children's rights

The Lithuanian government lacks capacities for implementation of laws that have been adopted in the field children's rights, says spokeswoman to President Dalia Grybauskaitė.

Monday marks a year since the first round of Lithuania's parliamentary elections. BNS provides an overview of the key decisions taken by the new parliament, as well as the scandals it faced and the challenges it will still have to cope with.

Lithuania's parliament on Thursday approved a reformed children's rights protection system, for the first time stipulating that children under the age of six cannot be left home alone.

Almost 68 percent of the Lithuanian population are in favour of the corporal punishment of children being banned by law, a survey carried out by the pollster RAIT for BNS has shown.

Lithuania's new parliament, which was sworn in last November, is commencing in its spring session on Friday. BNS Lithuania is providing an overview of the most important bills included into the agenda.

Lithuanian prosecutors are astonished by court rulings to vindicate parents for violence against underage children, says Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis, expressing hope that the parliament will pass amendments to the Framework Law on Children's Rights Protection will eliminate such cases.

Lithuania's parliament on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Framework Law on Children's Rights Protection on the fast track, which bans all types of violence against children, including corporal punishments.

Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis says that two competing approaches, one of which centers on children's rights and the other underlines the importance of the family, are compatible.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė expects the Seimas to debate an agreement on the status of US troops in Lithuania during its extraordinary session next week.

The Lithuanian parliament will on February 14 hold a one-day extraordinary session to address children's protection issues.

The Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Ministry will seek that a ban on corporal punishment be included into a framework law on children's rights protection, Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis said on Tuesday.

Lithuania's Ombudsperson for Children's Rights Edita Žiobienė says that violence against children is viewed more leniently than violence against adults.

The death of a 4-year-old boy in Kėdainiai, central Lithuania, after severe beating at home has caused Lithuanian politicians and public to again shift their attention to the situation of child's rights.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called for resumed discussion on centralization of protection of child's rights.

After the tragic death of a 4-year-old after beating in his home in Kėdainiai, central Lithuania, a civil campaign was held outside the parliament on Friday aimed at stepping up efforts against violence against children.

A Lithuanian court has issued arrest warrants for the mother and stepfather of the 4-year-old boy who died of severe beating early on Friday.

The Seimas will next month hold an extraordinary session to pass a framework law on children's rights protection, Rima Baškienė, the deputy speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, confirmed to BNS.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, currently on a visit in Norway, says that children taken from Lithuanian migrant families in the country could be brought to foster homes in Lithuania.

Gytis Snyder, a 13-year-old boy from Franklin, Tennessee, has led an effort to collect several shopping carts full of toys for an orphanage for disabled or chronically ill children in Lithuania. The orphanage has special significance for the young boy, who is fighting cystic fibrosis – it is the orp...