Status
UNCAT ratification date
1 February 1996
OPCAT ratification date
20 January 2014
NPM designated
Parliamentary Ombudsperson's Office (Seimas Ombudsmen's Office)
NPM Type
Ombuds Institution
NPM Legal Framework
Amendments to the Law of the Parliamentary Ombudsperson's Office (January 2014)
Law of the Parliamentary Ombudsperson's Office (as amended in May 2010)
Lithuania adopted the law on OPCAT ratification at domestic level in December 2013 and designated its Parliamentary Ombudsperson's Office as NPM, through amendments to its Law, providing for additional functions of the Parliamentary Ombudsman that are necessary to become a national human rights institution as well as national preventive mechanism.
In January 2014, Lithuania deposited the instrument of ratification of the OPCAT with the United Nations in New York, becoming the 70th OPCAT State party. In January 2014, the amendments to the Law of the Parliamentary Ombudsman also entered into force.
The SPT member who is the SPT Focal Point for Lithuania is available here.
Annual reports
Annual reports may be available on the NPM's website.