ECRI Report, (Fifth monitoring cycle).

Country

Lithuania

Title

ECRI Report, (Fifth monitoring cycle).

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Year

2016

Type of publication

Report

Geographical coverage

National

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Council of Europe body

Institution

ECRI | European Commission against Racism and Intolerance | Council of Europe

Main Thematic Focus

Racism & xenophobia Discrimination Ethnic profiling

Target Population

Muslims Migrants Ethnic minorities People with migrant background Refugees & asylum seekers

Key findings

ECRI once again recommends Lithuania to sign and ratify Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

• In Lithuania, hatred is often incited in cyberspace through online comments, blogs, social networks and other fora. Some 90% of reported hate speech cases (see § 17) are occurring in this sphere.
• Members of the Roma community met by ECRI’s delegation also complained that they are often victims of day-to-day insults by members of the general public, on public transport, in shops or in the streets.
• It seems that attacks against members of historical minorities are more frequent than official data suggests.
• The scale of the problem is also underestimated because of lack of awareness among police officers of the importance to register homo- /transphobic motivations as such.
• According to UNHCR, Lithuania receives the highest number of asylum applications among the Baltic countries. In recent years, the main countries of origin of asylum-seekers were Afghanistan, Ukraine, Georgia and Russia.

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

The working methods for the preparation of the reports involve documentary analyses, a visit to the country concerned, and then a confidential dialogue with the national authorities.

Sample details and representativeness

ECRI’s reports are analyses based on a great deal of information gathered from a wide variety of sources.

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