Faculty of Law

Sukurta: 14 December 2023

9 Saulėtekio Ave., Building 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. +370 5 236 6185,
E-mail:
http://www.tf.vu.lt
Dean – Assoc. Prof. Dr Haroldas Šinkūnas

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Department of Criminal Justice
Department of Private Law
Department of Public Law

STAFF
134 teachers (incl. 106 holding research degree), 12 research fellows (incl. 11 holding research degree), 51 doctoral students.

RESEARCH AREAS
Faculty of Law
Challenges of Crises and Sustainable Development and Digital Technologies for the Legal System [2022–2024] (According the Decision of the Council of Faculty of Law of 9 November 2022, Protocol No 220000-TP-11).

Department of Criminal Justice
Challenges of New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence for Criminal Justice [2022–2024]

Department of Private Law
Effective Operation of Private and Procedural Law under Extraordinary Social, Political and Economic conditions [2022–2024]

Department of Public Law
Issues of Democracy, the Rule of Law and Human Rights in the Context of Modern Technology, Sustainable Development and Geopolitical-legal Challenges [2022–2024]

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2022
BAGDŽIUS, Justinas. Exemption from Criminal Liability under Surety. ANDRIJAUSKAITĖ, Agnė. The Principles of Administrative Punishment under the ECHR.
AL DAKOUR AL ARIDI, Alaa. The Problem of Hybrid War in International Law.
TAMINSKAITĖ, Gabrielė. The Principle of Solidarity and its Operation in the Legal Systems of Welfare States. Examples of France and Lithuania.
MARKEVIČIŪTĖ, Milda. The Concept of Administrative Liability and its Model in Lithuania.
JANECKAITĖ, Rūta. The Impact of the European Union Internal Market Freedoms and Competition Rules on the Organisation and Regulation of the Lithuanian System of Health Protection.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2022
February 4, 2022
The event bearing the title The Spring of the Law was organized by the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University with the Supreme Court of Lithuania as the Conference partner. The Faculty of Law invited participants to join the discussion in the virtual conference “Principles of Private Law in the Legal Reality of Today”.
During the conference, the academic community from the Department of Private Law sought to uncover the extent to which the boundaries of the content of private law principles are changing nowadays, and addressed some topical issues in the field of contracts, companies, property law, labour law and civil procedure.
Teisės mokslo pavasaris’22 | Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakultetas (vu.lt)

February 11, 2022
Virtual International conference-discussion “Ecological Transition: Climate Change and Justice” was organized by Vilnius university, Faculty of Law and the Embassy of France in Lithuania.
In the context of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union and in cooperation with the French Embassy in Lithuania, the French Law Centre of the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University organised a series of events aimed at discussing topical issues and strengthening academic and scientific cooperation between universities.
An interdisciplinary debate "Ecological Transition: Climate Change and Justice" opened this series of events. The guest panellists - scientists and experts - represented the fields of climatology, climate change law, environmental psychology and philosophy, communication, and European Union policy.
Tardisciplininė diskusija klimato kaitos ir teisingumo klausimais/Discussion interdisciplinaire sur le changement climatique et justice | Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakultetas (vu.lt)

March 29, 2022
Virtual international conference and discussion “Time for Justice: Ukraine's Proceedings against Russia before International Courts” was organized by Vilnius university, Faculty of Law and Newcastle university.
By taking legal actions against grave violations of international law, Ukraine initiated proceedings against Russia before all major international courts, including the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. The International Criminal Court has also launched an investigation opening the door for individual criminal liability for international crimes.
The workshop aimed at looking into these judicial proceedings and analysing how international judicial mechanisms can promote liability for grave violations of international law under both the law on state responsibility and international criminal law.
Diskusija „Laikas teisingumui: Ukrainos bylos prieš Rusiją tarptautiniuose teismuose“ | Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakultetas (vu.lt)

April 29, 2022
Virtual International conference and discussion “The European Convention on Human Rights as a Tool for Legal Education of the Public in the Context of Growing Importance of the Rule of Law” was organized by Vilnius university, Faculty of Law, the Constitutional Court of Lithuania, and the Judicial Council.
President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Robert Spano, came on a visit to Lithuania in late April. During his visit, the President of the ECtHR visited Vilnius University (VU) where a roundtable discussion under the title “The European Convention on Human Rights as a Tool for Legal Education of the Public in the Context of Growing Importance of the Rule of Law” was held. The visit was organized by the Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the Constitutional Court and the Judicial Council.
The COVID-19 pandemic, the migrant crisis on the border with Belarus and the war in Ukraine – all these cataclysms were accompanied by an increase in disinformation in the public sphere, a rise in populism, and a myriad of insinuations, speculations and manipulations concerning issues of human rights protection.
The discussion was attended by guests from the European Court of Human Rights: President Robert Spano, Judge from Lithuania, Egidijus Kūris, Deputy Registrar, Abel Campos, as well as Lithuanian legal experts: Danutė Jočienė, President of the Constitutional Court, Lyra Jakulevičienė, Dean of the Law School at Mykolas Romeris University and Tomas Davulis, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Vilnius University. The discussion was moderated by Karolina Bubnytė-Širmenė, representative of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania at the European Court of Human Rights.
Diskusija su EŽTT pirmininku Robert Spano | Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakultetas (vu.lt)

October 6-7, 2022
The 10th International PhD Seminar was organised by The European Criminal Law Academic Network (hereinafter, ECLAN) and the Department of Criminal Justice of the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University on European Criminal Justice bearing the title “Influence of EU Criminal Law on the National Systems of Criminal Justice”.
This was the second time in a row where the ECLAN seminar was organised in Lithuania with the help of joint effort of ECLAN and the members of the Department of Criminal Justice of the Faculty of Law. The ECLAN seminar provided an invaluable opportunity for future researchers to share their research and receive feedback from recognised legal experts.
This year’s Seminar was specifically dedicated to the Influence of EU Criminal Law on the National Systems of Criminal Justice; its content, tendencies, and prospects. The 10th ECLAN PhD Seminar opened an opportunity to reflect on the development of EU criminal law over the last decade and to discuss the challenges that lie ahead. Topics of relevance for this PhD Seminar included, inter alia, the rule of law, cross-border legal cooperation in criminal matters, mutual recognition instruments and institutional framework, issues related to EU substantive criminal law, the launch of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), recent trends in the case law of the Court of Justice, and rights of defendants and victims in criminal proceedings.
The Seminar panels were moderated by recognized criminal law professors and ECLAN committee members (Prof. Dr Anne Weyembergh (l’Institut d’études européennes de l’Université libre de Bruxelles), Prof. Dr Katalin Ligeti (Université du Luxembourg), Prof. Dr Robert Kert (Universität Wien), Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas (University of Liverpool), Prof. Habil. Dr Gintaras Švedas (Vilnius university). Meanwhile, presentations were given by the PhD students conducting their research in various criminal law and political fields from Poland, Portugal, Austria, Spain, Germany, France, Latvia, and the United Kingdom, as well as a doctor of social sciences from Belgium.
https://www.tf.vu.lt/science_events_archives/2022-3/10th-international-eclan-phd-seminar/

October 24, 2022
International conference “The 30th Anniversary of the 1992 Lithuanian Constitution and Constitutional Challenges in the 21st Century” was organized by Vilnius University, Faculty of Law.
This Conference was held to mark the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. Scholars and practitioners in the field of law from Lithuania and other countries read their reports which focused on the Constitution of Lithuania and Constitutions of other countries, and jurisprudence of constitutional courts. Assoc. Prof. Dr Haroldas Šinkūnas, the Dean of VU Faculty of Law and Prof. Koen Lenaerts, the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union opened the conference by delivering opening addresses. They emphasized the importance of the Constitution and meaning of its values in a democratic state and society.
Scientists from Slovenia, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine, Austria and Lithuania presented some of their research results concerning the problems of interpreting and protecting constitutional human rights, and the role of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania in protecting human rights. Part of reports analyzed constitutional experience. Scholars talked about the constitutional crisis in Poland, the challenges in the field of law which appeared during COVID-19 pandemic, and the constitutional jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Germany. They compared the Constitutions of Lithuania and Latvia, and analyzed the importance of the Constitution for the national security of the state.
Tarptautinė konferencija „The 30th Anniversary of the 1992 Lithuanian Constitution and Constitutional Challenges in the 21st Century“ | Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakultetas (vu.lt)

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2022
1. Sudavičius, B. (sud.) (2022). Kelyje su konstitucija. Vilnius University Open Series, p. 1-413. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. Prieiga per internetą: https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/open-series/issue/view/2176
2. Švedas, G. (2022). Lithuania. IEL Criminal Law. 1–324. Amsterdam: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN 9789065449375.
Prieiga per internetą: https://kluwerlawonline.com/EncyclopediaChapter/IEL+Criminal+Law/CRIM20220001
3. Švedas, G., Prapiestis, J., Vosyliūtė, A., Prapiestis, D. (2022). Lietuvos Respublikos baudžiamojo kodekso specialiosios dalies sistemiškumo iššūkiai. 416 p. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISBN 9786090707012.

4. Nekrošius, V., Merkevičius, R. (2022). Tajemnica zawodowa i jej ochrona w litewskim postępowaniu sądowym. Tajemnica prawnie chroniona w prawie materialnym i procesowym. p. 1-20.Warszawa: Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck. ISBN 9788381984102.
5. Simaitis, R., Vėbraitė, V., Markevičiūtė, M. (2022). European small claims procedure in the realm of the other European proceedings. Revista ítalo-española de Derecho Procesal. Madrid: Marcial Pons Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales. ISSN 2605-5244, vol. 1, p. 123-136. DOI: 10.37417/rivitsproc/685.
6. Vaičaitis, V. (2022). Lithuania. Constitutional Law in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws series. p. 118. Amsterdam: Kluwer Law International B.V. 118 p. ISBN 9789065449443.
Žvaigždinienė, I. (2022). Environmental Law in Lithuania. IEL Environmental Law, 2nd edition, p. 129. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International BV. ISBN 9789403547619. Prieiga per internetą:
https://kluwerlawonline.com/EncyclopediaChapter/IEL+Environmental+Law/ENVI20190029
7. Jurčys, P., Compagnucci, M. C., & Fenwick, M. (2022). The future of international data transfers: Managing legal risk with a ‘user-held’data model. Computer Law & Security Review, 46, 105691, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2022.105691

DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

9 Saulėtekio Ave., Building 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. +370 5 236 6167, +370 5 236 6168
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr Jonas Prapiestis

STAFF
Professors: Habil. Dr G. Švedas, Dr A. Abramavičius, Dr A. Gutauskas, Dr J. Prapiestis, Dr J. Kulesza (2022 01).
Associate Professors: Dr A. Gorbatkov, Dr G. Juodkaitė-Granskienė, Dr R. Merkevičius, Dr I. Michailovič, Dr G. Sakalauskas, Dr A. Vosyliūtė.
Professors of Practice: Dr G. Goda.
Associate Professors of Practice: G. Jasaitis, A. Meška.
Assistants: Dr J. Levon, Dr J. Namavičius, Dr P. Veršekys.
Lecturers: Dr A. Juozapavičius, Dr G. Višinskis, M. Aidukas, M. Dobrovolskis, V. Kilinskas, D. Prapiestis, R. Žiedė, U. Markevičiūtė, A. Pažarskis, L. Šivickaitė-Moldarienė.
Junior Assistants: L. Martinaitytė, G. Norvaišytė.
Researcher: E. Raištenskis.
Doctoral students: M. Dobrovolskis, A. Kudaibergenov, L. Martinaitytė, U. Markevičiūtė, G. Norvaišytė, I. M. Ragaišytė, G. Skripkutė, L. Šivickaitė-Moldarienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Efficiency of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Punishment Execution Law
• Substantive Criminal Law
• Juvenile Criminal Law
• Penitentiary and Probation Law
• Criminology
• Qualification of Criminal Acts
• Comparative Criminal Law
• Criminal Policy
• International and EU Criminal Law
• Law of Criminal procedure
• International and EU Criminal Procedure Law
• Criminalistics

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Challenges of New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence for Criminal Justice (2022–2024) Prof. Dr J. Prapiestis
Research on the challenges that new technologies and artificial intelligence imply to the criminal law, criminal process and execution of punishments, problems of international and EU legal acts, Criminal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Code of Punishment Execution and application of the laws and other legal acts, related to them, jurisprudence of national and international courts, and, also, factors and tendencies of penal politics in Lithuania was developed and academically motivated recommendations and publications were prepared.

National Research Projects
Publishing of Vilnius University Research Papers Journal Teisė (Law) (1.78 Mr) SU-196, vol. 122-125 (2022 02–2024) Prof. Dr T. Davulis, Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas, Prof. Dr J. Machovenko
The aim of the project is to present and disseminate the best doctrinal achievements in the field of the science of law in Lithuania and the results of national scientific research.

Challenges to the Systemic Nature of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania (CRIMCODE-SPEC) (2019 06 03–2022 06 30) Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas, Prof. Dr J. Prapiestis, Dr P. Veršekys, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Vosyliūtė
Activity Research Group Projects funded by the Research Council of Lithuania.
The aim of this scientific research is through the analysis of complex nature determine whether the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Lithuania during 15 years of its validity has retained its systematicity. The subject of this investigation is the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Lithuania. This scientific research will include the study of the amendments of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of Lithuania, their legal technique, trends and influence on the application of the act. Moreover, the influence of the international law, European Union legal acts, also other branches of law on the growth and innovation of the Special part of the Criminal Code of Lithuania will be explored. In addition, the aim of the project is to investigate the legislative electiveness of the Special Part of the Criminal Code (further – also CC); to identify the main conflicts of law; to identify the main points of contact between the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offenses; to formulate the main tendencies and directions of development and changes of the Special part of the Criminal Code.
Main publication:
1. Švedas, G., Prapiestis, J., Vosyliūtė, A., Prapiestis, D. (2022). Lietuvos Respublikos Baudžiamojo kodekso specialiosios dalies sistemiškumo iššūkiai (Systemic Challenges of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania). Vilnius, Vilnius University Press. ISBN: 9786090707012.

Alternatives to Imprisonment in Post-Soviet States (2021–2024) Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas, Dr J. Levon
The project is funded by Lithuanian-Polish call “DAINA2” and administered by the Lithuanian Science Council.
The general objective of the project is to provide an answer to the following two-fold question – why there is still such a difference between prison rates in the West and the East of the continent and how we can regulate sanctions and other measures in Central & East European countries in order to close this gap and comply with the European standards. The project’s specific objectives are as follows:
- to conduct a comparative legal and statistical analysis of the current criminal policy on imprisonment and alternatives to detention in a group of Eastern European states (Estonia, Slovakia, Romania, Poland and Lithuania),
- to conduct a comparative legal analysis of the compliance of the national legislation with the Council of Europe and European Union standards on deprivation of liberty and alternatives to detention,
- to identify the best possible practices on alternatives to detention in order to close the gap between the West and the East of Europe,
- to develop conclusions on best practices and recommendations in order to inform relevant future criminal policy and criminal law making.
The results of the project will be presented at the final conference in Warsaw, Poland.
Main publications:
1. Levon, J., Švedas, G. (2022). Bausmės vykdymo atidėjimo nepilnamečiams naujovės ir probleminiai aspektai (Problems and Novellas of Punishment Execution Postonement for Minors): In “Kelyje su konstitucija”: Compendium of peer-reviewed articles). Vilnius: Vilnius University Press. https://doi.org/10.15388//KSK.2022.8
2. Švedas, G., Levon, J. (2022). Arešto bausmės vykdymo atidėjimo instituto probleminiai aspektai Lietuvoje (Problematical aspects of the suspension of the execution of an arrest punishment in Lithuania). Teisė. Vilnius: Vilnius University Press. https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/teise/article/view/28078/27346

The Predictors of Criminal Risk for Convicts in Emerging Adulthood (2022–2024) Project manager is Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Sakalauskas, the project is being carried out by Dr V. Klimkienė
The Postdoctoral fellowship project is funded by the Lithuanian Science Council.
The project objectives are as follows: 1) To examine the convergent validity of the START:AV with OASys within samples of young adult convicts between the age of 18–21 and 22–24; 2) To investigate the significance of identity formation aspects (e.g., commitment, indepth exploration and reconsideration of commitment), psychopathology and adaptive functioning in relation to risk and protective factors of young adult convicts; 3) To assess the accuracy of the following adverse outcomes of young adult convicts within the period of three months of their imprisonment: Violence, Non Violent Offenses, Substance Abuse and Unauthorized Absences; 4) To examine the predictive accuracy of Risk and Protective factors, psychopathology and adaptive functioning (ASR) identity formation for the above mentioned adverse outcomes of young adult convicts with respect to age differences.

International Research Project
Modernisation of Master Programmes for Future Judges, Prosecutors, Investigators with Respect to European Standard on Human Rights (2019–2022) Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas, Assoc. Prof. Dr A. Gorbotkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Granskienė (for more information see: https://crimhum.bsu.by/en)
The aim of the project is bringing the best efforts of universities of EU and Partner Countries universities to the task of modernising the system of higher legal education in BY and UA according to Bologna principles. The overall goal is to bring an integrated rights-based training to criminal justice by establishing specialized master programmes for future judges, prosecutors and investigators.

Globalization, Illicit Trade, Sustainability and Security (COST GLITSS) (CA21133) (2022–2026) Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas – National partner (for more information see: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21133)
The main objective of COST activities is to create the necessary assumptions and implement a holistic approach to the study of various aspects of illegal trade, to increase the awareness of state institutions and the public in order to raise public resilience and study the impact and how technological innovations can be used to combat illicit trade.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
ARQUS European University Alliance
University of Graz (Austria)
The University of Bergen (Norway)
The Jagiellonian University in Krakow, (Poland)
The Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences – ILS PAS (Poland)
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz (Poland)
Faculty of Law, University of Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas
• editorial broad member of New Journal Of European Criminal Law, https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/new-journal-of-european-criminal-law/journal202696#editorial-board;
• advisory board member of the journal Ius Novum (Quarterly of the Faculty of Law and Administration of Lazarski University in Warsaw), https://iusnovum.lazarski.pl/en/advisory-board/;
• chief editor of the Journal Teisė / Law, https://www.journals.vu.lt/teise/about/editorialTeam;
• senior editor of the journal Teisės Apžvalga (Law Review), https://ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/LawReview/about/editorialTeam
• editorial board member of the journal Štát a Právo (State and Law) (Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakijos Republika);
• contact point for Lithuania and Management Committee at ECLAN (European Criminal Law Academic Network), http://eclan.eu/en/member/gintaras-svedas;
• member and foreign expert of The Law Reform Working Group Concealed by the President of Ukraine, https://www.president.gov.ua/documents/5842019-28949.
Prof. Dr A. Abramavičius
• editorial board member of the journal Teisė / Law, https://www.journals.vu.lt/teise/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial board member of the journal Jurisprudence (Periodical reviewed research papers), https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/jurisprudence/pages/view/editorial_board;
• editorial board member of the journal Komorni Listy (Journal of Executors / Bailiffs Chamber of the Czech Republic), https://www.ekcr.cz/1/komorni-listy/195-uvodem.
Prof. Dr A. Gutauskas
• editorial broad member of journal Studia prawnicze, https://docplayer.pl/13579061-Studia-studies-in-law-redakcja-editorial-office-rada-naukowa-stientific-board.html;
Prof. Dr J. Prapiestis
• editorial broad member of journal Teisė / Law, https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/teise/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial broad member of journal Jurisprudencija, https://ojs.mruni.eu/ojs/jurisprudence/.
Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Juodkaitė-Granskienė
• editorial broad member of journal Teismo ekspertizės ir kriminalistikos teorija ir praktika;
• editorial broad member of journal Law and Forensic Science, http://lawforensics.org
http://lawforensics.org/about/scientific_committee/;
• member of the Presidium at Congress of Criminalists of Ukraine, https://crimcongress.com/en/guide/;
• editorial and scientific committee member of Kharkiv Institute of Forensic Science named after Prof. Bokarius.
Assoc. Prof. Dr G. Sakalauskas
• editorial broad member of journal Kriminologijos studijos, https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/kriminologijos-studijos/about/editorialTeam;
• editorial broad member of journal Nowa Kodyfikacja Prawa Karnego, https://wuwr.pl/nkp;
• member of International Penal and Penitentiary Foundation (IPPF), https://englishbulletin.adapt.it/members-of-adapt-international-scientific-committee/.

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Švedas, G. “Implementation of the requirements of the EU legal acts in national criminal law: peculiarities of procedure and main difficulties (Lithuanian experience)”. In conference: VI Kharkiv International Legal Forum Problems of harmonizing criminal laws of Ukraine with the acquis communautaire of the European Union, October 5, 2022.
2. Namavičius, J. “Digital Attacks under Humanitarian and International Criminal Law”. In conference: Current Challenges for European and International Criminal Policy, October 14–15, 2022, https://wwuindico.uni-muenster.de/event/1516/overview.
3. Juodkaitė-Granskienė, G. (co-author S. Rudėnaitė), “Evaluation of judges’ activity as guarantee of significance of competencies and qualifications and career transparency”. In conference: Model of selection, evaluation and promotion of judges: What competences and skills matter? Best practices and trends, June 13–14, 2022.

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARD RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIED
Prof. Dr J. Prapiestis: Lithuanian Police awarded with the 1st degree badge of distinction “For Merit” (Decree of the General Commissioner No. 5-V-1061, badge No. 1157), 2022-10-28.
Prof. Dr A. Abramavičius: Lithuanian Council of Judges awarded with 1st degree badge of distinction “For services to the judicial system”, 2022-11-25.

MOST IMPORTANT CASES OF THE PARTICIPATION OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas
• Member of the Criminal Code Supervisory Commission, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania
https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/5b4723d02f1f11e78397ae072f58c508]
• Member of the Bar Examination Commission, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania
Prof. Dr J. Prapiestis
• Chairman of The Selection Commission For Candidates For Judges
https://www.lrp.lt/data/public/uploads/2022/10/2022-10-31-nr.-1k-1158.pdf
Part. Prof. Dr G. Goda, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Merkevičius
• Members of the Code of Criminal Procedure Supervisory Commission, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania
https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/18ba9201076e11ecb4af84e751d2e0c9

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Sakalauskas, G. Die Umsetzung der EU-Richtlinie 2016/800 in Litauen // Zeitschrift für Jugendkriminalrecht und Jugendhilf : Deutsche Vereinigung für Jugendgerichte und Jugendgerichtshilfen e. V. ISSN 1612-1864. 2022, no. 1, p. 10-15,
https://www.dvjj.de/aktuelles/2022/03/17/ausgabe-1-2022-der-zjj-ist-erschienen.

DEPARTMENT OF PRIVATE LAW

9 Saulėtekio Ave., Building 1, LT-10222, Vilnius
Tel. +370 5 236 6169, +370 5 236 6170
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr Tomas Davulis

STAFF
Professors: Habil. Dr V. Mikelėnas, Habil. Dr V. Nekrošius, Dr T. Davulis, Dr V. Mizaras, Dr D. Petrylaitė, Dr R. Birštonas, Dr A. Dambrauskaitė (2022 04–2022 05), Dr E. G. H. M van Zimmeren (2022 05).
Professors of Practice: Dr Š. Keserauskas, Dr E. Tamošiūnienė, Dr A. Driukas, Dr A. Taminskas, Dr A. Bitinas.
Associate Professors: Dr T. Bagdanskis, Dr D. Bublienė, Dr L. Didžiulis, Dr P. Miliauskas, Dr V. Petrylaitė, Dr R. Simaitis, Dr D. Soloveičik, Dr J. Usonis, Dr V. Vėbraitė, Dr L. Mikalonienė (2022 01–2022 06).
Associate Professors of Practice: G. Bartkus, A. Maciejevski.
Assistants: Dr V. Terekhov.
Lecturers: Dr J. Maculevič, Dr N. Kasiliauskas, Dr A. Paliukėnas, Dr S. Barakauskas, Dr N. Gaubienė, Dr I. Povilaitienė, Dr T. Varapnickas, Dr E. Zemlytė, Dr S. Aviža, Dr S. Drazdauskas, Dr E. Lauraitytė, Dr T. Kontautas, Dr T. Daujotas, Dr R. Juzikienė, Dr K. Pranevičienė, Dr P. Jurčys, A. Šuminas, M. Juonys, A. Šekštelo, S. Cirtautaitė-Kaminskienė, L. Dzindzelėtaitė-Šaltė, M. Austys, M. Matiukas, S. Vilkelytė, I. Rimavičienė, Dr M. Rimkevičius (2022 02), Dr Miglė Žukauskaitė-Tatorė (2022 02–2022 05), J. Jonis (2022 02–2022 05), I. Pakalniškytė (2022 01–2022 02), S. Okinčic (2022 02).
Junior Assistants: A. Šerniūtė, J. Bartkus, J. Drakšas, E. Kadys.
Principal Scientist: Dr L. Gasparienienė, Dr R. Remeikienė.
Doctoral Students: A. A. F. Azzam, S. Bareika, J. Bartkus, I. Breskienė, N. Bubnaitytė, T. Diuba, J. Drakšas, L. Dzindzelėtaitė-Šaltė, A. Grumulaitis, S. Idkinaitė, J. Jarusevičius, E. Kadys, G. Laucius, B. Marcalis, S. Martinavičiūtė, A. Medvedevaitė, S. Okinčic, K. Platūkis, P. Riepin, D. Rimkutė, A. Selvestravičiūtė, A. Šerniūtė, O. Shevchenko, E. Vaičiūnas, V. Vičius, S. Vilkelytė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Efficiency of Private Law
• Harmonisation and unification of private law according to EU law
• Influence of EU law and European private law to the Lithuanian national civil law and civil procedure law
• Flexibility and compatibility of social security of the regulation of labour law
• Civil law
• Civil procedure
• Labour law
• Social security law
• Roman private law
• Arbitration
• Employment contract
• Labour disputes
• Collective agreement
• Competition law
• Corporate law
• Law on Torts
• Intellectual property law
• Enforcement and bankruptcy in civil procedure
• Family law
• Public procurement law
• International private law
• International and EU civil law
• International and EU civil procedure
• International and EU labour law
• International and EU social security law

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Effective Operation of Private and Procedural Law under Extraordinary Social, Political and Economic conditions (2022–2024), Prof. Dr T. Davulis
Research on the execution and regulation of the legal regulations of new business forms and possibilities to digitalize them, problems of national and EU legal acts on civil law, civil process and analysis of labor law and jurisprudence of national and international courts, and, also, the new tendencies of legal regulation of private law in the digitalization era was developed and academically motivated recommendations and publications were prepared.

Challenges and Opportunities for the Legal System under Conditions of War: Ukrainian Case
The project was carried out under the leadership of Prof. Dr T. Davulis and Dr L. Gasparėnienė, including researchers from Ukraine temporary working at the Faculty of Law: Dr T. Blashchuk, Assoc. Prof. Dr N. Filipenko, Assist. L. Timofieieva, Jun. Researcher M. Muzychuk, Prof. I. Hloviuk, Assoc. Prof. A. Lapkin, Prof. I. Spasybo-Fateyeva, Lect. S. Glotov, Prof. Dr O. Shcherbaniuk, and others; it was partly funded by the program of the Research Council of Lithuania and was initiated as a special measure to fund research activities of Ukrainian researches in Lithuania.
Many segments of law, including human rights protection, international cooperation, crime, victimology, human rights and criminal justice, intellectual property law and real property law, tax law, personal inalienable rights to life, health and health care will be comprehensively analyzed in the context of martial law. The research is relevant in today’s context; moreover, the topicality of the themes is increasing due to rapid geopolitical and geo-economic changes in the world and the European region. The research is, therefore, contemporary and timely.
The research project deals with the studies that opened the prospect of further explorations in the field of searching for the meaning of law, level of legal response, and ways to increase the effectiveness of theory and practice under conditions of war and after the war. Moreover, it is extremely important that this scientific impact is connected with a steady trend of European integration of Ukraine. Special attention is given to the harmonization and approximation of the current Ukrainian legislation with the European norms and compliance with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and European court of Justice (ECJ) as well as with the EU acquis. These aspects are extremely significant because of the EU decision of June 23, 2022, to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union with certain requirements. The conclusions and proposals of this research will be formulated in compliance with analysis of domestic and foreign scientific background aimed at contributing to the improvement of legal norms and practice, as well as their use in further scientific research.
Main publications:
Published in a special issue of the Vilnius University Scholarly Journal of Law “Teisė” (Internet access: https://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/teise/issue/view/2153):
1. Bulat, N. (2022). The legal environment of advertising in Ukraine = Teisinė reklamos aplinka Ukrainoje. Teisė, t. 124, p. 8-21. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-1274. eISSN 2424-6050. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.1
2. Filipenko, N., Spitsyna, H. (2022). Criminological activity of forensic science institutions: the concept of implementation in Ukraine = Kriminalistikos mokslo institucijų kriminologinė veikla: įgyvendinimo Ukrainoje koncepcija. Teisė, t. 124, p. 67-80. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-1274. eISSN 2424-6050. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.5
3. Glotov, S. (2022). Вищий ІР-Суд як елемент системи судоустрою в Україні. CONTRA SENTENTIAM = The high court for intellectual property as an element of the judicial system in Ukraine. CONTRA SENTENTIAM. Теорія і практика інтелектуальної власності. № 4, p. 121-132. Київ: Науково-дослідний інститут інтелектуальної власності Національної академії правових наук України. ISSN 2308-0361. eISSN 2519-2744. https://doi.org/10.33731/42022.265935
4. Hloviuk, I. (2022). Interrogation in Ukrainian criminal procedure = Apklausa Ukrainos baudžiamajame procese. Teisė, t. 124, p. 107-116. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-1274. eISSN 2424-6050. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.8
5. Kostruba, A. (2022). Integrated structures of corporations: Ukrainian legal reality = Integruotos įmonių struktūros: Ukrainos teisinė realybė. Teisė, t. 124, p. 125-132. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-1274. eISSN 2424-6050. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.10
6. Lapkin, A. (2022). Legal status of the prosecutor’s office in Ukraine = Ukrainos prokuratūros teisinis statusas. Teisė, t. 124, p. 133-143. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-1274. eISSN 2424-6050. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.11
7. Myronenko, N. (2022). Formation of the system of legal protection of intellectual property in Ukraine and modern problems of its development = Intelektinės nuosavybės teisinės apsaugos sistemos kūrimas Ukrainoje ir moderniosios jos plėtojimo problemos. Teisė, t. 124, p. 144-155. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-1274. eISSN 2424-6050. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.12
8. Shtefan, O. (2022). Reform of civil procedural legislation of Ukraine and problems of its implementation = Civilinio proceso reforma Ukrainoje ir jos įgyvendinimo problemos. Teisė, t. 124, p. 183-194. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-1274. eISSN 2424-6050. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.16
9. Yevtieieva, D. (2022). Criminal offense or civil law dispute: to the issue of assessing unfair information business under the criminal legislation of Ukraine = Baudžiamasis nusikaltimas ar civilinis ginčas: nesąžiningos informacinės veiklos vertinimas pagal Ukrainos baudžiamuosius įstatymus. Teisė, t. 124, p. 117-124. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. ISSN 1392-1274. eISSN 2424-6050. https://doi.org/10.15388/Teise.2022.124.9
10. Izarova, I., Vėbraitė, V. (2022). Towards effective medical disputes resolution in Ukraine and Lithuania: comparing analyses, challenges and perspectives. Ukrainian healthcare law in the context of European and international law, p. 153-170, vol. 7. Editors: Roman Maydanyk, André den Exter, Iryna Izarova. Cham: Springer, 2022. ISBN 9783031056895, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-05690-1_9

National research projects
Publishing of Vilnius University Research Papers Journal Teisė (Law) (1.78 Mr) SU-196, vol. 122-125 (2022 02–2024) Prof. Dr T. Davulis, Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas, Prof. Dr J. Machovenko
The aim of the project is to present and disseminate the best doctrinal achievements in the field of the science of law in Lithuania and the results of national scientific research.

Transformation of the Execution Process in the Digital Age (2020 08–2023 08) The postdoctoral fellowship project was funded by the Lithuanian Science Council. The project manager is Prof. Habil. Dr V. Nekrošius, the project is being carried out by Dr N. Gaubienė
The aim of the Project is to acquire and develop legal knowledge and raise scientific qualifications through interdisciplinary research involving the impact of digitization and smart technologies on enforcement of court decisions in civil proceedings.

Copyright and Related Rights Law Commentary (2022–2023) The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council of Culture. Prof. Dr R. Birštonas, Prof. Dr V. Mizaras, Dr J. Liauksminaitė.
The aim of the project is to prepare a methodological tool (publication) on the basis of a scientific study – Copyright and Related Rights Law Commentary.

International research projects
EFFORTS – towards a more Effective Enforcement of Claims in Civil and Commercial Matters within the EU (2020–2022) Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Simaitis, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vėbraitė, M. Markevičiūtė (more information: https://efforts.unimi.it/)
The project aims at a better enforcement of claims through better procedures, case-handling and cooperation in cross-border disputes. It tackles the Brussels Ia Regulation and the Regulations on the European Enforcement Order, the European Small Claims Procedure, the European Payment Order and the European Account Preservation Order and their implementation in national procedural law in the following seven Member States: Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania and Luxembourg. The interaction of the above-mentioned EU and national rules signifies a major weakness of the system, making it difficult for practitioners, and even more for consumers and businesses, to be aware of the mere existence and practical functioning of the available mechanisms.

Small Claims Analysis Net II – SCAN II (2022–2024) Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Simaitis, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vėbraitė, M. Markevičiūtė, M. Žukauskaitė-Tatorė (for more information see: https://www.scanproject.eu/)
The aim of the project is to collect and exchange best practices, in order to create an empirically rich resource to illuminate national and European policy and legislative debates 5 on the strengthening and harmonization of Small Claims procedures, by conducting field studies and by reinforcing the links between European practitioners in the civil domain.
Main publication:
1. Simaitis, R., Vėbraitė, V., & Markevičiūtė, M. (2022). European Small Claims Procedure in the realm of the other European proceedings. Revista Ítalo-española de Derecho procesal, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.37417/rivitsproc/685

Conflict Resolution with Equitative Algorithms 2 – CREA2 (2022 06 01–2024 05 31) Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Simaitis, Dr M. Markevičiūtė
The project aims to introduce Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven tools to assist natural and legal persons in resolving their disputes through the application of innovative game-theoretical (GT) algorithms.

Posting Of Workers: Enhancing Administrative Cooperation and Access to Information (2020 01–2022 06) Prof. Dr D. Petrylaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Petrylaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr J. Usonis, Assoc. Prof. Dr P. Miliauskas (for more information see: https://stepup-protection.com/)
The project is funded under European Commission STEP UP Protection – Stepping up The European cooperation and communication among Public and Private organizations for the PROTECTION of posted workers‘ rights.
The aim of the research project is to promote analysis of the most widespread violations of EU framework, in relation to the current legislation and the transposition of directive 2018/957/EU in each country; - to analyze the functions of EU Labour Authority and evaluate its real potential in terms of increased cooperation among national inspective bodies; - to identify and increase the level of knowledge/expertise, of companies, workers and inspective staff.

NAWA: Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Judicial Processes: Practice and Proposals (2021 11 01–2022 09 15) Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vėbraitė (for more information see: https://nawa.gov.pl/en/nawa-programmes)
The project funded under the Cooperation Programme of Polish National Agency.
The aim of Nawa project is to support the international cooperation of research teams and mobility of researchers in response to sudden, important and unforeseen social, civilisation and natural events with global or regional implications.
Main publication:
1. Vėbraitė, V. (2022) Has COVID-19 pandemic transformed civil proceedings in Lithuania? Polski proces cywilny, no. 1, p. 215-222. Krakow: Wolters Kluwer. ISSN 2082-1743. Prieiga internetu: https://assets.contenthub.wolterskluwer.com/api/public/content/e7fae5bcd6bc4770965aa2fc4b992d05?v=c707feee

Model of the Interaction of Labor Market and Social Support Policies and Development of Methodologies for Its Implementation (2021 11–2023 09) Call by the Research Council of Lithuania “Scientific research carried out by high- level research groups aimed at creating results corresponding to topics of R&D activity relevant to economic sectors, which could later be commercialized”. Prof. Dr R. Lazutka, Prof. Dr L. Gasparėnienė, Prof. Dr R. Remeikienė, Prof. Dr B. Gruževskis, Dr S. Krutulienė
The aim of the Project is to carry out a research into the relationship between labour demand and supply during the period of the COVID-19 crisis in terms of the employment and social support policy measures. The Project also aims at developing methodologies and administrative mechanisms for the implementation of the above-mentioned measures to work with recipients of the unemployed social benefit in Lithuania, providing recommendations on improving the Social Support Registry Data System (SPISS), and developing a vacancy registration and employment platform for employers' associations, thus ensuring a higher compatibility of the labour force demand and supply both during the pandemic and the post-pandemic period.

Protecting Work and Income in the Digital Economy: a Case Study of Platform Workers (2022 04–2024 12) Research Group Projects are funded by the Research Council of Lithuania. Prof. Dr L. Gasparėnienė, Prof. Dr R. Remeikienė, Prof. Dr R. Lazutka, Dr A. Paliukėnas, Dr N. Česiulis
The project focuses on the work of the platform staff (also called “gig”, “online platform”, “on-call”) and exercising their social rights. The key feature of the work is absence of an employment contract which means that no laws to ensure decent work conditions and payment for work are applied, i.e. the terms regarding one’s periodic income, working time, leave are not established. Although in terms of the content of the employment relationship these employees are subordinated to the platform, the relationship is called disguised. The project is intended to complement the research of the traditional forms of employment and social security of the employees in Lithuania with the relevant component of the platform employment.
Main publication:
1. Remeikienė, R., Gasparėnienė, L. & Lazutka, R. (2022). Working conditions of platform workers in new EU member states: Motives, working environment and legal regulations. Economics and Sociology, 15(4), 186-203.

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. Habil. Dr V. Mikelėnas
• advisory broad member of journal European Review of Private Law, https://www.lw.com/thoughtLeadership/the-feasibility-study-rules-on-contract-interpretation;
• editorial broad member of journal Teisės problemos, https://teise.org/lt/lti-veikla/mokslo-zurnalai/teises-problemos/redaktoriu-kolegija/;
• editor-in-Chief (compiler) of the journal Arbitražas. Teorija ir Praktika (Arbitration. Theory and Practice), http://www.arbitrazas.lt/isleistasmetrastisarbitrazasteorija-ir-praktika74518-1-357.html;
• ordinary member of The International Association of Procedural Law, http://www.iaplaw.org/index.php/en/the-association/membership/ordinary-members?start=30;
• member of The European Law Institute, Vienna (Republic of Austria);
Prof. Habil. Dr V. Nekrošius
• program Council member of journal Polski Proces Cywilny (Polish Civil Procedure), http://www.polskiprocescywilny.pl/komitet-redkacyjny;
• scientific Council member of the journal Przegląd Prawa Egzekucyjnego (Review of Enforcement Law), https://www.currenda.pl/przeglad/;
• ordinary member of the International Association of Procedural Law, http://www.iaplaw.org/index.php/en/the-association/membership/ordinary-members?start=30;
• member of The Permanent Court of Arbitration in Hague (PCA), https://storage.googleapis.com/capstone01/pca-cpa/2017/07/738a7386-current-list-annex-1-members-of-the-court.pdf;

Prof. Dr T. Davulis
• editorial broad member Cultures juridiques et politiques, https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/CJEP;
• editorial board member of the journal Studia Prawnicze / Legal Studies (Journal of the Faculty of Law, Administration and International Relation of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Kraków University, Republic of Poland);
• editorial board member of the journal Teisė / Law, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/index.php/teise;
• editorial board member of the journal of University of Latvia Legal Science / Latvijas Universitātes žurnāls Juridiskā zinātne, https://www.journaloftheuniversityoflatvialaw.lu.lv/editorial-board/;
• foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NAS), http://www.nas.gov.ua/EN/Members/Pages/ForeignMembers.aspx;
• member of The European Network of Legal Experts in the fields of employment, social affairs and equality between women and men of the European Network of Legal Experts;
• National Expert and Scientific Committee member of The European Labour Law Network, http://www.labourlawnetwork.eu/about_elln/members_of_elln/scientific_committee/prm/59/0/index.html;
• Lithuanian member of The Management Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), http://fra.europa.eu/en/about-fra/structure/management-board;
• Scientific Directors’ board member of the E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies (Italy), http://ejcls.adapt.it/index.php/ejcls_adapt/about/editorialTeam;
• council member of The International Network of Doctoral Studies in Law.
Prof. Dr V. Mizaras
• editorial board member of journal of Queen Merry Journal of Intellectual Property Law, https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/qmjip/qmjip-overview.xml;
• editorial board member of the journal Teisė / Law, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/index.php/teise;
• National reporter by Common Core of European Private Law Project Security Rights in Immovable Property (editors Cornelius van der Merve (South Africa), Gary Walt (UK), Francesca Fiorentini (Republic of Italy);
• peer reviewer of journal International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC) (A Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal);
• member of European Law Institute Working Group on EU Copyright Law, www.europeanlawinstitute.eu;
• representative at International Academy of Comparative Law in Lithuania;
• member of International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), http://atrip.org/membership/members/.
Prof. Dr D. Petrylaitė
• editorial board member of journal European Employment Law Cases (EELC), https://www.eelc-online.com/?skip_boomportal_auth=1;
• editorial board member of journal E-Journal of International and Comparative Studies (ADAPT, Bergamo University), https://moodle.adaptland.it/course/view.php?id=105;
• member of Comparative Civil Service Network (Budapest, Hungary), https://ccsn.uni-nke.hu/;
• expert of The Centre for Legal and Economic Research-CIJE, https://cije.up.pt/en/cije/organs/external-advisory-board/;
• member of scientific committee ADAPT (Association for International and Comparative Studies in the field of Labour Law and Industrial Relations) (Bergam, Italy).
Prof. Dr R. Birštonas
• editorial board member of journal JURISPRUDENCE, https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/jurisprudence/pages/view/editorial_board;
• national expert of The Common Core of European Private Law. Boundaries of Information Property, https://intersentia.com/en/product/series/show/id/45176/;
Assoc. Prof. Dr T. Bagdanskis
• head of the Working Law Group of the Trans-European Law Firms Alliance (TELFA).
Assoc. Prof. Dr P. Miliauskas
• editorial board member of the Athens journal of Law ATINER (Athens Institute for Education and Research), https://www.athensjournals.gr/ajl;
• academic member of the Athens Institute for Education and Research, belonging to the Law Research Unit.
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Petrylaitė

• national reporter of the journal European Employment Law Cases (EELC), https://www.elevenpub.com/law/catalogus/european-employment-law-cases-eelc;
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Simaitis:
• member of Working Group on Cyberjustice and Artificial Intelligence (CEPEJ-GT-CYBERJUST) of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice of the Council of Europe, https://rm.coe.int/composition-cepej-gt-cyberjust-for-2022-2023/1680a54130;
• chairman of Working Group on Mediation of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ-GT-MD), https://www.coe.int/t/dghl/cooperation/cepej/mediation/CEPEJ%20GT%20MED%202018.asp;
• arbitrator of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID), https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Pages/about/Database-of-Panel-Members.aspx#a7;
• member of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vėbraitė
• editorial broad member of journal Access to Justice in Eastern Europe, https://ajee-journal.com/about;
• member of The Scientific Association for International Procedural Law;
• member of Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Internationales Verfahrensrecht.
Assoc. Part. Prof. Dr G. Bartkus
• member of Informal Company Law Expert Group (ICLEG) of European Commission, https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/icleg-report-on-information-of-groups-march-2016_en_0.pdf;
• arbitrator of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID), https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Pages/about/Database-of-Panel-Members.aspx#a7;
• member of Company Law drafting group of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG);
• member of Drafting group of the European Model Business Company Act (EMCA).

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Didžiulis, L. “The Impact of EU Directives 2019/770 and 2019/771 on Lithuanian law”. In conference: Harmonizing Digital Contract Law - The Impact of EU Directives 2019/770 and 2019/771 and the Regulation of Online Platforms, June 9, 2022, https://www.unife.it/en/dcl/harmonizing-digital-contract-law-ferrara-9-and-10-june-2022.pdf
2. Didžiulis, L. “Paying with data in digital consumer contract law”. In conference: Digital Contracts and Data-Trading, April 28, 2022, https://www.era.int/upload/dokumente/24305.pdf
3. Simaitis, R. “CEPEJ new instruments related to digitalization and automation of court proceedings”. In conference: Digitalization And Enforcement Of Civil Decisions Within The Eu’, October 7–8, 2022.
4. Bartkus, J. “Admissibility of Illegally Obtained Electronic Evidence in International Arbitration”. In conference: Transnational Dispute Resolution in an increasingly digitalized world The Center for the Future of Dispute Resolution at Ghent University, March 24, 2022, https://www.ugent.be/re/mpor/cfdr/en/colloquium2022
5. Vėbraitė, V. (co-author Markevičiūtė M.) “Digitalization of Enforcement Proceedings in Lithuania: Current Achievements And Challenge”. In conference: Digitalization And Enforcement Of Civil Decisions Within The Eu, October 7–8, 2022.

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
Prof. Habil. Dr V. Mikelėnas: The Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries awarded with Juozas Vilkutaitis-Keturakis Medal (No. 21), 2022-06-02.
Prof. Dr V. Mizaras: State award of the Republic of Austria - the medal “Silver Badge of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria”, 2022.
Prof. Dr T. Davulis: The University of Lodz awarded with Medal of Friend of the university, (Universitatis Lodziensis Amicus Medal), 2022.

MOST IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION CASES OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Habil. Dr V. Mikelėnas, Prof. Dr V. Mizaras, Prof. Dr R. Birštonas, Part. Prof. Dr A. Taminskas
• Members of the Committee for the Supervision of the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania
https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/470a7520354611e78397ae072f58c508
Prof. Habil. Dr V. Nekrošius, Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Simaitis, Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vėbraitė
• Members of the Committee on monitoring of problems realted to implementation of the Civil Procedure Code of Republic of Lithuania
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Prof. Habil. Dr V. Nekrošius, Prof. Habil. Dr V. Mikelėnas
• Full members of the Humanitarian and Social Sciences Department of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
https://www.lma.lt/humanitariniu-ir-socialiniu-mokslu-skyrius; https://www.lma.lt/sudetis-2
Prof. Dr R. Birštonas
• Chairman of the Committee of the Lithuanian Copyright and Related Rights (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania)
• https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/542a0bb2bff011eb91e294a1358e77e9?jfwid=-ka5eew4do
Assoc. Prof. Dr R. Simaitis
• Chairman of the Mediators‘ Qualification Examination Commission (Ministry of Justice of Lithuania)
https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/3d91bdb05e6611edbc04912defe897d1
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vėbraitė
• Member of the Judicial Mediation Commission
https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/e563c970f79511e880d0fe0db08fac89
Prof. Dr T. Davulis
• Board member, chairman of the Government Strategic Analysis Center (STRATA)
https://strata.gov.lt/naujienos/strata-valdybos-pirmininku-isrinktas-teisininkas-tomas-davulis/
Dr E. Zemlytė
• Member of the Commission for the Notary Qualification Exam. Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries (Ministry of Justice of Lithuania)
https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/b948820111d011edb36fa1cf41a91fd9?jfwid=cnwpoamin

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
Dr S. Drazdauskas. Conclusion for the Ministry of Justice. Legal opinion on the proposals of the European Commission. 2022-10-26
Faculty of Law. Lithuanian Administrative Disputes Commission. Regarding the interpretation of the application of Article 58 of the Labor Code. 2022-06-21
Faculty of Law. Committee on Social Affairs and Labour. On the conclusion of the impact assessment (on the draft law on sickness and maternity social insurance of the republic of Lithuania). 2022-05-11
Prof. Dr T. Davulis. Leadership in the expert group entrusted with preparation of the study on challenges of (state) Governance in State Progress Strategy “Lithuania 2050”. 2022-03-30

MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
1. Birštonas, R. Rusijos Federacijoje stabdoma „nedraugiškų valstybių“ intelektinės nuosavybės apsauga // TeisėPro. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakultetas. 2022, kovo 17 d., https://www.teise.pro/index.php/2022/03/17/r-birstonas-rusijos-federacijoje-stabdoma-nedraugisku-valstybiu-intelektines-nuosavybes-apsauga
2. Birštonas, R. Naujasis Autorių teisių įstatymas: pagrindinės naujovės (I dalis) // Teisė.Pro. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto Teisės fakultetas. 2022, balandžio 2 d., https://www.teise.pro/index.php/2022/04/02/r-birstonas-naujasis-autoriu-teisiu-istatymas-pagrindines-naujoves-i-dalis
3. Bartkus, G., Miliauskas, P. et al. Response to the Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence by Nordic and Baltic Company Law Scholars // Nordic & European Company Law Working Paper. [Rochester]: SSRN. 2022, no. 22-01, p. 1-18, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4139249

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW

9 Saulėtekio Ave., Building 1, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. +370 5 236 6175
E-mail:
Head – Prof. Dr Bronius Sudavičius

STAFF
Professors: Dr J. Machovenko, Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Dr B. Sudavičius, Dr E. Šileikis, Dr S. Žalimienė, Dr L. Gasparėnienė (2022 01–2022 05), Dr Gracienne Maria L Lauwers (2022 11).
Professors of Practice: Dr L. Meškauskaitė, DrA. Normantas, Dr V. Vasiliauskas.
Associate professors: Dr H. Šinkūnas, Dr V. Vaičaitis, Dr J. Galginaitis, Dr J. Gumbis, Dr G. Lastauskienė, Dr I. Žvaigždinienė, Dr I. Isokaitė-Valužė, Dr V. Milašiūtė, Dr M. Endrijaitis,
Associate Professor of Practice: D. Kriaučiūnas.
Assistants: Dr R. Bakševičienė, Dr D. Murauskas, Dr N. Bruskina, Dr L. Paškevičienė, Dr D. Pūraitė-Andrikienė, Dr D. Valančienė, Dr J. Baltrimas, Dr J. Zaleskis, Dr A. Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė, Dr D. Prapiestytė, Dr E. Masnevaitė, Dr K. Gudas (2022 02–2022 05).
Lecturers: Dr G. Grigaitė-Daugirdė, Dr L. Butkevičius, Dr D. Poška, Dr G. Užubalis, Dr G. Surblytė-Namavičienė, Dr I. Martinkutė, Dr L. Balčiūnas, Dr P. Gruodis, Dr J. Apolevič, Dr L. Griškevič, Dr A. Gedmintaitė, Dr M. Ambrasaitė-Valentinavičienė, Dr U. Gailiūnienė, Dr R. Latvelė, Dr E. Leonaitė, L. Urbaitė, Dr J. Vienažindytė (2022 02–2022 03), Pooja Damodaran (2022 01–2022 05).
Junior Assistants: L. Martinaitytė, G. Strikaitė-Latušinskaja, M. Borusevičiūtė.
Doctoral students: S. Bareikytė, M. Borusevičiūtė, D. Korchahin, K. Krutulytė, D. Kubiliūtė, T. Lukošius, R. Mockus, J. Narkevičiūtė, E. Pogužinskė, A. Rudinskas, E. Ruzgytė-Dargienė, A. Smagurauskaitė, S. Stonkus, G. Strikaitė-Latušinskaja, V. Turonis.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Lithuanian Legal Tradition and Dynamics of Conception of Law
• Theory of law
• Theory of state
• History of law
• History of state
• Legal sociology
• Legal philosophy
• Constitutionalization
• Constitutional justice
• Constitutional principles
• Parliamentarism, Ombudsmen
• Administrative courts
• Principles of public administration
• Ecological responsibility
• Problems of the taxes’ administration
• Public international law
• Diplomatic and consular law
• EU law
• EU institutional law
• Humanitarian law
• EU substantial law
• NATO and its legal framework
• NGO and its legal framework
• Comparative law of modern legal systems
• Law of refugees
• Private international law
• Legal informatics in global and EU context
• Law of international organizations
• History of international relations
• Law of treaties
• EU constitutional law
• Case law of the European Union Court of Justice
• Human Rights in Europe and EU
• Law of the sea
• International trade law

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2022
Projects Supported by the University Budget
Issues of Democracy, the Rule of Law and Human Rights in the Context of Modern Technology, Sustainable Development and Geopolitical-legal Challenges (2022–2024) Prof. Dr B. Sudavičius
Research on theoretical and practical constitutional and democratic issues of the history of law of Lithuanian Republic, challenges that the rule of law, courts and law enforcement authorities and also, human rights encounter in the digital age was developed and academically motivated recommendations and publications were prepared.

National research projects
Publishing of Vilnius University Research Papers Journal Teisė (Law) (1.78 Mr) SU-196, vol. 122-125 (2022 02–2024) Prof. Dr T. Davulis, Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas, Prof. Dr J. Machovenko
The aim of the project is to present and disseminate the best doctrinal achievements in the field of the science of law in Lithuania and the results of national scientific research.

Individual Constitutional Complaint in Lithuania: The New Constitutional Institute as an Effective Tool for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms (2020 09–2022 08) The postdoctoral fellowship project is funded by the Lithuanian Science Council. Project manager is Prof. Dr (HP) E. Kūris, the project is being carried out by Dr D. Pūraitė-Andrikienė
The aim of the project is to analyze whether the Lithuanian constitutional complaint model (as well as other measures) ensure that this institute is an effective tool for the protection of human rights (i.e., whether it meets the expectations of the Lithuanian society and the legal community, and whether it covers the possibilities of the legal system and the trends observed in the European countries), to identify problematic aspects of the constitutional complaint model and provide suggestions on how the legal regulation establishing the constitutional complaint model should be improved. In addition, the project aims at producing recommendations on other measures that can increase the effectiveness of this institute.
Main publications:
1. Pūraitė-Andrikienė, D. (2022). Lietuvoje įtvirtintas konstitucinio skundo institutas kaip žmogaus teisių apsaugos įrankis (Constitutional Complaints in Lithuania as a Tool for the Protection of Human Rights). Vilnius: Vilnius university press. Prieiga internetu: https://www.tf.vu.lt/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Lietuvoje_itvirtintas_konstitucinio_skundo_institutas_pataisytas-1.pdf
2. Pūraitė-Andrikienė, D. (2022) Individual Constitutional Complaints in Lithuania: an Effective Remedy to be Exhausted before Applying to the European Court of Human Rights? 15(1) Baltic Journal of Law and Politics, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2022-0001

Restrictions on Economic Freedom in Line With the Principles of the Green Economy (2021 07–2023 06) The postdoctoral fellowship project is funded by the Lithuanian Science Council. The project manager is Prof. Dr (HP) E. Kūris, the project is being carried out by Dr A. Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė
The aim and expected result of the project is carrying out a systematic investigation into the possibilities of restricting the freedom of economic activity of a person enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, taking into account the principles of the green economy formed by the EU and analyzing them from the interdisciplinary, comparative, economic and legal point of view (i.e., to identify the problematic aspects and provide recommendations on the application of possible measures that can ensure the equilibrium between the values under analysis).

“Quasi-impeachment” Procedure in Lithuanian Local Government (2022–2023) The project is sponsored by the Research Council of Lithuania. Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, the master student R. Urbanavičius
The research aims at examining the issue of the legal peculiarities in a case of quasi-impeachment concerning a local municipality on the basis of the jurisprudence of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, where the key request is to make a conclusion whether a member of the municipal council or the mayor has possibly broken the oath. Besides, the research aims at examining in detail all 14 appeals to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania in order to reveal the institutional and procedural aspects of the implementation of quasi-impeachment in local municipalities that are debatable in court practice, and assessing whether appealing to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, especially in cases of this category, implements the public interest or addresses certain political or other issues.

Challenges of Technological Innovation to the Principles of Legal Liability (2020 09–2022 08) The postdoctoral fellowship project is funded by the Lithuanian Science Council. The project manager is Prof. Habil. Dr G. Švedas, the project is being carried out by Dr J. Baltrimas.
The project focused on how law adapts to technological innovation in the field legal liability. The title “Principles of Legal Liability: Challenges by Technological Innovation” reflects these three elements and puts emphasis on the principles, which include principles in the strict sense, as well as, the principles on legal jurisdiction, culpability, criminalization, concept of liability and others. The fields of intellectual property rights, questions on the functioning of sharing economy, limits on freedom of expression and other fields in the context of technological innovation are relevant for the project. The plan of the research included analysis of judicial cases and particular legal issues concerning disputes with innovative technologies. The final third segment of the research segment combines theoretical analysis with the expected outcome regarding instruments of legal reasoning. Final results attempt to give an explanation on how particular instruments of legal reasoning function when facing legal issues related to technological innovation. Intended aspects for these results are the costs and benefits analysis and new developments of theoretical models for principles of legal liability. Final results of research were published in a monograph and two peer-reviewed papers.

Main publication:
1. Baltrimas, J. (2022) Teisinis argumentavimas informacinių technologijų kontekste. (Legal reasoning in the context of information technology). Vilnius: Vilnius University Press. 168 p. ISBN: 9786090707753.

International research projects
Global Digital Human Rights Network (COST GDHRNet) (CA19143) (2020-2024)
Assoc. Prof. Dr Vygantė Milašiūtė – Management Committee member, Action Vice Chair (for more information see: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19143/; https://gdhrnet.eu/)
Participants ad hoc: Prof. Dr S. Žalimienė, Dr J. Baltrimas, Dr D. Prapiestytė, PhD candidate S. Stonkus.
This COST Action explores theoretical and practical challenges posed by the online context to the protection of human rights. It examines the role of national governments and private online companies. It attempts to find out whether private Internet companies provide comparable protection of human rights online in comparison with judicial institutions. It also examines the potential role of artificial intelligence. The main objective is to propose a comprehensive system of human rights protection online in the form of policy suggestions for private assessment of online content.
Project-based working paper series:
1. https://graphite.page/gdhrnet-wp1/#contributions
2. https://graphite.page/gdhrnet-wp2/
3. https://graphite.page/gdhrnet-wp3/#contributions
4. https://graphite.page/gdhrnet-wp4/#contributors

Constitutional Consciousness as a Remedy for the Crisis of Discourse and Democratic Deficit in the European Union (2019–2023) Lithuanian-Polish Call “Daina”, administered of the Research Council of Lithuania. ConReDe Prof. Dr S. Žalimienė, Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Prof. Dr R. Ragulskytė-Markovienė, PhD candidate P. Griciūnas.
The aim of the project is to carry out the scientific research in order to evaluate whether the increasing citizens’ constitutional consciousness – as the main basis of constitutional patriotism – may create an alternative for creating a European identity. The task requires answering the following questions: 1) whether the constitutional consciousness covers solely positivistic constitutional principles or it may also cover dynamic legal interpretation that serves the social integration of certain values; 2) whether it is practically possible to strengthen the citizens’ sense of empowerment by increasing their participation in democratic institutions and by undertaking activities in order to base the constitutional consciousness not only on written rules and principles, but also on values that may be considered universal; 3) whether the constitutional patriotism may be transferred from a national to the European (Union) level.
Main publication:
1. Milašiūtė, V. (2022). Interpretation of the right to an effective remedy in freedom of expression cases in the light of the rule of law principle. Archiwum filozofii prawa i filozofii społecznej : Polish Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), no. 2, p. 7-21. ISSN 2082-3304. DOI: 10.36280/AFPiFS.2022.2.7.

Sustainability and Technology Challenges in Public Administration and Court Proceedings. Arqus Research Twinning visit (2022 09) The Project was carried out by Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, together with PhD candidates G. Strikaitė-Latušinskaja, D. Kubiliūtė and D. Korchahin (for more information see: Arqus Twinning visit at University of Graz Faculty of Law | Vilnius University Faculty of Law (vu.lt))
The project was funded by the Arqus Alliance and included a visit to Graz University (Austria). The recent results and breakthroughs in the international scope and interdisciplinarity of legal research that had occurred at Austria’s second largest law school were introduced at joint meetings with the Dean of the Graz Faculty of Law (REWI) Prof. Dr B.A., LL.M. Christoph Bezemek and Vice-Dean Prof. Dr Bettina Nunner-Krautgasser. Besides, the project included a visit to the UNICORN, a port of start-ups and innovations, where joint scientific and business projects are implemented. The meeting with the head of the “Climate Change” centre Prof. Oliver Ruppel and his team of doctoral students addressed the challenges of environmental protection in the field of energy and the issues of resolving disputes in the field of environmental protection. The meeting with the supervisor of the “Smart Regulation” project, Prof. Dr J. Zollner, included a discussion on challenges of conducting interdisciplinary research in law and other fields, as well as ways of cooperation with economists, psychologists, engineers, and doctors in jointly conducted scientific research projects.

TransAdmLaw - International Research Project on Transnational Administrative Act in the Jurisprudence of National Administrative Courts. The Project was carried out by Prof. Dr J.Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Dr D. Prapiestytė (for more information see: Transnational Administrative Law Network – Réseau de droit administratif transnational (transadmlaw.org)
The Transnational Administrative Law Network (Réseau du Droit Administratif Transnational) is a bilingual (French/English) international research network. For a number of years, it has been fostering academic activities investigating the legal issues arising from the so-called “transnational administrative situations”, i.e. administrative situations where two or more legal systems interact with each other. These situations have considerably increased quantitatively over the past fifty years as a consequence of the increasing circulation of people, goods, services and capital across jurisdictions all over the world. These situations also have become extremely complex and challenging for the individuals who face the issues arising from such transnational administrative situations.

EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty before National Courts – the Case of the Habitats Directive (together with the University of Helsinki (Finland), Maastricht University (the Netherlands), and European University Institute (Italy))(2020–2023) The Project was carried out by Prof. Dr J.Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Žvaigždinienė
This comparative project explores the dynamics of how courts across Europe and beyond understand and analyse scientific information on conservation of nature. The Habitats and the Birds Directives - the core of EU nature conservation law - are usually seen as the most uniform parts of EU environmental law. This project analyses the case law from 11 courts of current and former EU Member States and explores the dynamics of how and why they arrive at a different understanding of scientific uncertainty on the one hand, and EU environmental principles on the other hand.
The scope and depth of the review carried out by courts, access to scientific knowledge, and scientific literacy influence such decisions as does their interpretation of norms and principles. How have the courts evaluated scientific evidence encompassing its essential uncertainties? This project provides an answer to this question as well as to many other questions pertinent to EU environmental law, comparative environmental law, administrative law, and STS studies.
In Lithuania, administrative courts are the ones that cover the legality review of administrative decisions, including those in the field of environmental protection. In carrying out the review of these decisions, a proper balance between the discretion of public administrative authorities and the discretion of review granted to the courts has to be ensured. The project analyses the scope and intensity of judicial review conducted by Lithuanian administrative courts (including the aspects such as the limited control of administrative discretion, the active role of a judge in the evidence gathering phase as well as the role and position of expert witnesses) and unfolds the issue of scientific uncertainty in the environmental case law.

Main publication:
1. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, J. Žvaigždinienė, I. (2022). The Boundaries of Administrative Judicial Review in Lithuania in Natura 2000 Cases. In: EU Environmental Principles and Scientific Uncertainty before National Courts. Bloomsbury Publishing. Prieiga per internetą: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/eu-environmental-principles-and-scientific-uncertainty-before-national-courts-9781509948208/

Project on “Reforms of Administrative Judiciary in the Countries of Young Democracy” with Lodz University, co-financed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Poland within the Perfect Science, a Supporting Program of Scientific Conferences (application number DNK/SP/466648/2020) (2020–2022) Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė
The project deals with a comparative legal analysis of the directions of reforms of administrative courts in selected countries of young democracy (Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Georgia and Kazakhstan) referring to the patterns developed in the old European democracies, mainly in Austria and Germany. The analysis focuses on three thematic areas: 1) contemporary challenges of the rule of law and administrative justice, 2) the trends of changes in the national systems of administrative justice, 3) the future of administrative jurisdiction in the countries of young democracy. Therefore, common stages of development of the administrative jurisdiction in these countries are different: from the constitutionalization of the rule of law (Level 1) to the autonomy of administrative court proceedings (Level 2) up to the level of the current extremely difficult challenges which are not only of a procedural nature (Level 3).
The results of the project were presented at the International Scientific Conference “Reforms of Administrative Judiciary in the Countries of Young Democracy” which took place on June 10 and 11, 2021, at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Lodz in Poland. The conference was organized by the Chair of Administrative Procedural Law and Administrative Jurisdiction and was held under the Patronage of the President of the Central Administrative Court of Poland.
Main publications:
1. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, J. (2022). Reformy sądownictwa administracyjnego na Litwie = The administrative judiciary reforms in Lithuania. Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Iuridica. Łódz : Uniwersytet Łódzki. ISSN 0208-6069. eISSN 2450-2782. vol. 98, p. 121-138. DOI: 10.18778/0208-6069.98.08
2. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė, J. (2022). Reformen der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit in Litauen. Reformen der Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit in den Ländern der jungen Demokratie, p. 117-135. / redakcja : Agnieszka Krawczyk. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo C.H.Beck.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS
ARQUS European University Alliance
University of Graz (Austria)
The University of Bergen (Norway)
European Law Institute, Vienna (Austria)
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich (Germany)
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London (United Kingdom)
University of Szczecin, Szczecin (Poland)
University of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
The German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer (Germany)
The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, Vienna (Austria)
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz (Poland)
The Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ)
The Transnational Administrative Law Network
Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow (Poland)
University of Rzeszów (Poland)
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland)

OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Prof. Dr J. Machovenko
• executive secretary of the journal Teisė / Law, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/teise;
• editorial board member of the journal Studia z dziejów Państwa i prawa polskiego http://szd.ka.edu.pl;
• editorial board member of the journal „Конституційно-правові академічні студії = Constitutional and Legal Academic Studies“ (Ukraina), http://konstlegalstudies.com.ua/en/editorial-board.
Prof. Dr B. Sudavičius
• editorial board member of journal Central and Eastern European Legal Studies, Athens (Greece), https://eplopublications.eu/publications/central-and-eastern-european-legal-studies/all-editions;
• The Centre of Organization of Public Finances and Tax Law of Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) (Bialystok, Poland);
• Scientific council member at The European Public Law Organization (Athens, Greece);
Prof. Dr E. Šileikis
• editorial board member of the journal Teisė / Law, http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/index.php/teise;
Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė–Kulvinskienė
• editorial board member of the journal Studia Administracyjne, https://wnus.edu.pl/sa/en/page/1509321213;
• member of he Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ);
• member of the editorial board of the law news portal Teise.Pro, since 2018, https://www.teise.pro/;
• member of the Lithuanian-German Forum Lietuvos - Vokietijos Forumas | Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/lietuvosvokietijosforumas/about.
Prof. Dr S. Žalimienė
• editorial board member of the journal Administracinė jurisprudencija (Administrative Jurisprudence) (published by Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania). https://www.lvat.lt/data/public/uploads/2018/01/d1_biuletenis_30.pdf;
Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Isokaitė-Valužė
• The European Union Studies Association
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Milašiūtė
• national liaison officer of the The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights;
• OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration: conciliator since 2013, https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/c/0/25460_25.pdf, https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/de98e7e0712a11eb9601893677bfd7d8;
• National liaison officer at the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (2007–2022);
• Expert at the EU Council Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizenship and Free Movement of Persons (FREMP) [previous title: EU Council Ad hoc Working Party on Fundamental Rights and Citizenship] (2005-2022).
Assoc. Prof. Dr H. Šinkūnas
• editorial board member of the journal Studia Wyborcze (Electoral Studies), http://www.ltn.lodz.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=65&limitstart=1.
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vaičaitis
• editorial broad member of journal LEGISPRUDENCE (International Journal for the Study of Legislation);
• expert peer reviewer of journal Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law (ICL), https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/icl;
• expert peer reviewer of journal The Journal of University of Latvia / Latvijas Universitātes žurnāls Juridiskā zinātne / Legal science, https://www.journaloftheuniversityoflatvialaw.lu.lv/editorial-board/;
• member of The International Association for Constitutional Law (IACL-AIDS);
• member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government)
Assoc. Prof. Dr I. Žvaigždinienė
• editorial broad member of journal Studia Administracyjne, https://wnus.edu.pl/sa/en/page/1509321213;
• The Association of European Administrative Judges (AEAJ).
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Endrijaitis
• member of Tax Administration EU Summit – TADEUS, https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/taxation-1/tax-co-operation-and-control/tax-administration-eu-summit-tadeus_en

BEST REPORTS DELIVERED AT CONFERENCES ABROAD
1. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė J. “Disciplinary liability of judges: constitutional discourse, rethinking the harmonization of the national legal framework with international standards”. In conference: General Assambly of the European Association of Administrative Judges, May 15, 2022, https://www.teise.pro/index.php/2022/05/19/europos-administraciniu-teismu-teiseju-asociacijos-renginiuose-buvo-diskutuota-apie-teiseju-drausmine-atsakomybe-ir-teiseju-darbo-apmokejima/
2. Isokaitė-Valužė, I. “Ukraine‘s cases against Russian Federation at the International Court of Justice”. In conference: A Time for Justice: Ukraine’s Proceedings against Russia before International Courts, March 29, 2022.
3. Milašiūtė, V. “Digital Human Rights Policies”. In conference: State of the Art in Problematic Usage of the Internet: Disorders, Models, Mechanisms, Interventions and Human Digital Rights, October 4–7, 2022, https://www.internetandme.eu/events-and-workshops/.
4. Bruskina, N. “The execution of the ECtHR judgments in cases against Lithuania: recent developments and challenges”. In conference: Current Challenges to Lithuanian and Ukrainian Legal Systems: 2022, June 10, 2022, https://www.tf.vu.lt/news/ivyko-konferencija-dabartiniai-issukiai-lietuvos-ir-ukrainos-teisinems-sistemoms-2022/.
5. Isokaitė-Valužė, I. “The extent of the right of self-expression on war: Lithuanian law in the light of the ECHR standards”. In conference: Current Challenges to Lithuanian and Ukrainian Legal Systems: 2022, June 10, 2022, https://www.tf.vu.lt/news/ivyko-konferencija-dabartiniai-issukiai-lietuvos-ir-ukrainos-teisinems-sistemoms-2022/.
6. Juškevičiūtė-Vilienė, A. “Economic Regulation in Lithuania: from Planned Economy to the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. In conference: Association for the Advancement of Baltic, May 26–29, 2022.
7. Milašiūtė, V. “Digital Rights in the European Union”. In conference: Polska Konstytucja w kontekście europejskim – 25 lat obowiązywania Konstytucji III RP i 15 lat Traktatu Lizbońskiego, April 25, 2022, https://wpia.usz.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/Konferencja-Program-25.04.2022.pdf.
8. Murauskas, D. “Non-compliance with the ECtHR judgments: delineating features of CEE legal identity”. In conference: 14th Central and Eastern European Forum Conference “Legal Culture and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe”, October 6–7, 2022.
9. Strikaitė-Latušinskaja, G. “Technologies in the public sector – is our rule of law in jeopardy?”. In conference: Digital transformation as Democratic Moment (UNITOPIA), May 12–14, 2022, https://unitopia.uni-graz.at/en/program/

MOST IMPORTANT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS RECEIVED FOR R&D ACTIVITIES
Dr I. Martinkutė: The Federation of Progressive Women, a Spanish Non-Governmental Organization, decided to award International Progressive Woman Awards to the informational campaign “Rapei s a war crime”, 2022.

MOST IMPORTANT CASES OF THE PARTICIPATION OF RESEARCHERS IN WORKING GROUPS OR COMMISSIONS SET UP BY STATE AUTHORITIES, STATE AND MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANISATIONS, AND BUSINESS ENTITIES
Prof. Dr J. Paužaitė-Kulvinskienė
• Member of the The Candidates’ Examination Commission under the Prosecutor’s Office https://www.prokuraturos.lt/lt/komisijos/pretendentu-egzaminu-komisija/komisijos-sudetis/154
• Expert of the international scientific database “Lituanistika”, managed by the Research Council of Lithuania
Prof. Dr J. Machovenko
• Expert of the international scientific database “Lituanistika”, managed by the Research Council of Lithuania
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vaičaitis
• Member of the Commission of the Evaluation of Lithuanian higher education study programs
• Expert of the Lithuanian Scientific Council
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Milašiūtė
• Member of the Commission to report to the United Nations Human Rights Council on a global periodic review
https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/28fb19f0c01111e5a6588fb85a3cc84b
Assoc. Prof. Dr M. Endrijaitis
• The State Tax Inspectorate under the Consultative Council of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania
https://www.vmi.lt/evmi/konsultacine-taryba
Dr L. Paškevičienė
• Member-expert of the Vilnius Regional Biomedical Research Ethics Committee at Vilnius University
Dr D. Murauskas
• Member of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
http://www.lma.lt/jaunoji-akademija

CONSULTATIONS PROVIDED BY THE UNIT TO THE PUBLIC OR ECONOMIC ENTITIES
Dr Julius Zaleskis. Conclusions for the Ministry of Justice. On the legal protection of personal data law No. I-1374 reconciliation of the draft amendment law. 2022-11-04.
Assoc. Prof. Dr V. Vaičaitis. Committee on Legal Affairs. On draft law No. XIIIP- 4856(2). 2022-05-24.
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