Rape is a war crime” – the international campaign launching with this message will raise awareness about gender-based violence in war zones and provide help to victims of sexual violence. The initiators of the information campaign – the Vilnius University (VU) Faculty of Law, the Centre Against Human Trafficking and Exploitation (KOPŽI) and the Ukrainian Read more
Dear Vilnius University community, As the admissions to Vilnius University have began and the start of the academic year approaches, the Vilnius University Students’ Representation (VU SR) invites all members of the VU community to help Ukrainian students fleeing from an unprecedented war that violates all international rights and building their future at Vilnius University by Read more
On the 21st-29th of June 17th European law summer school has been taking place at VU Faculty of Law. It was organized after two year pause due to the pandemic. This year the topic was „Democracy and Law“ („Demokratie und Recht in Europa/Démocratie et droit en Europe“). During the opening prof. Klaus Guenther said that Read more
On the 23rd of June cooperation agreement between VU Faculty of Law and Taiwan National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University School of Law was signed. Both Parties agree to develop the collaborative activities in academic areas of mutual interest, on a basis of equality and reciprocity. This is the first such bilateral agreement with the Read more
The week started at the University of Bergen. A professor of the Department of Public Law J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė together with a PhD candidate G. Strikaitė-Latušinskaja presented to the colleagues from Bergen, Norway the activities of the scientific thematic group “Changes in the administrative law system: towards an adaptive leadership in public administration” and discussed new Read more
Congratulations to VU Faculty of Law lecturer dr. Inga Martinkutė, who was designated by the Government of Lithuania to the ICSID list of arbitrators for the second time.
Migrants entering Lithuania from Belarus are subject to lower standards, which may also lead to disregarding the rights of other vulnerable groups by labeling them as a threat, says Aurelijus Gutauskas, professor at the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University and judge at the Supreme Court of Lithuania. In the VU podcast „Science without Sermons“, Read more
On the 12th of January professors of the Criminal justice department Gintaras Švedas, Aurelijus Gutauskas and Jonas Prapiestis met with the Speaker of the Seimas Viktorija Čmilyte-Nielsen and the Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Legal affairs Stasys Šedbaras. During the meeting, the current situation and future tendencies criminal policy in Lithuania and the Read more
On the 21 of December during the festive meeting of the Vilnius University (VU) Senate the most deserving members of the VU academic community were honored. This year the award for the best lecturer of the Faculty of Law was given to the lecturer of the Department of Public Law dr. Dovile Pūraitė-Andrikienė. „I sincerely Read more
On the 15th of December the courts commemorated Lithuanian courts day. During a hybrid event prof. Vytautas Nekrošius received first degree badge for “Merits for Lithuanian judiciary”. The award was granted by the Judicial Council. Congratulations to the professor and head of Private law department Vytautas Nekrošius! The Day of Courts in Lithuania has been Read more
