Lithuania
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 25, 1992, last amended on July 13, 2004
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral Parliament (Seimas)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, and Court of Appeal, all judges are appointed by the President
RELIGIONS
79% Catholics, 4% Russian Orthodox, 2% Protestants, other
From the country
- JULY 3, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament ratified Protocol No
The Lithuanian parliament ratified Protocol No
- MAY 22, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament gave initial backing to ratification...
The Lithuanian parliament gave initial backing to ratification of Protocol No
- APRIL 24, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the...
Lithuania was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
A legal moratorium on executions was established in...
A legal moratorium on executions was established in 1996, following a presidential decree
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to...
Lithuania has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
At the time of abolition in 1998, nine prisoners were...
At the time of abolition in 1998, nine prisoners were thought to be on death row
- JANUARY 1, 2003LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes...
Lithuania abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998 after the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, on December 9, held that the provisions of the Criminal Code on the death penalty were unconstitutional
- OCTOBER 31, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
The Lithuanian parliament ratified an extradition treaty...
The Lithuanian parliament ratified an extradition treaty with China regulating the handing over of persons to another country for criminal amenability or a jail term
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
President Valdas Adamkus approved the abolition of...
President Valdas Adamkus approved the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances
- AUGUST 28, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed...
A poll conducted by the CVVM polling agency revealed that 73 per cent of Lithuanians are in favour of the restoration of the death penalty
- JULY 26, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuanians would like the death sentence back in the...
Lithuanians would like the death sentence back in the country
- MAY 3, 2002LithuaniaDEATH PENALTY
Lithuania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention...
Lithuania signed Protocol 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights, which ensures the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances