The Ministry of Justice of Lithuania has finished preparing its amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure, paving the way for a clearer and more equitable regulation of defendants' rights.

The very first regional offices of the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority have begun work in the counties of Lithuania. They were established in order to ensure the effective protection of consumer rights, to...

Why is an elderly couple from a small village on Bulgaria's border with Turkey helping hundreds of refugees escape war-torn Syria?

The rights of debtors have been extended by a recent Court of Human Rights decision that found in favor of a man who wished to settle divorce claims monetarily rather than with property, as the French courts had preferred.

Free Software Foundation recently launched a guide on how to encrypt emails. This guide helps internet users send and receive emails that are coded, which would prohibit anyone who may be intercepting an email from...

The Czech Republic's law requiring vaccinations for children before entering kindergarten has once again been thrown into the spotlight, this time by a Constitutional Court case that should bring some clarity to the law's constitutionality.

Even detention facilities are unable to escape the heat wave that has engulfed Lithuania. According to the wardens of Panėvėžys Correction House, the convicts, unable to bear the heat in their cells, break the rules,...

France's decision not to register the surrogate children of two French couples violated the rights of the children, but not the parents, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has found Spain guilty of violating the Convention in a case brought by Women’s Link Worldwide, regarding a girl murdered by her father. The girl's...

Poland is now the first European country to be found guilty by the Court of Human Rights for cooperating with the CIA in the torture of terror suspects.