What would the next generation of human rights include? Are the states ready to expand their obligations regarding environment? On March 24, we discussed the relation between human rights and environment with John Knox, Henry C. Lauerman professor of international law at Wake Forest University School of Law. The discussion was led by Dr. Donatas 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.
ENG The community of Vilnius University Faculty of Law has been deeply affected by the Russian aggression and war in Ukraine. We firmly stand together with Ukraine and Ukrainian people in this fight for freedom, democracy, human dignity, and rule of law. Not only our people but also Vilnius University as an institution has already Read more
Vilnius University Faculty of Law would like to invite you to join CopyrightX. It is a 12-week course offered by Vilnius University Law Faculty and Harvard Law School about American copyright law. Students who manage to compete the course will be eligible to get a CopyrightX certificate. Lectures begin on February 1, 2022, so hurry Read more
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
Dr. Erika Leonaitė yesterday was appointed as Seimas Ombudsman by Seimas of Republic of Lithuania. Congratuliations to the lecturer of Department of Public Law at VU Faculty of Law! This institution performs monitoring of human rights; advices to authorities on human rights issues; organizes education and information of the public on human rights, dissemination of Read more
