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United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - States Parties Reports |
Table 1. Population
Beginning of year, thousands
|
Total
|
Urban
|
Rural
|
||||||
Total
|
Men
|
Women
|
Total
|
Men
|
Women
|
Total
|
Men
|
Women
|
|
2008¹
|
3 212.6
|
1 487.4
|
1 725.2
|
2 144.4
|
971.8
|
1 172.6
|
1 068.2
|
515.6
|
552.6
|
2009¹
|
3 183.8
|
1 473.3
|
1 710.5
|
2 125.4
|
961.5
|
1 163.9
|
1 058.4
|
511.8
|
546.6
|
2010¹
|
3 142.0
|
1 450.2
|
1 691.8
|
2 099.1
|
946.3
|
1 152.8
|
1 042.9
|
503.9
|
539.0
|
2011¹
|
3 052.6
|
1 407.2
|
1 645.4
|
2 037.1
|
916.0
|
1 121.1
|
1 015.5
|
491.2
|
524.3
|
2012
|
3 003.6
|
1 383.5
|
1 620.1
|
2 005.6
|
900.0
|
1 105.6
|
998.0
|
483.5
|
514.5
|
2013
|
2 971.9
|
1 368.9
|
1 603.0
|
1 989.3
|
892.2
|
1097.1
|
982.6
|
476.7
|
505.9
|
¹ The population at the beginning of 2008–2011 was re-calculated on the basis of the Lithuanian national population
and housing census of 2011
Table 2. Residents by citizenship
|
2001
|
2011
|
---|---|---|
Total
|
3 483 972
|
3 043 429
|
Residents with single citizenship
|
3 469 553
|
3 036 820
|
Republic of Lithuania
|
3 448 878
|
3 015 535
|
European states
|
19 015
|
19 140
|
European Union states
|
1 786
|
2 755
|
Ireland
|
4
|
49
|
Republic of Austria
|
5
|
12
|
Kingdom of Belgium
|
7
|
19
|
Republic of Bulgaria
|
21
|
71
|
Kingdom of Denmark
|
60
|
107
|
Republic of Estonia
|
58
|
82
|
Hellenic Republic
|
6
|
13
|
Kingdom of Spain
|
6
|
58
|
Italian Republic
|
25
|
74
|
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
|
40
|
98
|
Republic of Latvia
|
413
|
459
|
Republic of Poland
|
737
|
1 086
|
Kingdom of the Netherlands
|
22
|
42
|
Portuguese Republic
|
2
|
10
|
French Republic
|
52
|
76
|
Romania
|
8
|
31
|
Slovak Republic
|
0
|
11
|
Republic of Finland
|
43
|
39
|
Kingdom of Sweden
|
32
|
33
|
Federal Republic of Germany
|
230
|
366
|
Other states
|
15
|
19
|
Other European states
|
17 229
|
16 385
|
Republic of Albania
|
4
|
10
|
Republic of Belarus
|
2 180
|
3 379
|
Republic of Iceland
|
1
|
13
|
Republic of Moldova
|
80
|
156
|
Kingdom of Norway
|
16
|
53
|
Russian Federation
|
13 376
|
10 675
|
Republic of Serbia
|
0
|
10
|
Swiss Confederation
|
4
|
12
|
Ukraine
|
1 556
|
2 067
|
Other countries
|
12
|
10
|
African states
|
18
|
94
|
Arab Republic of Egypt
|
3
|
30
|
Federal Republic of Nigeria
|
4
|
14
|
Tunisian Republic
|
0
|
12
|
Other states
|
11
|
38
|
States of the Caribbean Islands, South and Central America
|
21
|
57
|
Federal Republic of Brazil
|
0
|
12
|
United States of Mexico
|
1
|
11
|
Other states
|
20
|
34
|
North American states
|
281
|
336
|
United States of America
|
257
|
310
|
Canada
|
24
|
26
|
Asian states
|
1 209
|
1 647
|
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
|
33
|
13
|
Republic of Armenia
|
229
|
241
|
Republic of Azerbaijan
|
88
|
138
|
Georgia
|
95
|
147
|
Republic of India
|
14
|
51
|
State of Israel
|
103
|
205
|
Japan
|
5
|
15
|
Republic of Kazakhstan
|
211
|
189
|
People’s Republic of China
|
45
|
179
|
Kyrgyz Republic
|
25
|
32
|
Lebanese Republic
|
119
|
56
|
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
|
35
|
22
|
Republic of Korea
|
1
|
17
|
Syrian Arab Republic
|
6
|
12
|
Republic of Tajikistan
|
18
|
11
|
Kingdom of Thailand
|
0
|
20
|
Republic of Turkey
|
27
|
110
|
Turkmenistan
|
8
|
10
|
Republic of Uzbekistan
|
45
|
80
|
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
|
67
|
61
|
Other states
|
35
|
38
|
Oceania states
|
11
|
11
|
Citizenship unspecified
|
120
|
0
|
Residents with multiple citizenships
|
659
|
4 097
|
Stateless persons
|
10 531
|
2 429
|
Did not specify
|
3 229
|
83
|
Table 3. Residents by nationality
Nationality
|
1989
|
2001
|
2011
|
|||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
|
Total
|
3 674 802
|
100.00
|
3 483 972
|
100.00
|
3 043 629
|
100.00
|
Lithuanians
|
2 924 251
|
79.58
|
2 907 293
|
83.45
|
2 561 314
|
84.16
|
Poles
|
257 994
|
7.02
|
234 989
|
6.74
|
200 317
|
6.58
|
Russians
|
344 455
|
9.37
|
219 789
|
6.31
|
176 913
|
5.81
|
Byelorussians
|
63 169
|
1.72
|
42 866
|
1.23
|
36 227
|
1.19
|
Ukrainians
|
44 789
|
1.22
|
22 488
|
0.65
|
16 423
|
0.54
|
Jews
|
12 392
|
0.34
|
4 007
|
0.12
|
3 050
|
0.10
|
Tartars
|
5 188
|
0.14
|
3 235
|
0.09
|
2 793
|
0.09
|
Germans
|
2 058
|
0.06
|
3 243
|
0.09
|
2 418
|
0.08
|
Romani
|
2 718
|
0.07
|
2 571
|
0.07
|
2 115
|
0.07
|
Latvians
|
4 229
|
0.11
|
2 955
|
0.09
|
2 025
|
0.07
|
Armenians
|
1 655
|
0.04
|
1 477
|
0.04
|
1 233
|
0.04
|
Azerbaijani
|
1 314
|
0.04
|
788
|
0.02
|
648
|
0.02
|
Moldavian
|
1 450
|
0.04
|
704
|
0.02
|
540
|
0.02
|
Georgian
|
658
|
0.02
|
437
|
0.01
|
372
|
0.01
|
Estonian
|
598
|
0.01
|
419
|
0.01
|
314
|
0.01
|
Karaite
|
289
|
0.01
|
273
|
0.01
|
241
|
0.01
|
Other nationalities
|
7 595
|
0.21
|
3 517
|
0.10
|
3 508
|
0.12
|
Did not specify
|
0
|
0.00
|
32 921
|
0.95
|
32 978
|
1.08
|
Table 4. Residents by nationality and age group, 2011
Nationality
|
Total
|
0–9
|
10–19
|
20–29
|
30–39
|
40–49
|
50–59
|
60–69
|
70–79
|
80+
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total
|
3 043 429
|
285 360
|
381 246
|
411 324
|
390 098
|
449 926
|
416 418
|
311 734
|
262 984
|
134 339
|
Lithuanians
|
2 561 314
|
250 452
|
337 848
|
345 424
|
331 395
|
378 730
|
336 504
|
255 171
|
214 767
|
111 023
|
Poles
|
200 317
|
14 822
|
21 232
|
26 513
|
27 693
|
32 011
|
29 471
|
21 760
|
18 284
|
8 531
|
Russians
|
176 913
|
9 256
|
11 614
|
19 682
|
22 318
|
26 024
|
33 998
|
24 020
|
19 833
|
10 168
|
Byelorussians
|
36 227
|
601
|
1 281
|
2 665
|
3 295
|
6 263
|
8 745
|
5 387
|
5 496
|
2 494
|
Ukrainians
|
16 423
|
318
|
669
|
1 091
|
1 694
|
2 810
|
3 687
|
2 807
|
2 345
|
1 002
|
Jews
|
3 050
|
140
|
186
|
245
|
301
|
287
|
469
|
581
|
479
|
362
|
Tartars
|
2 793
|
91
|
191
|
266
|
278
|
439
|
630
|
389
|
325
|
184
|
Germans
|
2 418
|
216
|
220
|
269
|
279
|
362
|
315
|
250
|
395
|
112
|
Romani
|
2 115
|
446
|
599
|
301
|
232
|
178
|
222
|
86
|
35
|
16
|
Latvians
|
2 025
|
44
|
84
|
146
|
224
|
299
|
377
|
337
|
334
|
180
|
Armenians
|
1 233
|
67
|
169
|
158
|
128
|
262
|
237
|
107
|
74
|
31
|
Azerbaijani
|
648
|
50
|
100
|
72
|
73
|
154
|
124
|
44
|
31
|
0
|
Moldavians
|
540
|
18
|
34
|
64
|
64
|
124
|
131
|
57
|
40
|
8
|
Other nationalities
|
4 435
|
351
|
292
|
437
|
708
|
869
|
756
|
531
|
339
|
152
|
Did not specify
|
32 978
|
8 488
|
6 727
|
13 991
|
1 416
|
1 114
|
752
|
207
|
207
|
76
|
Table 5. National minorities in the biggest cities of Lithuania, 2011 (%)
|
Total
|
Lithuanian
|
Polish
|
Russian
|
Byelorussian
|
Ukrainian
|
Other
|
Vilnius
|
535 631
|
63.2
|
16.5
|
12.0
|
3.5
|
1.0
|
3.8
|
Kaunas
|
315 933
|
93.6
|
0.4
|
3.8
|
0.2
|
0.4
|
1.6
|
Klaipėda
|
162 360
|
73.9
|
0.3
|
19.6
|
1.7
|
1.9
|
2.6
|
Šiauliai
|
109 328
|
93.6
|
0.2
|
4.1
|
0.3
|
0.5
|
1.3
|
Panevėžys
|
99 690
|
96.1
|
0.2
|
2.4
|
0.2
|
0.3
|
0.8
|
Table 6. Residents of major nationality groups by education, 2011
(education per 1 000 residents aged 10 or above for the respective nationality)
Nationality
|
Higher
|
Post-secondary and special secondary
|
Secondary
|
Basic
|
Elementary
|
Lithuanian
|
216
|
168
|
295
|
147
|
156
|
Polish
|
138
|
152
|
383
|
157
|
150
|
Russian
|
246
|
203
|
331
|
125
|
85
|
Byelorussian
|
174
|
225
|
355
|
144
|
92
|
Ukrainian
|
283
|
261
|
296
|
111
|
46
|
Jewish
|
501
|
148
|
209
|
68
|
65
|
Tartar
|
232
|
220
|
302
|
125
|
109
|
German
|
243
|
166
|
289
|
134
|
148
|
Latvian
|
226
|
196
|
308
|
148
|
108
|
Roma
|
16
|
16
|
155
|
292
|
418
|
Armenian
|
323
|
184
|
295
|
102
|
89
|
Table 7. Residents of major nationality groups by foreign languages spoken
Languages
|
Lithuanians
|
Poles
|
Russians
|
Byelorussians
|
Ukrainians
|
Jews
|
Tartars
|
Germans
|
Romani
|
Latvians
|
Armenians
|
Total
|
2 561 314
|
200 317
|
176 913
|
36 227
|
16 423
|
3 050
|
2 793
|
2 418
|
2 115
|
2 025
|
1 233
|
Residents speaking foreign languages
|
2 003 021
|
178 437
|
140 731
|
30 417
|
13 900
|
2 441
|
2 396
|
2 008
|
1 572
|
1 848
|
1 041
|
Russian
|
1 718 224
|
153 137
|
15 992
|
11 875
|
6 466
|
819
|
1 240
|
1 228
|
1 269
|
1 393
|
680
|
English
|
834 094
|
32 539
|
42 917
|
4 667
|
3 478
|
1 092
|
638
|
699
|
171
|
455
|
387
|
Lithuanian
|
9 094
|
131 275
|
117 359
|
21 250
|
10 183
|
1 622
|
1 261
|
737
|
1 124
|
1 167
|
764
|
Polish
|
187 821
|
26 847
|
27 249
|
11 248
|
2 368
|
411
|
883
|
197
|
205
|
139
|
80
|
German
|
222 050
|
13 886
|
11 616
|
1 999
|
1 073
|
362
|
165
|
785
|
15
|
172
|
62
|
French
|
54 801
|
1 350
|
1 593
|
248
|
152
|
59
|
37
|
47
|
0
|
31
|
28
|
Spanish
|
16 521
|
551
|
1 152
|
120
|
115
|
23
|
10
|
32
|
3
|
14
|
13
|
Byelorussian
|
2 418
|
4 903
|
1 059
|
3 297
|
180
|
27
|
47
|
10
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
Latvian
|
9 904
|
108
|
493
|
40
|
19
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
42
|
358
|
2
|
Italian
|
6 591
|
324
|
565
|
68
|
61
|
8
|
8
|
17
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
Ukrainian
|
1 992
|
695
|
1 674
|
307
|
1 904
|
81
|
13
|
14
|
3
|
9
|
4
|
Norwegian
|
3 152
|
80
|
194
|
17
|
15
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
Latin
|
2 678
|
88
|
63
|
9
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Swedish
|
1 904
|
34
|
119
|
7
|
16
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
Other
|
9 603
|
488
|
1 193
|
105
|
164
|
410
|
140
|
28
|
83
|
30
|
196
|
None
|
456 870
|
9 028
|
24 406
|
3 273
|
1 276
|
262
|
254
|
224
|
278
|
77
|
77
|
Did not specify
|
101 423
|
12 852
|
11 776
|
2 537
|
1 247
|
347
|
143
|
186
|
265
|
100
|
115
|
Table 8. Housing by type
|
Total
|
Traditional housing
|
Shared dwellings (dormitory, hotel, etc.)
|
Non-traditional dwellings (other spaces)
|
|||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
single-family detached house
|
apartment in a semi-detached house
|
apartment in an apartment building
|
apartment in a non-residential building
|
||
Total
|
1 389 059
|
496 963
|
55 043
|
819 434
|
2 793
|
14 569
|
257
|
Urban
|
929 652
|
138 671
|
33 520
|
742 785
|
1 031
|
13 620
|
25
|
Rural
|
459 407
|
358 292
|
21 523
|
76 649
|
1 762
|
949
|
232
|
Table 9. Traditional housing by type and accommodation
Type of housing
|
Traditional housing
|
Inhabited on a permanent basis
|
Used as second housing or seasonally
|
Uninhabited
|
Not specified
|
|||||
|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
%
|
Total
|
1 374 233
|
100.0
|
1 168 970
|
100.0
|
46 791
|
100.0
|
151 451
|
100.0
|
7 021
|
100.0
|
Single-family detached house
|
496 963
|
36.2
|
403 553
|
34.5
|
32 645
|
69.8
|
59 376
|
39.2
|
1 389
|
19.8
|
Apartment in a semi-detached house
|
55 043
|
4.0
|
45 044
|
3.9
|
2 043
|
4.4
|
7 658
|
5.1
|
298
|
4.2
|
Apartment in an apartment building or non-residential building
|
822 227
|
59.8
|
720 373
|
61.6
|
12 103
|
25.8
|
84 417
|
55.7
|
5 334
|
76.0
|
Table 10. Traditional housing by type and ownership
Type of housing
|
Total
|
Private – natural persons
|
Private – legal persons
|
State/municipal
|
Other
|
Not specified
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total
|
1 374 233
|
1 327 730
|
3 698
|
18 926
|
6 929
|
16 950
|
Single-family detached house
|
496 963
|
489 470
|
792
|
1 165
|
1 622
|
3 914
|
Apartment in semi-detached house
|
55 043
|
51 583
|
139
|
845
|
279
|
2 197
|
Apartment in apartment building or non-residential building
|
822 227
|
786 677
|
2 767
|
16 916
|
5 028
|
10 839
|
Table 11. Traditional housing by number of residents and useful area
Number of residents
|
Total
|
Up to 29 m2
|
30–49 m2
|
50–99 m2
|
100–149 m2
|
150 m2 and above
|
Not specified
|
Average useful area per resident, m2
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total
|
1 374 233
|
60 874
|
367 833
|
695 186
|
111 814
|
61 496
|
77 030
|
26.2
|
No residents
|
205 248
|
9 106
|
46 063
|
78 984
|
6 797
|
3 519
|
60 779
|
x
|
1 resident
|
336 518
|
28 758
|
132 616
|
143 775
|
14 683
|
5 483
|
11 203
|
52.8
|
2 residents
|
322 183
|
12 532
|
91 908
|
178 769
|
26 095
|
11 061
|
1 818
|
32.4
|
3 residents
|
222 479
|
6 187
|
51 855
|
128 986
|
21 429
|
12 588
|
1 434
|
23.6
|
4 residents
|
174 569
|
2 926
|
31 184
|
102 137
|
21 942
|
15 326
|
1 054
|
19.8
|
5 or more residents
|
113 236
|
1 365
|
14 207
|
62 535
|
20 868
|
13 519
|
742
|
15.7
|
Table 12. Traditional housing by number of rooms and useful area
Number of rooms
|
Total
|
Up to 29 m2
|
30–49 m2
|
50–99 m2
|
100–149 m2
|
150 m2 and above
|
Not specified
|
Average useful area per home, m2
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total
|
1 374 233
|
60 874
|
367 833
|
695 186
|
111 814
|
61 496
|
77 030
|
63.1
|
1 room
|
174 527
|
54 132
|
109 936
|
9 337
|
152
|
13
|
957
|
32.7
|
2 rooms
|
453 362
|
6 223
|
223 529
|
217 501
|
3 771
|
595
|
1 743
|
49.6
|
3 rooms
|
375 235
|
173
|
25 546
|
323 866
|
20 622
|
3 776
|
1 252
|
68.7
|
4 rooms
|
142 882
|
0
|
946
|
91 240
|
37 676
|
12 622
|
398
|
96.4
|
5 or more rooms
|
115 503
|
0
|
0
|
22 129
|
49 023
|
44 162
|
189
|
144.1
|
Not specified
|
112 724
|
346
|
7 876
|
31 113
|
570
|
328
|
72 491
|
21.1
|
Annex 2
Implementing measures of the National Anti-discrimination Programme for 2009–2011[1]
Task
|
Measure
|
Implementing body
|
Implementation time limit
|
Preliminary funds requirement (LTL, thousands)
|
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
||||
1. To analyse and, where necessary, to enhance the legal framework of
anti-discrimination and provide for measures to implement its
provisions
effectively
|
1.1. To carry out, within the respective remits, an analysis of legislation
in terms of the prevention of possible discriminatory
practices, and to improve
it where necessary
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry
of Education and Science, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
|
2010
|
|
|
|
|
1.2. To include the principles of anti-discrimination education in civil
servant training programmes
|
Ministry of the Interior
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
1.3. To include tasks and questions on anti-discrimination in the exam
syllabus for candidates to the position of a judge
|
Council of Judges, Ministry of Justice
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
1.4. To include the principles of anti-discrimination education in the
programmes of training and mandatory qualification advancement
for judges
|
Council of Judges, Ministry of Justice
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
1.5. To include tasks and questions on anti-discrimination into the
qualification exam syllabus for advocates.
|
Ministry of Justice, Lithuanian Bar
|
2009
|
|
|
|
2. To carry out discrimination research, surveys and studies
|
2.1. To conduct a sociological survey among immigrants to learn about the
reasons for their arrival to Lithuania as well as their
adaptation and
integration opportunities
|
Ministry of Culture
|
2010
|
|
75
|
|
|
2.2. To carry out an analysis of the tolerance and multicultural education
content in the teaching materials used by schools of general
education and to
develop guidelines for improving them
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, Ministry of Education and
Science, Ministry of Culture
|
2010-2011
|
|
25
|
25
|
|
2.3. To perform an analysis of the experience of foreign countries in
promoting racial tolerance
|
Ministry of Culture
|
2010–2011
|
|
30
|
30
|
|
2.4. To prepare statistical information on the national composition of the
Lithuanian population on the basis of the data of the Lithuanian
Population
Register.
|
Statistics Lithuania, Residents’ Register Service under the Ministry
of the Interior
|
2009–2011
|
|
|
|
|
2.5. To conduct research into tolerance for various social groups among
children aged 3–12 and possible discriminatory practices
in schools of
general education
|
Ministry of Education and Science
|
2009−2010
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
2.6. To improve and regularly publish the records of criminal acts
committed on grounds of the victim’s race, origin or membership
in another
group; to break down the data by gender
|
Ministry of the Interior, Department of Informatics and Communications
under the Ministry of the Interior
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
2.7. To carry out an analysis of the situation of disabled women, national
minority women, elderly women and migrant women, also an
analysis of their
employment, education, including life-long learning, health care and access to
housing – to compare the situation
of rural and urban women in those
groups and to determine possible manifestations of multiple discrimination
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
2010
|
|
80
|
|
|
2.8. To systematically collect information at national level, broken down
by gender, about the types, manifestations, grounds and
effects of
discrimination, especially in the areas of education, employment and healthcare,
also information relating to the opportunities
to participate in public life,
and about manifestations of all forms of violence
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, Statistics Lithuania
|
2009−2011
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
|
2.9. To conduct a study into the reasons for changes in societal attitudes
and causes of discrimination to achieve comparability;
to take into account the
already completed research and applicable
indicators[2]
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
2011
|
|
|
200
|
3. To organise anti-discriminatory campaigns for public awareness raising
and education
|
3.1. To prepare and implement measures (publications, posters, advertising
clips, television and radio shows, training etc.) to foster
tolerance in the
labour market[3]
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
2009–2011
|
500
|
1900
|
1900
|
|
3.2. To organise and implement innovative advertising instruments on the
issues of anti-discrimination
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, Ministry of Culture
|
2010
|
|
500
|
|
|
3.3. To organise events promoting tolerance and understanding of other
cultures
|
Ministry of Culture, Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
2009−2011
|
40
|
40
|
40
|
4. To organise seminars, training, other educational measures on the issues
of anti-discrimination, tolerance and respect for human
beings
|
4.1. To organise educational measures on anti-discrimination for pedagogues
at schools of general education
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, Ministry of Education and
Science, Ministry of Culture
|
2010–2011
|
|
30
|
30
|
|
4.2. To organise informal education for members of youth associations on
the issues of anti-discrimination, tolerance and respect
for the human
being
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Youth Affairs Department under the
Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Ministry of Culture
|
2010−2011
|
|
70
|
70
|
|
4.3. To organise continuous training for judges concerning the correct
evaluation of cases of racial, national, religious or other
related
discrimination, hatred and xenophobia, always taking the gender aspect into
consideration, and effective application of the
Lithuanian laws and European
Union legislation prohibiting or governing the said phenomena, as well as the
International Convention
on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination (Official Gazette 1998, No 108-2957) and the declaration adopted
at the
2001 World Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia
and related intolerance (the Durban Declaration and Programme
of Action)
|
Ministry of Justice, Training Centre of the Ministry of Justice
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.4. To organise continuous training for prosecutors, prosecution service
trainees and prosecution service civil servants concerning
the correct
evaluation of cases of racial, national, religious or other related
discrimination, hatred and xenophobia, always taking
the gender aspect into
consideration, and effective application of the Lithuanian laws and European
Union legislation prohibiting
or governing the said phenomena as well as the
International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination
and the declaration adopted at the 2001 World Conference against
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
(the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action)
|
Office of the Prosecutor General, Office of the Equal Opportunities
Ombudsman
|
2009−2011
|
60
|
60
|
60
|
|
4.5. To organise continuous training for police officers concerning the
correct evaluation of cases of racial, national, religious
or other related
discrimination, hatred and xenophobia, always taking the gender aspect into
consideration, and effective application
of the Lithuanian laws and European
Union legislation prohibiting or governing the said phenomena as well as the
International Convention
on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination and the declaration adopted at the 2001 World Conference against
racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action)
|
Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior, Office of the Equal
Opportunities Ombudsman
|
2009−2011
|
|
|
|
|
4.6. To organise continuous training for the officers of the Department of
State Security concerning the correct evaluation of cases
of racial, national,
religious or other related discrimination, hatred and xenophobia, always taking
the gender aspect into consideration,
and effective application of the
Lithuanian laws and European Union legislation prohibiting or governing the said
phenomena as well
as the International Convention on the Elimination of all
Forms of Racial Discrimination and the declaration adopted at the 2001
World
Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance (the Durban Declaration and Programme
of Action)
|
State Security Department
|
2009−2011
|
|
|
|
|
4.7. To prepare recommendations for the criminal procedure concerning the
organisation of pre-trial investigations into criminal acts
possibly committed
on grounds of the victim’s racial, national or ethnic identity, language,
beliefs, sex, non-traditional
sexual orientation as well as other discriminatory
or xenophobic motives
|
Office of the Prosecutor General
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
4.8. To take part in the activities of the Tolerance and
Anti-discrimination Programme of the Office for Democratic Institutions and
Human Rights of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
|
Ministry of the Interior
|
2009–2011
|
|
|
|
|
4.9. To organise training for the members of school self-government
authorities on the development of school self-government and teach
pupils
respect for the human being as well responsibility in the adoption of the school
community's joint decisions on anti-discrimination
issues
|
Ministry of Education and Science, Department of Youth Affairs under the
Ministry of Social Security and Labour, municipalities
|
2009−2011
|
140
|
160
|
180
|
|
4.10. To organise seminars and conferences on the topics of
non-discrimination on grounds of sex, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity,
religion, beliefs and disability for people working in the sphere of public
information
|
Ministry of Culture, Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman, Office of
the Inspector of Journalist Ethics
|
2009−2011
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
|
4.11. To organise interactive events and informal education training for
employers, representatives of non-governmental organisations
and the media as
well as civil servants on the issues relating to anti-discrimination, tolerance
and respect for the human being
(including multiple discrimination)
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
2009–2011
|
40
|
40
|
40
|
|
4.12. To organise a conference to discuss the problems encountered in
implementing this programme as well as its outcomes
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
2011
|
|
|
30
|
5. To stimulate the activities of non-governmental organisations defending
human rights
|
5.1. To provide, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the
legislation, partial funding for the projects carried out by non-governmental
organisations defending human rights
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
2009–2011
|
103
|
500
|
500
|
6. To tighten the control of online information encouraging intolerance and
inciting hatred against various groups of people
|
6.1. To analyse the existing system of control of illegal content on the
internet and present the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
with proposals
concerning the system's enhancement, i.e. to set out specific measures for
effective control in order to reduce the
number of cases of incitement on the
internet
|
Ministry of the Interior, Communications Regulatory Authority, Information
Society Development Committee under the Government of the
Republic of Lithuania,
Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics, Police Department under the
Ministry of the Interior.
|
2009
|
|
|
|
Total for the implementation of this programme
|
|
|
|
1063
|
3690
|
3255
|
Annex 3
Inter-institutional Action Plan for Promotion of Non-discrimination for 2012–2014[4]
1. The purpose of the Inter-institutional Action Plan for Promotion of Non-discrimination for 2012–2014 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Plan’) is to ensure the implementation of educational measures for promotion of non-discrimination and equal opportunities, to raise legal consciousness, mutual understanding and tolerance on grounds of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, social status, beliefs, convictions or views, age, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity and religion, and to inform the public about the discriminatory practices in Lithuania and the negative effects on the opportunities of certain groups of the society to participate in its activities under equal conditions.
2. The terms used in the Plan are defined in the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Equal Treatment (Official Gazette 2003, No 114-5115; 2008, No76-2998) and in the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (Official Gazette 1998, No 112-3100).
3. The Plan was drafted with regard to:
3.1. The 2010 Report of the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman;
3.2. Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (OJ 2000 L 180. p. 22) (hereinafter referred to as 'Directive 2000/43/EC’);
3.3. Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ 2000 L 303, p. 16);
3.4. The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (Official Gazette 1996, No 21-549), ratified by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania by Resolution No I-1035 of 10 September 1995 (Official Gazette 1995, No 76-1764);
3.5. The observations issued by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on 2 July 2008;
3.6. The observations and recommendations issued by the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 24 March 2011.
4. The Plan devotes special attention to:
4.1. Measures intended for effective implementation of the educational policy for promotion of non-discrimination and equal opportunities;
4.2. Informational measures intended to raise public awareness of the issues of equal opportunities and non-discrimination.
5. The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania and other legislation are essentially in conformity with the non-discrimination provisions found in European Union legislation as well as treaties signed by the Republic of Lithuania. Thus, the legal conditions for equality and protection against inequality and discrimination are in place, yet certain groups of residents encounter discriminatory practices in various spheres of life. Often, due to lack of information, the public are unable to recognise the discriminatory nature of certain behaviours or actions.
6. Discrimination on grounds of sex. Discrimination on grounds of sex in employment, education, culture and other areas may be experienced by the disabled, youth or the elderly, as well as persons of different races, nationalities, religions, beliefs, convictions or social statuses. The manifestations of sex discrimination of vulnerable groups of society have not been adequately researched. There is insufficient information on the specific problems of women and men in certain social groups that they suffer due to discrimination based on sex, race, nationality, religion, convictions, health status or some similar grounds.
The United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, having considered the third and fourth reports of the Republic of Lithuania on the implementation of the United Nations Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on 2 July 2008, issued to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania recommendations expressing concern that the reports lacked information concerning the situation of disabled women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, especially Roma women, and migrant women in the spheres of education, employment and health care, access to housing and other aspects of their status, as well as information concerning cases of multiple discrimination, when women are discriminated against on grounds of age, race, health status etc.
7. Age discrimination. Discrimination of people on grounds of age represents a universal problem manifesting itself in various forms (direct/indirect discrimination, harassment or offensive behaviour, violence) and in nearly every sphere of life, especially during the economic recession, when the number of complaints against age discrimination increased (according to the 2010 Report of the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman). People of various age groups are vulnerable to age discrimination.
In accordance with the European priorities for active ageing and solidarity between generations for 2012, published by the European Commission, efforts must be made to ensure social security for the elderly (mostly people of the retirement age). Lithuania has not devoted adequate attention to this phenomenon. To combat this social phenomenon, it is necessary to make sure that people understand it as a problem and are capable of recognising not only the obvious but also the concealed, far more subtle instances of age discrimination.
8. Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. Lithuania already has the legal framework for equal opportunities in place: the relevant principles are enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, Labour Code of the Republic of Lithuania, Law on Equal Treatment of the Republic of Lithuania and other legal acts. There is also a network of authorities entrusted with the defence of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people, consisting of the courts and the Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsman.
Lithuania has established the conditions for adequate defence of the rights of homosexual persons and a mechanism for the exercise of those rights is functioning. However, public opinion polls and other surveys show that certain discriminatory practices still persist. Lack of safety makes integration into the society rather difficult for some homosexuals.
9. Discrimination on grounds of race, nationality and ethnicity. The population census (2001 data) revealed that Lithuania has residents belonging to 115 nationalities, yet only 29 nationalities have 100 or more members. The national structure of the Lithuanian population is quite homogenous: Lithuanians account for 83.45 per cent, Poles – 6.74 per cent, Russians – 6.31 per cent, Byelorussians – 1.23 per cent, Ukrainians – 0.65 per cent, Jews – 0.12 per cent, Germans and Tartars – 0.09 per cent each, Latvians – 0.08 per cent, and Gypsies (Roma) – for 0.07 per cent of the total population. Vilnius has the most diverse ethnic structure of the population: it is 57.8 per cent Lithuanian, 18.7 per cent Polish and 14 per cent Russian. A second multi-national city is Klaipėda, where Lithuanians account for 71.3 per cent, Russians – 21.3 per cent, and Ukrainians and Byelorussians for roughly 2 per cent each. The largest share of non-Lithuanians reside in Visaginas (85 per cent of the town’s total population, including 52.4 per cent of Russians). The most homogenous nationally is Panevėžys, where 95.7 per cent of the population are Lithuanians. In Kaunas and Šiauliai, Lithuanians account for 92.9 and 92.8 per cent, respectively.
Intolerance among the public is demonstrated by the data of the study carried out by the Ethnic Research Centre of the Lithuanian Social Research Centre in 2000: as many as 69.2 per cent of those polled said they would not like to have Roma as neighbours, 55.7 expressed the same attitude towards Chechens, 44.5 per cent towards Muslims, and 31.3 percent towards black people.
The United Nations Committee on Racial Discrimination expressed their concern in the conclusions dated 24 March 2011 that racial and xenophobic incidents in Lithuania still occur and discriminatory attitudes towards ethnic minorities persist, and called for further efforts to combat certain preconceptions in the society.
10. Discrimination on grounds of disability. The Lithuanian legal framework guarantees equal rights and opportunities to the disabled in all spheres of public life. The social integration of disabled people is organised in line with the principles of equal rights, equal opportunities, discrimination prevention, full participation, independence and freedom of choice, accessibility and others.
According to the data of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, around 266 000 disabled persons resided in Lithuania in 2010. Discriminatory practices against the disabled occur in the areas of goods and services, education and labour relations.
One of the main methods of inclusion into society and combating discrimination is employment. However, the data of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour show that only approximately 46 000 disabled persons of the working age, i.e. only one in four, have a job.
The number of employed disabled people is so low because the physical and informational environment and workplaces are not adequately adapted to their needs, the employers and society do not receive adequate education in that respect, and positive attitudes towards the disabled are not promoted among them.
11. Conclusions:
11.1. there is a shortage of instruments for effective implementation of educational measures for promotion of non-discrimination and equal opportunities;
11.2. there is a shortage of research, surveys and studies on the issues of non-discrimination;
11.3. there is a shortage of public awareness raising and education campaigns on the issues of equal opportunities and promotion of non-discrimination;
11.4. there is a shortage of teaching aids to promote non-discrimination and foster tolerance and respect for the human being;
11.5. financial assistance to non-governmental organisations defending human rights is inadequate.
II. THE PLAN’S OBJECTIVES, TASKS, MEASURES, APPROPRIATIONS AND IMPLEMENTING BODIES
No
|
Objective/task/measure
|
Appropriations for 2012
|
Appropriations for 2013 (intended)
|
Appropriations for 2014 (intended)
|
Implementing body
|
|||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
total
|
of them:
|
total
|
of them:
|
total
|
of them:
|
|||||||||
expenditure
|
property acquisition
|
expenditure
|
property acquisition
|
expenditure
|
property acquisition
|
|||||||||
total
|
of it, wages
|
total
|
of it, wages
|
total
|
of it, wages
|
|||||||||
|
The objective is to ensure the implementation of measures reinforcing
persons’ equality and the prohibition on human rights
restrictions as well
as privileges based on sex, race, nationality, language, origin, social status,
beliefs, convictions or views;
to investigate thoroughly the discriminatory
practices and their causes in all areas of public life; to foster respect for
the human
being, the society’s legal consciousness, mutual understanding
and tolerance on grounds of sex, race, nationality, language,
origin, social
status, beliefs, convictions, views age, sexual orientation, disability,
ethnicity and religion; and to create better
conditions for the activities of
non-governmental organisations defending human rights
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
|
Task: to implement educational measures for the promotion of
non-discrimination and equal opportunities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.1.
|
Measure: to include the principles of non-discrimination and equal
opportunity education in the programmes of training and mandatory
qualification
advancement for judges
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
5
|
5
|
|
|
Training Centre of the National Courts Administration
|
2.
|
Task: to conduct research, surveys and studies into the promotion of
non-discrimination
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.1.
|
Measure: to prepare and regularly publish on the website at www.ird.lt the statistics on criminal acts
committed on grounds of the victim’s nationality, race, origin, religion,
language or membership
in another group
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
|
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
|
|
0.5
|
0.5
|
|
|
Ministry of the Interior, Department of Informatics and Communications
under the Ministry of the Interior
|
2.2.
|
Measure: to conduct a study into the reasons for changes in societal
attitudes and causes of discrimination as well as an analysis
of results
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50
|
50
|
|
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
3.
|
Task: to organise public awareness raising and education campaigns on the
issues of equal opportunities and promotion of non-discrimination
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.
|
Measure: to prepare and implement measures (publications, posters,
advertising clips, television and radio shows, training etc.) for
awareness
raising on equal opportunities and non-discrimination
|
300
|
300
|
|
|
300
|
300
|
|
|
300
|
300
|
|
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
3.2.
|
Measure: to organise events promoting tolerance and knowledge of other
cultures
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
14
|
14
|
|
|
Ministry of Culture
|
4.
|
Task: to organise seminars, training, other educational measures on the
issues of non-discrimination, tolerance and respect for human
beings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.1.
|
Measure: to organise and administer the national equal opportunity
examination, i.e. to organise a country-wide competition in order
to stimulate
the public interest in equal opportunities
|
100
|
100
|
|
|
100
|
100
|
|
|
100
|
100
|
|
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.2.
|
Measure: to organise meetings with Lithuanian municipality communities to
discuss equal opportunity topics
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.3.
|
Measure: to organise open lectures at Lithuanian schools of higher
education and public libraries
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.4.
|
Measure: to organise seminars, informal education training and discussions
on the topics of equal opportunities and non-discrimination
for civil servants,
trade union representatives and other target groups
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
30
|
30
|
|
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.5.
|
Measure: in the light of the priorities for 2012 as the European Year for
Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, published
by the European
Commission, to organise informational and qualification advancement seminars and
other events concerning discriminatory
practices and other human rights
issues
|
60
|
60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.6.
|
Measure: to organise informal youth training on the issues of promotion of
non-discrimination, tolerance and respect for the human
being in a selected
problematic region of Lithuania
|
20
|
20
|
|
|
20
|
20
|
|
|
20
|
20
|
|
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Youth Affairs Department under the
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
4.7.
|
Measure: to organise continuous training for prosecutors, prosecution
service trainees and prosecution service civil servants concerning
the correct
evaluation of the manifestations of racial, national, religious or other related
discrimination, hatred and xenophobia,
always taking the gender aspect into
consideration, and effective application of the Lithuanian laws and European
Union legislation
prohibiting or governing the said phenomena, with due regard
to the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination and the declaration adopted at the 2001 World Conference against
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance (the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action)
|
60
|
60
|
|
|
60
|
60
|
|
|
60
|
60
|
|
|
Office of the Prosecutor General
|
4.8.
|
Measure: to organise continuous training for police officers concerning the
correct evaluation of the manifestations of racial, national,
religious or other
related discrimination, hatred and xenophobia, always taking the gender aspect
into consideration, and effective
application of the Lithuanian laws and
European Union legislation prohibiting or governing the said phenomena, with due
regard to
the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination and the declaration adopted at the 2001 World
Conference against
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action)
|
60
|
60
|
|
|
60
|
60
|
|
|
60
|
60
|
|
|
Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior
|
4.9.
|
Measure: to organise seminars on the topics of non-discrimination on
disability grounds for people working in the sphere of public
information
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Department for the Affairs of the
Disabled under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
5.
|
Task: to stimulate the activities of non-governmental organisations
defending human rights
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.1.
|
Measure: to organise, in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the
legislation, a competition for partial funding of projects
carried out by
non-governmental organisations defending human rights
|
80
|
80
|
|
|
130
|
130
|
|
|
80
|
80
|
|
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
|
1. Total Lithuanian State budget funds
|
788.5
|
788.5
|
|
|
778.5
|
778.5
|
|
|
782.5
|
782.5
|
|
|
|
|
of it:
1.1. co-financing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.2. Funds of EU and other international financial assistance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.3. Special designation funds and revenue contributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. Other sources (EU financial assistance for project implementation and
other legally obtained funds)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total for Plan funding (1+2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
III. PLAN ASSESSMENT CRITERIA AND VALUES THEREOF
Assessment criterion code
|
Objective/task/criterion and measuring unit
|
Assessment criteria values
|
Implementing body
|
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
|||
|
The objective is to ensure the implementation of measures securing
persons’ equality and the prohibition of human rights restrictions
or
privileges on the basis of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, social
status, beliefs, convictions or views; to conduct
comprehensive investigations
of the manifestations and causes of discrimination in all areas of public life,
to foster respect for
the human being, legal consciousness of the society,
mutual understanding, tolerance on grounds of sex, race, nationality, language,
origin, social status, beliefs, convictions or views, age, sexual orientation,
disability, ethnicity and religion; and to create
better conditions for the
activities of non-governmental organisations defending human rights
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reduction of the social distance to the most disliked groups and
improvement of the societal attitudes with regard to tolerance,
non-discrimination
and respect for the human being (in percentage terms)
|
|
|
7
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
|
Implementation of the Programme’s measures securing persons’
equality and the prohibition of human rights restrictions
or privileges on the
basis of sex, race, nationality, language, origin, social status, beliefs,
convictions or views (in percentage
terms)
|
100
|
100
|
100
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
1.
|
Task: to implement educational measures for promotion of non-discrimination
and equal opportunities
|
|
|
|
|
1.1.
|
The principles of non-discrimination and equal opportunity education are
included in the training and mandatory professional development
programmes for
judges
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Training Centre of the National Courts Administration
|
2.
|
Task: to conduct research, surveys and studies on promotion of
non-discrimination
|
|
|
|
|
2.1.
|
The statistics on criminal acts committed on grounds of the victim’s
nationality, race, origin, religion, language or membership
in another group
have been compiled and are regularly published on the website at
www.ird.lt
|
at least twice
|
at least twice
|
at least twice
|
Ministry of the Interior, Department of Informatics and Communications
under the Ministry of the Interior
|
2.2.
|
A study into changing societal attitudes and causes of discrimination as
well as a results analysis have been completed
|
|
|
1
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
3.
|
Task: to organise public awareness raising and educational campaigns on the
topics of equal opportunities and non-discrimination
|
|
|
|
|
3.1.
|
Instruments (publications, posters, advertising clips, TV and radio shows,
training etc.) for public awareness raising on equal opportunities
and
non-discrimination have been prepared and implemented
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
3.2.
|
Events promoting tolerance and understanding of other cultures have been
organised
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Ministry of Culture
|
4.
|
Task: to organise seminars, training and other educational measures on the
issues of promotion of non-discrimination, tolerance and
respect for the human
being
|
|
|
|
|
4.1.
|
A national equal opportunity exam, i.e. a country-wide competition to
encourage the society's interest in equal opportunities, has
been organised and
completed
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.2.
|
Meetings with the communities of Lithuanian municipalities on the issues of
equal opportunities have been organised
|
at least 2
|
at least 2
|
at least 2
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.3.
|
Public lectures at Lithuanian schools of higher education and public
libraries have been held
|
at least 2
|
at least 2
|
at least 2
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.4.
|
Seminars, informal education courses and discussions on the topics of equal
opportunities and non-discrimination have been organised
for civil servants,
trade union representatives and other target groups
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.5.
|
With regard to the priorities for 2012 as the European Year for Active
Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, published by the
European Commission,
informational and professional development seminars as well as other events have
been organised on the issues
of discriminatory practices and human rights
protection
|
2
|
|
|
Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman
|
4.6.
|
Informal youth training in the promotion of non-discrimination, tolerance
and respect for the human being has been organised in the
selected problematic
area of Lithuania
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Youth Affairs Department under the
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
4.7.
|
Continuous training has been organised for prosecutors, prosecution service
trainees and prosecution service civil servants concerning
the correct
evaluation of the manifestations of racial, national, religious or other related
discrimination, hatred and xenophobia,
always taking the gender aspect into
consideration, and effective application of the Lithuanian laws and European
Union legislation
prohibiting or governing the said phenomena, with regard to
the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination and the declaration adopted at the 2001 World Conference against
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related
intolerance (the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action)
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Office of the Prosecutor General
|
4.8.
|
Continuous training for police officers has been organised concerning the
correct evaluation of the manifestations of racial, national,
religious or other
related discrimination, hatred and xenophobia, always taking the gender aspect
into consideration, and effective
application of the Lithuanian laws and
European Union legislation prohibiting or governing the said phenomena, with
regard to the
International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial
Discrimination and the declaration adopted at the 2001 World Conference
against
racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (the Durban
Declaration and Programme of Action)
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior
|
4.9.
|
Seminars on non-discrimination and disability issues have been organised
for persons working in the sphere of public information
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour, Department for the Affairs of the
Disabled under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
5.
|
Task: to stimulate the activities of non-governmental organisations
defending human rights
|
|
|
|
|
5.1.
|
The percentage of beneficiary NGOs defending human rights in the total of
all applicant organisations
|
20
|
30
|
30
|
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
|
IV. PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
12. The Ministry of Social Security and Labour is responsible for the coordination of the implementation of the Plan and its implementing measures. The measures under the Plan are implemented by the public authorities and bodies specified in Chapter II of the Plan.
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[1] Annex to the National Anti-discrimination Programme for 2009–2011, approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania by Resolution No 317 of 15 April 2009
[4] Approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania by Resolution No 1281 of 2 November 2011.
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