Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI)
Organisation name in original language
Žmogaus teisių stebėjimo institutas (ŽTSI)
Category of human rights structure
Civil society platform
Country
Lithuania
Type(s) of body
Not applicableLegal source(s)
- Law on Public Institutions (Lietuvos Respublikos viešųjų įstaigų įstatymas).
- Law on the Development of Non-governmental Organisations(Lietuvos Respublikos nevyriausybinių organizacijų plėtros įstatymas)
Human rights capacity support
Not applicableFunctions
- A non-governmental, non-profit human rights organisation.
- Advocates for the full compliance of national laws and policies with international human rights obligations.
- Works to ensure that rights are effective in practice.
Specific mandates
Not applicableStructured cooperation with partners at national level
- National operator of the Non-governmental Organisation Programme funded by the European Economic Area and Norwegian Financial Mechanism.
- Cooperates with lawyers on strategic cases in the field of migration and asylum.
- Collaborates with government institutions by providing expert opinions, recommendations and evaluations.
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- Has partnerships with various human rights networks.
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