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Vasiliauskas vs. Lithuania: Battle lost in the war to come?
Type of publication
Straipsnis kitoje duomenų bazėje / Article in other database (S4)
Title
Vasiliauskas vs. Lithuania: Battle lost in the war to come?
Date Issued
2016
Extent
p. 67-71
Is part of
International comparative jurisprudence. Vilnius ; Amsterdam : Mykolas Romeris University ; Elsevier B.V, 2016, vol. 2, iss. 2.
Field of Science
Abstract
The present article comments on case Vasiliauskas vs. Lithuania in which European Court of Human Rights has found Lithuania in breach of European Convention on Human Rights, Article 7. In this case Lithuania retroactively applied broadened definition of genocide embedded in the national law. Such definition was created with the aim to prosecute persons that carried out soviet repressions in Soviet Union occupied Lithuania after World War Two. However, the ECHR judgement was adopted only by minimal margin, and the dissenting opinions were numerous with criticism upon majority that it chose too formal way and failed to address the justice that soviet repression victims are still craving. Nevertheless, the majority decision could not be easily dismissed neither by Lithuania, nor by any other country that is facing the same historical trend therefore it is necessary to consider what steps Lithuania shall take and how to make it in line with Vasiliauskas decision.
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Type of document
type::text::journal::journal article::research article
ISSN (of the container)
2351-6674
eLABa
22973712
Coverage Spatial
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Bibliographic Details
17
Access Rights
Atviroji prieiga / Open Access