and do not attend any educational institution. If you have the
right to study, then your duty is to attend school. If every citizen observed his rights
and carried out his duties, then we would not have cases of violating and not observing
human rights in Lithuania.

7. It seems paradoxical that
constitutions are mainly created
with the aim to protect its citizens
from the state lawlessness. To be
more exact, from the lawlessness
and bureaucracy of state
institutions and state officials.

8. If to give the answer to the question ,“Are human rights
violated in Lithuania?-Yes, they are“.One of the examples
could be the cases of unauthorized surveillance of
journalists and politicians. Lithuanian citizens, defending
their rights, sometimes bring their complaints for the
Strasbourg Court of Human Rights. Humans rights are
frequently violated at workplace. However, employees
often tolerate their employers‘ lawlessness because they
are afraid of being made redundant.