Human Rights

Vilnius University Faculty of Law experts participate in EU funded Twinning project in Azerbaijan

2021 August 262021 August 26

On August 9-13, 2021, Vilnius University, Faculty of Law experts – prof. dr. Jurgita Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, dr. Dovilė Pūraitė-Andrikienė, assoc. prof. dr. Ilona Michailovič and associate professor of practice Arūnas Meška went to the capital of Azerbaijan Baku. In recent months, during the activities of the European Union-funded Twinning Program project “Strengthening the capacity of State bodies and Read more

2021 April 23

Human rights promotion would not be achieved without tremendous work done by human rights defenders. On April 22, we discussed human rights promotion with Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius, the chair of Lithuanian Parliament Committee on Human Rights of Lithuanian Parliament. During the discussion we deepened the knowledge on human rights promotion from the standpoint of human Read more

2021 April 12

We are excited to invite you to Become Vilnius University Student for a Day, the event taking place on 19-30 April. This is a great opportunity to step into the shoes of VU students and be part of online lectures or seminars. Lecturers and current students look forward to welcoming you! Why to join Become Read more

2020 December 142020 December 23

Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings elected the Chairman of the Criminal Cases Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania and a Professor of Criminal Justice at Vilnius University (VU) Faculty of Law Aurelijus Gutauskas to be a member of the Group of Experts Read more

2020 July 16

On 30 June 2020 the European Union Delegation to Azerbaijan announced that Lithuanian institutions together with Austrian colleagues were awarded the contract to implement EU Twinning Project “Strengthening the capacity of State bodies and local level referral mechanisms to provide safety and support to victims of domestic violence in Azerbaijan”. The leading member state in the project Read more

2020 January 8

The Model WTO is the biggest simulation of the WTO negotiations which will take place from the 2nd to the 9th of April 2020 in St. Gallen and Geneva, at the Graduate Institute and the WTO Headquarters. The conference aims to bring together 72 bright students from all over the world who will represent 12 countries in Read more

2019 October 72019 October 7

VU Faculty of Law students are invited to apply to the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2019-2020 program. The program is looking to identify and support Law students studying or interested in social innovation and entrepreneurship who are using their skills to make a difference. CGI U is a year-round program that provides students Read more

2019 June 62019 June 6

The world is waiting for professional humanitarian aid that will create a safe environment for millions of people affected by the crisis. The humanitarian activity is becoming an area where it is crucial not to do more harm than it has already been done. A few decades ago, it was thought that everyone could be Read more

2018 June 102018 June 10

On 14-18 of May 7th spring school of international universities association NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action) has taken place at Vilnius University. It has been organised by Vilnius University and Warsaw University. Spring school was also dedicated to commemorate 10 years anniversary of NOHA Network. So far network consists of 12 European and 14 global partner universities. Read more

2018 May 21

Famous professor Jeremy Sarkin of Lisbon Nova University visited VU Faculty of Law and had discussion with PhD students and scholars from social sciences about how to do research and what skills are needed to become a successful scholar. He also gave the lecture on the practical issues of preventing enforced disappearances of persons as regulated Read more

Vilnius University Faculty of Law experts participate in EU funded Twinning project in Azerbaijan

Online Discussion “Protection of human rights in practice”

Become Vilnius University Student for a Day

Prof. Aurelijus Gutauskas was elected as a member of the Group of Experts on the Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

The implementation of the Twinning project in Azerbaijan starts

Invitation to participate in the simulation of the WTO negotiations

Invitation to apply to the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2019-2020 program

Humanitarian Activities Through the Eyes of Professionals – at Vilnius University

7th NOHA spring school in Vilnius

Visit by professor Jeremy Sarkin