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Lithuania allocates funds in support of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Added 2020-12-18 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania allocated three thousand euros to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in support of the activities of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
In Geneva, Lithuania makes a statement on the human rights situation in Ukraine Added 2020-12-18 On 18 December, Lithuania took the floor in the Interactive Dialogue with the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris on the human rights situation in Ukraine.
Acting Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius once again urged the Belarusian authorities to end human rights abuses and impunity for such crimes Added 2020-12-04 On 4 December, the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, held an interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Belarus following the presidential elections of 9 August. The Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas...
Acting Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius: Lithuania will continue to support Afghanistan’s peace and reconstruction efforts Added 2020-11-24 On 24 November, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part virtually in the Afghanistan Conference in Geneva and assured that Lithuania would continue to work together with the international community to help...
Permanent Representative of Lithuania met with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization Added 2020-11-19 On 19 November, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania in Geneva, Ambassador Andrius Krivas, met with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Mr. Daren Tang.
Belarus: UN experts call for probe into violence against protesters Added 2020-11-19 UN human rights experts* said today they were gravely concerned by increased reports of mass detentions, intimidation and torture, and called on authorities to conduct a prompt, independent and impartial investigation into the excessive use of...
Lithuania provided humanitarian aid to those affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict Added 2020-11-13 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania allocated 75 thousand euros to provide humanitarian aid for those affected by the Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict. The funds will be transferred to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
L. Linkevičius: Lithuania will continue actively supporting Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association Added 2020-11-12 On 12 November, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania H. E. Mr Linas Linkevičius took part in the high-level webinar dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly...
Lithuania offers human rights recommendations to United States of America and Croatia Added 2020-11-10 On 9 and 10 November, the Permanent Representative of Lithuania Ambassador Andrius Krivas took the floor at the 36th session of the Working Group of Universal Periodic Review to address the human rights situation in the United States of America...
Professor Dalia Leinartė re-elected to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Added 2020-11-09 On 9 November, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) elections took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Professor Dalia Leinartė, a candidate of Lithuania, was elected for the period 2021-2024...