{"id":20863,"date":"2025-10-17T09:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teise.org\/?p=20863"},"modified":"2025-10-17T09:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T09:55:36","slug":"20250917-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/20250917-2\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Meeting of the Committee of the Parliament of Lithuania \u2013 Presentation by a Researcher from the Law Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 15 October, Dr Agn\u0117 Limant\u0117, Chief Researcher at the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, participated in a meeting of the Human Rights Committee of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania (Seimas), where she delivered a presentation entitled \u201cParental Child Abduction Cases in the Practice of Lithuanian Courts.\u201d Dr Limant\u0117 was invited to this meeting, which focused on assessing the best interests of the child and ensuring appropriate assistance in cases of cross-border child abduction, for a reason: the researcher has conducted several studies in the field of private international family law and published academic works on child abduction.<\/p>\n

In her presentation, Dr Limant\u0117 provided statistics on the number of children who are allegedly abducted to or from Lithuania each year, discussed the international legal instruments governing such situations, and elaborated on the grounds for non-return of a child that Lithuanian courts typically rely upon when adjudicating these cases.<\/p>\n

According to Dr Limant\u0117, most cases heard by Lithuanian courts concern children where at least one parent is Lithuanian and had at some point moved abroad to live and work. After the relationship between the parents breaks down, one of them often returns to Lithuania with the child without the other parent\u2019s consent. The left-behind parent then has the right to apply to the court for the child\u2019s return to his\/her habitual residence. These situations are governed by two international legal instruments \u2013 the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Brussels IIb Regulation.<\/p>\n

The main principle under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is the prompt return of a wrongfully removed or retained child to their State of habitual residence. Under the Convention, the child should first be returned to the country of habitual residence, where the competent court will decide with which parent the child should reside. Thus, as Dr Limant\u0117 explained, a return proceeding can be seen as an \u2018interim procedure\u2019 \u2013 it concerns only the child\u2019s return and not the determination of custody rights.<\/p>\n

However, Article 13 of the Convention also provides grounds for refusing the child\u2019s return, for example, when it is established that the other parent consented to the child\u2019s removal, or when returning the child would expose him or her to physical or psychological harm, or otherwise place the child in an intolerable situation. An important principle duly followed by Lithuanian courts in such proceedings is the child\u2019s right to be heard and to have his or her opinion taken into account.<\/p>


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Spalio 15 d. Lietuvos socialini\u0173 moksl\u0173 centro Teis\u0117s instituto vyriausioji mokslo darbuotoja Agn\u0117 Limant\u0117 dalyvavo LR Seimo \u017dmogaus teisi\u0173 komiteto pos\u0117dyje, kuriame pristat\u0117 prane\u0161im\u0105 \u201eNeteis\u0117to vaik\u0173 i\u0161ve\u017eimo bylos Lietuvos teism\u0173 praktikoje\u201c. Dr. A. Limant\u0117 \u012f \u0161\u012f pos\u0117d\u012f, kur svarstytas geriausi\u0173 vaiko interes\u0173 vertinimo ir pagalbos u\u017etikrinimo klausimas nagrin\u0117jant neteis\u0117to vaik\u0173 i\u0161ve\u017eimo bylas, pakviesta neatsitiktinai \u2013 Teis\u0117s instituto mokslinink\u0117 yra atlikusi ne vien\u0105 tyrim\u0105 tarptautin\u0117s privatin\u0117s \u0161eimos teis\u0117s srityje ir paskelbusi mokslini\u0173 publikacij\u0173, kuri\u0173 tyrimo objektas yra b\u016btent neteis\u0117to vaik\u0173 i\u0161ve\u017eimo bylos ir su jomis susijusi teism\u0173 praktika. Dr. A. Limant\u0117 pateik\u0117 kasmet \u012f Lietuv\u0105 galimai neteis\u0117tai \u012fve\u017eam\u0173 ir i\u0161 jos i\u0161ve\u017eam\u0173 vaik\u0173 statistik\u0105, aptar\u0117 tokias situacijas reguliuojan\u010dius tarptautin\u0117s teis\u0117s instrumentus ir pla\u010diau pristat\u0117 vaiko negr\u0105\u017einimo pagrindus, kuriais, nagrin\u0117dami min\u0117tas bylas, savo sprendimus grind\u017eia Lietuvos teismai. Pasak A. Limant\u0117s, dauguma Lietuvos teism\u0173 nagrin\u0117jam\u0173 byl\u0173 susij\u0119 su vaikais, kuri\u0173 bent vienas i\u0161 t\u0117v\u0173 yra lietuvis, tam tikru laiku i\u0161vyk\u0119s gyventi ir dirbti \u012f u\u017esienio valstyb\u0119, ta\u010diau v\u0117liau, poros santykiams nutr\u016bkus, gr\u012f\u017e\u0119s \u012f Lietuv\u0105, kartu atsive\u017e\u0119s vaik\u0105 ir (ar) laiku jo negr\u0105\u017ein\u0119s \u012f gyvenam\u0105j\u0105 viet\u0105. T\u0117vas, i\u0161 kurio buvo pagrobtas vaikas, turi teis\u0119 kreiptis \u012f teism\u0105 su pra\u0161ymu d\u0117l vaiko gr\u0105\u017einimo \u012f kilm\u0117s valstyb\u0119. \u0160ias situacijas reguliuoja du tarptautin\u0117s teis\u0117s instrumentai \u2013 1980 m. Hagos konvencija d\u0117l tarptautinio vaik\u0173 grobimo civilini\u0173 aspekt\u0173 ir Reglamentas \u201eBriuselis IIb\u201c. Pagrindinis 1980 m. Hagos konvencijos d\u0117l tarptautinio vaik\u0173 grobimo civilini\u0173 aspekt\u0173 principas yra skubus neteis\u0117tai i\u0161ve\u017eto ar laikomo vaiko gr\u0105\u017einimas \u012f jo \u012fprastin\u0117s gyvenamosios vietos valstyb\u0119. Remiantis Hagos konvencija, pirmiausia vaikas tur\u0117t\u0173 b\u016bti gr\u0105\u017eintas \u012f kilm\u0117s \u0161al\u012f ir tuomet \u0161ios \u0161alies teismas tur\u0117t\u0173 spr\u0119sti, su kuriuo i\u0161 t\u0117v\u0173 tur\u0117t\u0173 gyventi vaikas. Taigi vaiko gr\u0105\u017einimo byla, anot mokslinink\u0117s, yra tarsi tarpin\u0117 byla, joje sprend\u017eiama tik d\u0117l vaiko gr\u0105\u017einimo, bet ne d\u0117l vaiko gyvenamosios vietos nustatymo. Vis d\u0117lto Konvencijos 13-ajame straipsnyje numatyti ir vaiko negr\u0105\u017einimo pagrindai, pvz., kai nustatoma, kad buvo gautas kito i\u0161 t\u0117v\u0173 sutikimas i\u0161ve\u017eti vaik\u0105 arba kad vaik\u0105 gr\u0105\u017einus jam b\u016bt\u0173 padaryta fizin\u0117 ar psichologin\u0117 \u017eala, arba vaikas paklius \u012f kit\u0105 netoleruotin\u0105 situacij\u0105. Taip pat labai svarbus principas, kuriuo vadovaujasi Lietuvos teismai spr\u0119sdami d\u0117l vaiko gr\u0105\u017einimo, yra vaiko i\u0161klausymas, atsi\u017evelgimas \u012f jo nuomon\u0119. Did\u017eiuojam\u0117s, kad svarstant vien\u0105 i\u0161 parlamentin\u0117s kontrol\u0117s klausim\u0173 \u2013 vaiko interes\u0173 u\u017etikrinim\u0105 neteis\u0117to vaik\u0173 i\u0161ve\u017eimo bylose \u2013 bendrai \u0161ios srities problematikai pristatyti \u012f Seimo \u017dmogaus teisi\u0173 komiteto pos\u0117d\u012f buvo pakviesta Teis\u0117s instituto mokslinink\u0117. Nuoroda \u012f 2025-10-15 d. LR Seimo \u017dmogaus teisi\u0173 komiteto pos\u0117d\u017eio vaizdo \u012fra\u0161\u0105.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-naujienos","category-268"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20863"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20868,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863\/revisions\/20868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teise.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}