Lithuanian Human Rights Links

by Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University

Being Updated March 2007-August 2007

The purpose of this link page is to provide useful business links associated with Lithuania.  There is no commercial purpose or personal financial gain from this link page.  Most links include a title, languages used, services, and a brief description of the mission and purpose of the site.  Services include search engines, blogs, on-line polls, site of origin (e.g., .lv, .com, .net) and transactions.  Transactions could be nonfinancial (e.g., registration) to financial (e.g., payment of fees) Almost every brief description is a direct quote from the link.  Most of these direct quotes will refer to either the mission or objectives of the link.

Amnesty International (E) "Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI's vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.  In pursuit of this vision, AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights."

Amnesty International Report on Lithuania (E, F, Spanish) "The Amnesty International library contains an archive of most reports, news releases and urgent actions published from 1996 to date."

Central and Eastern European Internet Directory for Human Rights (E) "Welcome to the Central and Eastern European Internet Directory for Human Rights. On this page you find a comprehensive collection on links and sites with reference to Human Rights issues in Europe and the NIS."

ClearHarmony News (E)  Human rights news of various countries

Eumap.org (E) "The EU Accession Monitoring Program of the Open Society Institute monitors human rights and the rule of law in Europe.  Databases covered include minority rights, the judiciary, corruption, equal opportunities, health and disability rights, media independence, and refugees and migrants."

Federation of American Scientists (E)  Occasional news of the Baltic States.

Feminism in Lithuania (E, Lt). The Social Innovation Fund (SIF) situated in Kaunas is an NGO which was established in 1994 as a public charity organisation. It is working for the benefit and welfare of unemployed and economically at risk women providing training and retraining opportunities for them. The SIF is also dedicated to influence public policy in the area of social issues with a special emphasis on women's employment problems.

Human Rights Internet (E) "HRI is dedicated to the empowerment of human rights activists and organizations, and to the education of governmental and intergovernmental agencies and officials and other actors in the public and private sphere, on human rights issues and the role of civil society."

Human Rights Library-Minnesota (E, R, Japanese, F, Spanish) Comprehensive library of human rights links.

Human Rights Watch Reports (E, and many other languages) "We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice. We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable. We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law. We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all. Lots of links to Baltic countries."

International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (E) "The IHF is a unique community of 41 human rights NGO's in the OSCE region, working together internationally to insist on compliance with human rights standards."

Law Assembly (E, R) "The purpose of this page is to inform people all over the World about the social status of Russian speaking population in Baltic states. Here you will find concrete facts and also their law estimations made by experts of the non-governmental organization "Law Assembly"."

LGL - Lithuanian Gay and Lesbian Organization (E, Lt) "The Lithuanian Gay League purpose is to work to combat discrimination against lesbians and gay men and to promote their civil rights. The tasks are: to develop means of communication between lesbians and gay men in order to end their isolation and oppression; to promote acceptance of lesbian/gay lifestyles in all sectors of society and to reduce discrimination; to organize information and further training events on the subject of homosexuality for various occupational groups; to develop anti-discrimination and registered partnership legislation; to gain equal rights for gays and lesbians by discussing with politicians; to organize social and cultural events for gays and lesbians."

Lithuania Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998 (E) Released in 1999.

Lithuania:  Human Rights (E)  Provides a summary of human rights issues associated with police and prison conditions.

Lithuanian Center for Human Rights (E, Lt) "The main goals of the Centre are as follows: promotion of the general public to be interested in and to respect human rights; implementation of educational programs; initiation of scientific research in the field of human rights; analysis of the human rights situation in the country; bringing up of human rights problems and suggestion of the ways for their resolution to the legislator and the Government; development of educational activities related to human rights."

Organization of Protection of Human Rights and Social Guarantees (E, Lt) "The Organization of the Protection of Human Rights and Social Guarantees in Lithuania (OPHRSGL) is a nonprofit public organization whose main goal is to inform the citizens of Lithuania about human rights and their protection and to watch whether the fundamental principles of human rights are observed in various public and private institutions as well as to take certain measures if these rights are violated."

Magenta (E, NL) "Magenta is a foundation that combats racism, fascism and other forms of discrimination, since 1997 mainly on and through the Internet.  Magenta was founded in 1992 after the violent racist attacks on migrants in Germany. Since its founding Magenta has realized a substantial number of projects, mainly practicing our philosophy of getting the activities to people instead of letting people come to the activity."

Privacy and Human Rights:  An International Survey of Privacy Laws (E) "This report provides details of the state of privacy in fifty countries around the world. It outlines the constitutional and legal conditions of privacy protection, and summarizes important issues and events relating to privacy and surveillance."

Privacy International (E) "Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. PI has conducted campaigns throughout the world on issues ranging from wiretapping and national security, to ID cards, video surveillance, data matching, police information systems, medical privacy, and freedom of information and expression."

Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law  (E) "The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law is an academic institution formed in 1984 at the Faculty of Law at Lund University, Sweden. The purpose of the Institute is to promote research, training and academic education in the fields of human rights and humanitarian law. The Raoul Wallenberg Institute is named after Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat, in order to pay homage to his well-known work in Hungary towards the end of the Second World War."

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (E) U.S. Department of State: Lithuanian Human Rights Practices, 2000 (E)    Provides a summary of the state department human rights report.

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (E) "The site for daily news, opinion, and advocacy on Jews and human rights in the former Soviet Union--a project of UCSJ: Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union."

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