In the run-up to International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2005, HRMI has launched a series of events and activities to consolidate the human rights culture in Lithuania.
The need for raising awareness of human rights protection and promoting human rights culture have never been more acute. Entry into the European Union hasn‘t improved the human rights situation in Lithuania, opposite – there are increasing numbers of human rights‘ abuses and increasing scale of corruption. Human rights are not about violations, but about a vision and a set of values. Those values are part of how citizens choose to live their lives. It is up to them to create the circumstances that will enable them to live the lives they dream of. The catalog of human rights is an effective tool to help a person to use his full potential.
The programme of the Month within the common theme Human Rights: Know Them. Claim Them. Defend Them include:
- December 5, Opening of the mobile exposition of the European Convention of Human Rights at the National Library;
- December 7, Discussion “Why do we need to defend human rights in a democracy?” at the conference room of the Open Society Fund-Lithuania;
- December 13-14, Film festival and discussions at the cinema center Skalvija;.
Programme includes presentations at the conferences and seminars, a number of media appearances, and discussions with local communities - in Birstonas on December 6, in Rokiskis on December 8, in Utena on December 13 - by the HRMI Board members and the staff.
For more information contact:
Agne Kurutyte, Project Manager
Tel.: 2 314681, Mob.: 8 687 85628
E-mail: agne.kurutyte@hrmi.lt
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