The Human Rights Monitoring Institute
Švitrigailos g. 11K-108, Vilnius
hrmi@hrmi.lt
Director Martynas Jockus
https://hrmi.lt/
The Human Rights Monitoring Institute (HRMI) is a non-governmental, non-profit human rights organization. Since its establishment in 2003, HRMI has been advocating for full compliance of national laws and policies with international human rights obligations and working to ensure that rights are effective in practice.
The team of HRMI’s social, humanitarian, and health sciences experts conducts research, drafts legal and policy briefings, compiles reports to international human rights bodies, undertakes strategic cases before domestic and international courts, engages in various national and international projects, conducts educational activities, delivers trainings and e-learning courses for professionals.
Fields of activity:
- Inclusion of disadvantaged groups;
- Integration of human rights-based approach in mental health policies and services for people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities;
- Protection of the rights of migrants and asylum seekers.