Activities

The remit of the Committee on Human Rights shall be:

1) to consider and submit proposals regarding the development of a state policy of human rights and freedoms;

2) to prepare and consider drafts of laws and other legal acts and proposals in the area of the safeguarding of human rights and freedoms;

3) to present recommendations and proposals to ministries, state institutions and other organisations, as well as to Seimas committees on the issues falling within the remit of the Committee;

4) to submit, in the prescribed manner, proposals to the Board of the Seimas and, within the remit established in this Statute, to the lead committee concerning the number of positions of the staff and funding of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office and other institutions accountable to the Seimas which ensure the protection of human rights and freedoms;

5) to consider at the Committee complaints, opinions and proposals concerning the work of the Seimas ombudsmen and other institutions accountable to the Seimas which ensure the protection of human rights and freedoms, without violating the statutory principles of autonomy and independence of officials;

6) to prepare, where necessary, a draft resolution on the vote of no-confidence in the Seimas ombudsman or any other official appointed by the Seimas who ensures the protection of human rights and freedoms and to submit it to the Seimas for consideration; to consider and submit to the Seimas conclusions regarding draft resolutions which are prepared by other committees;

7) 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;

8) to consider and prepare drafts of laws and other legal acts as well as proposals related to the affairs of Lithuanians residing abroad;

9) to exercise parliamentary scrutiny of the institutions, except courts, which settle issues pertaining to the safeguarding of human rights and freedoms;

10) to cooperate, on issues falling within the remit of the Committee, with organisations and institutions functioning in the area of the safeguarding of human rights and freedoms;

11) to consider proposals of individuals, organisations and institutions on issues falling within the remit of the Committee.

Article 70 of the Statue of the Seimas