25/06/2019 | 17:33:11 Thank you Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, I'm afraid there are some different opinions today but I hope it will be interesting for the Rapporteur. The Istanbul Convention is aimed at combating violence against women of gender-based and domestic violence. Lithuania has signed the Convention but has not ratified it. I belong to the majority of the Lithuanian Parliament that abstains from ratification. I would like to explain why I am in such a position, although I don't justify any form of... 24/01/2019 | 19:17:05 In today’s world, there are almost no monoethnic countries left. National minorities are one of the most important social groups in the political process of each country. They often become the basic identifier in the proper upholding of human rights. The provision of rights by governments to their national minorities – their right to their native language, culture, tradition, education and religion; in other words, the legal guarantees necessary to preserve their identity and unique national...