Article 70. Remit of the Committee on Human Rights
The remit of the Committee on Human Rights shall be:
1) to prepare and consider drafts of laws and other legal acts and proposals on the issues related to the guarantees of civil rights and the regulation of relations of the nationalities living in Lithuania;
2) to present recommendations and proposals to ministries, state institutions, and other organisations, and to Seimas committees on issues concerning the protection of civil rights and the improvement of relations of the nationalities;
3) to submit, in the prescribed manner, proposals concerning the structure, staff and funding of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office;
4) to consider complaints, opinions and proposals referred to the Seimas concerning the work of the Seimas ombudsmen;
5) to prepare, where necessary, a draft resolution on the vote of no-confidence in the Seimas ombudsman and to submit it to the Seimas for consideration; to consider and submit to the Seimas conclusions regarding the draft resolutions which are prepared by other committees;
6) to consider the material submitted by the Seimas ombudsman concerning a breach of law made by ministers and other officials accountable to the Seimas and to submit its conclusions to the Seimas for consideration;
7) to consider and prepare drafts of laws and other legal acts related to the affairs of Lithuanians residing abroad;
8) to exercise parliamentary scrutiny of the institutions which settle the issues pertaining to the ensuring of human and civil rights.
