Funkcjonowanie praw czlowieka na Litwie: czynniki i najważniejsi aktorzy

• Authors: Regina Jasiuleviciene

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THE FUNCTIONING OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN LITHUANIA: FACTORS AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTORS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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The article deals with human rights process issues in Lithuania as the post- -communist country. Human rights, as the subfield of political science studies are not elaborated in Lithuania. This essay explores the two influential factors of human rights process and their impact on such actors of this process as government officials, society and NGO’s. Activity of this actors are contradictory, inconsistent and their interrelations are, sometimes, conflicting. Government official’s human rights policy are influenced more by institutional factor. Society evaluate human rights idea and policy from the cultural perspective. NGO’s have potential to conciliate influence of both factors, but their activity is not yet fully developed.

Keywords

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HUMAN RIGHTS; LITHUANIA

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 2(16)
• Pages: 369-382

Contributors

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Regina Jasiuleviciene