Implementation of the right to opinion and responsibility

• LSU talpykla: numerio tekstas

ENIn addition to a multi-party political system, free elections, separation of powers, the rule of law and other institutions, ensuring human rights is an important and necessary condition for the functioning of democracy. The better self-expression and in general all other human rights are ensured in the state, the more mature and stronger the democracy and the state itself. On the other hand, the more democratic a country is, the more it cares about human rights, but there are exceptions. For example, when the protection of human rights should be ensured by state institutions, primarily courts, other services, considerable challenges arise, and sometimes the right to free expression of opinion is violated. The article analyzes the current situation in Lithuania, how the right to opinion is implemented from a legal point of view, and what comparisons are possible with the implementation in other countries. In the first part of the article, based on foreign and Lithuanian authors, the freedom of opinion and expression is analyzed at the theoretical level, and the main concepts are reviewed. The second part of the article examines the right to opinion and the principles of its implementation through the prism of law in Lithuania. Valid regulatory acts, resolutions that help implement the right to freely express one's opinion and responsibility and prevent violations of such right. It also reviews the issue of legal practice between the right to freedom of speech and the line between hate speech.At the end, a section of conclusions and suggestions is presented, which summarizes the results of the analysis of the content of the authors of literature and legal documents, offers suggestions, recommendations regarding existing gaps in the legal system. The object revolves around the exercise of rights. The current situation in Lithuania is analyzed, how the right to opinion is implemented from a legal perspective, what comparisons are possible with the implementation of other countries. Keywords: political system, rule of law, ensuring human rights, legal practice, perspectives. [From the publication]