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Author: Dovilė PŪRAITĖ-ANDRIKIENĖ
Topic category: Human Rights

In recent years many European countries revised their national institutions of incapacitation in the light of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was adopted in 2006 December 13. Although in Lithuania this Convention entered into force in 2010 September 17, the real situation of incapacitated persons so far has not changed, though the State has taken some steps to improve the situation of these persons.

Author: Mindaugas Lankauskas
Topic category:
Human Rights

The article deals with relationship between right to privacy and freedom of expression according to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. Although privacy protection and freedom of expression have been partially analyzed in Lithuanian legal doctrine the comprehensive assessment taking into account the context of European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is desirable.

Author: Kristina AMBRAZEVIČIŪTĖ, Eglė KAVOLIŪNAITĖ-RAGAUSKIENĖ, Vytautas MIZARAS
Topic category: Matrimonial and Family Law
, Human Rights

The article analyses substance of legal category of “family”, as well what are the guidelines for the establishment of this category within the national laws in accordance with the necessity to ensure human rights provided for in case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

Author: Lina BELIŪNIENĖ
Topic category: Constitutional Law
, Human Rights

The aim of this research is to ascertain the legal regulation which violates the essence of human rights. In order to reach it the conception of the essence of human rights is analyzed and the cases when the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania stated that the essence of human rights is denied are analyzed.

Author: Simonas NIKARTAS, Algimantas ČEPAS
Topic category: Criminal Law, Human Rights

The article consists of two parts. The first part reveals essential characteristics of life imprisonment based on the most recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (major attention being given to the case of Vinter and Others v. the United Kingdom). The second part of the article provide evaluation whether the penalty of life imprisonment provided for in the laws of Lithuania meets the standards established by the European Court of Human Rights.