Trends of activities of the Committee on Human Rights shall be:
1) to prepare and consider drafts of laws and other legal acts as well as 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, as well as Seimas committees on issues concerning the protection of civil rights and the improvement of relations of the nationalities;
3) to submit proposals in a prescribed procedure concerning the structure, staff and funding of the Seimas Ombudsmen Office;
4) to consider opinions, proposals and complaints lodged with the Seimas concerning the work of the Seimas Ombudsmen;
5) as necessary, to prepare a draft resolution on the vote of non-confidence in the Seimas Ombudsman, and to submit it to the Seimas for consideration, as well as to submit conclusions on draft resolutions which are prepared by other committees;
6) to consider the material submitted by the Seimas Ombudsman concerning the breach of law made by ministers and other officers accountable to the Seimas, and to submit conclusions to the Seimas for consideration;
7) to consider and prepare drafts of laws and other legal acts relating to the affairs of the Lithuanians residing abroad;
8) to exercise parliamentary control of the institutions which settle the issues pertaining to the ensuring of human and civil rights.
