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violence against children
Society
Prosecutors annul 38 findings in cases of violence against children
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office has decided to annul 38 out of the 1,328 findings in 2016 and 2017 cases of violence against small children where the investigations were dropped. […]
Society
Two-thirds of Lithuanians back corporal punishment ban
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. […]
Society
Human rights defenders welcome ban on violence against children
The Council of Europe‘s commissioner and a US-based organization Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed the Lithuanian decision to ban corporal punishment of children. […]
Politics
Seimas bans all violence against children, including corporal punishments
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. […]
Society
Different approaches to family role, child protection are compatible – SocMin
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. […]
CORPORATE
Factors influencing of fracturing “Peasant” group in Seimas
Is a rebellion growing in the “Peasant” Seimas group and are there already enough so called rebels to form a separate group? Bronius Matelis who left the “Peasant” group recently , being an independent candidate […]
Politics
CORPORATE
Violence against children – has Lithuania matured for Norwegian Barnevernet model?
The four year old child lethally injured by his relatives was buried at the Baisogala (Radviliškis district) cemetery on Tuesday. The child who fell victim to violence was accompanied to his final rest by not […]
Society
Minister of Social Affairs wants corporal punishment banned by law
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. […]
Society
Violence against children viewed wrong in Lithuania – ombudsperson
Lithuania’s Ombudsperson for Children’s Rights Edita Žiobienė says that violence against children is viewed more leniently than violence against adults. […]
Society
Politicians focus on child’s rights after violence against 4 years old
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. […]
Society
Brutal violence against children up in Lithuania – doctor
At least one child beaten at home is admitted to the Lithuanian Kaunas Clinic every month, and the number of brutal violence against children is increasing, says Rimantas Kevalas, the head of the Children’s Hospital of the Kaunas Clinic. […]
Society
President calls for centralized decision on child removal from family
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called for resumed discussion on centralization of protection of child‘s rights. […]
Society
Hundreds of candles lit outside Seimas against violence against children
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. […]
Society
SocMin pledges revamp of child’s rights scheme after child beating
Lithuania’s Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis maintains that the repeating cases of violence against children prove that the existing child’s rights protection system does not work. […]