violence against children

Nordic specialists to share experience in Vilnius on fighting violence against children

Specialists and scientists of the Nordic countries will attend a conference at the Lithuanian parliament on Friday share their experience on fighting...

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...

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...

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...

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...