CRI(2016)20 ECRI REPORT ON LITHUANIA (fifth monitoring cycle) Adopted on 18 March 2016 Published on 7 June 2016 ECRI Secretariat Directorate General II - Democracy Council of Europe F-67075 STRASBOURG Cedex Tel.: + 33 (0) 3 90 21 46 62 E-mail:
[email protected] www.coe.int/ecri ECRI REPORT ON LITHUANIA (fifth monitoring cycle) Adopted on 18 March 2016 Published on 7 June 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ................................................................................................................ 7 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 9 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................... 11 I. COMMON TOPICS ......................................................................................... 11 1. LEGISLATION AGAINST RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ........................ 11 - PROTOCOL NO. 12 TO THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ...... 11 - CRIMINAL LAW ........................................................................................... 11 - CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW PROVISIONS ............................................... 12 2. HATE SPEECH ........................................................................................... 13 - DATA ........................................................................................................ 13 - RACIST HATE SPEECH ................................................................................ 13 - HOMO- / TRANSPHOBIC