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Lithuania

Monthly Updates

December 2022

Legislative amendments providing compensation to Lithuania’s Jewish community for assets seized under World War II passed the Seimas, with an overwhelming 74 votes in favour, six against and two abstentions. The bill allocates resources to compensate Lithuanian Jews and Jewish religious communities for immovable property that was either illegally taken away or else left empty by the Holocaust and subsequently assumed by the state. The law was initially passed in 2011, establishing the mechanism for payments, and has now been expanded to include cases of heirless property, which is important as the Nazi occupation killed 90 per cent of Lithuania’s Jews. Proponents of the law say that it helps maintain Jewish communal life in Lithuania, and takes a step towards historical justice.

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GSoD Indices Data 2012-2021

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Basic Information

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Population Tooltip
2 795 320
System of government
Semi-Presidential system
Head of government
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė (since 2020)
Head of government party
Independent
Electoral system for lower or single chamber
Parallel
Women in lower or single chamber
28.4%
Women in upper chamber
Not applicable
Last legislative election
2020
Effective number of political parties Tooltip
7.77
Head of state
President Gitanas Nausėda
Selection process for head of state
Direct election (two-round majority)
Latest Universal Periodic Review (UPR) date
26/01/2022
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Human Rights Treaties

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Signatory Signatory
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United Nations Human Right Treaties
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
State Party
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
State Party
Convention on the Rights of the Child
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International Convention on Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
No Action
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 
State Party
International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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International Labour Organisation Treaties
Forced Labour Convention
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Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention
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Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention
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Equal Remuneration Convention
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Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
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Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
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Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment
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Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention
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Regional Treaties
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
State Party
Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
State Party
Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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Protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
State Party
Protocol No. 7 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
No Action
Protocol No. 13 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
State Party
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GSoD Indices

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