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Description
In Lithuanian discourse a welfare state is eagerly mentioned but it is often forgotten that it cannot coexist with disregard to human rights (HR). This project addresses a problem of selective view to HR and international obligations by public sector in Lithuania. At times the view expressed by policy makers is openly opposing HR and demeaning international HR documents. While media is not taking a role of actively informing about HR and giving critical reflections, NGO tries to monitor HR violations with its limited resources. Thus, systematic, evidence-based monitoring of HR situation that would encompass all vulnerable groups is lacking as well as systematic advocacy and providing attractive information to various groups of society.
This project seeks to fill the gap. The objective is to strengthen the monitoring of implementation of HR standards as well as to advocate for and inform about HR using intersectional networking and involving youth.
Target groups of the project: regional civil society and decision makers in regional level; national decision-makers; regional and academic youth; general public. The main results:
1) Advocacy based on shadow report to UN Universal Periodic Review including recommendations for regional and national decision-makers;
2) Raised awareness about HR using intersectional networking and involving youth in National Human Rights Forum as well as reacting to ad hoc threats to HR in the country.
Project will strengthen high-quality advocacy for HR, will widely spread information about HR, attractive to various groups, especially to youth, and will encourage the intersectional networking as well as networking within civil society.
Summary of project results
This project addressed a problem of selective view to human rights and international obligations by public sector in Lithuania. At times the view expressed by policy makers is openly opposing human rights (HR) and demeaning international HR documents. While media is not taking a role of actively informing about HR and giving critical reflections, NGO tries to monitor HR violations with its limited resources. Thus, systematic, evidence-based monitoring of HR situation that would encompass all vulnerable groups is lacking as well as systematic advocacy and providing attractive information to various groups of society. This project filled this gap. The objective was to strengthen the monitoring of implementation of HR standards as well as to advocate for and inform about HR using intersectional networking and involving youth
Target groups of the project were: regional civil society and decision makers in regional level; national decision makers; regional and academic youth; general public.
Throghout the project implementors prepared a report on the implementation of human rights standards, monitored the overall situation which was strongly influenced by Lithuanian - Belarus border migration crisis and war agains Ukraine, organized National Human Rights forum as well as numerous awareness raising events for public and round-tables with the stakeholders.
The main results achieved: 1) Advocacy based on shadow report to UN Universal Periodic Review including recommendations for regional and national decision makers; 2) Raised awareness about HR using intersectional networking and involving youth in National Human Rights Forum as well as reacting to ad hoc threats to HR in the country. In addition, the project has significantly contributed to capacity building of the applicant by sharing subject matter expertise with other members in order to seamlessly represent human rights as indivisible. The partner BIC gained more knowledge on HR and prepared a strategic plan to involve community members in the activities. The project strengthened the quality of HR advocacy, inclusive communication on HR to different groups of the society and increased both civil society organizations’ cooperation and intersectoral collaboration.