Promising practice :
Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus reikalų ministerija).
Start date:
February 2020.
End date:
Ongoing (as of May 2021).
National.
National (government budget).
Increase the effectiveness of the fight against hate crime and hate speech in Lithuania.
The work plan of the working group for 2020–2022, which sets out the main areas of focus, tasks to be carried out and measures to be implemented.
The working group consists of representatives of seven national public authorities (the Ministry of the Interior, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the police department, the Department of National Minorities, the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics, the Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson and the Ministry of Social Security and Labour) and 11 NGOs.
No overall monitoring and evaluation of the practice was carried out.
Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania Šventaragio g. 2 LT-01510 Vilnius Lithuania Telephone: +370 (5) 271 7130 Email: bendrasisd@vrm.ltWebsite