Since 2004 HRMI in cooperation with the Market and Opinion Research Centre VILMORUS produces public opinion polls on the human rights situation in Lithuania.
The aims of the opinion polls conducted on the basis of questionnaire developed by HRMI were to find out the level of popular knowledge about possibilities to defend human rights and to determine the extent of confidence in existing mechanisms for the protection of human rights. In addition, Lithuanians were requested to ascertain which traditional social groups are most discriminated and which aspects of private life are most sensitive.
In short, the comparison of the results of the survey of 2008 with the previous two shows that, on the one hand, Lithuanians are better informed about existing protection mechanisms (49% of respondents answered they know were to seek remedy for violation of their rights compared to 42% in 2006) but, on the other hand, the confidence that state institutions will provide an efficient remedy is decreasing. According to the results of this year’s survey, four fifths of the respondents who believed that their rights were violated did not seek any remedy. Among them, about 80% did not do so in disbelief that they can get effecient remedy. In 2006, the number was less than 74%
See the 2004 poll results and presentation below (in Lithuanian):
Vilmorus Human Rights Poll 2004 Presentation
Vilmorus Human Rights Poll 2004 Results
See the 2006 poll results and presentation below (in Lithuanian):
Vilmorus Human Rights Poll 2006 Presentation
Vilmorus Human Rights Poll 2006 Results
See the 2008 poll results and presentation below (in Lithuanian):
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