21.12137/W4KDZIHuman Rights Monitoring InstituteLT: LithuaniaLithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)2025Social Sciencesage discriminationcivil and political rightscourt officials and personnelcourtsdisability discriminationdiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientationfreedom of speechgender discriminationhealth care facilitieshuman rights violationslegislaturenationality discriminationpersonal safetypolice servicesprosecution serviceright to justiceright to privacyright to propertyEquality, inequality and social exclusionCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaŽvaliauskas, Giedrius (Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756])Burbienė, Diana (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-8435-090X])Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and HumanitiesCenter for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania2011-07-012008-11-152011-03-082025-12-232008-11-07/2008-11-15Survey dataLiDA_SurveyData_0475414166181359195412353768320069application/x-gziptext/tab-separated-valuesapplication/x-gzipapplication/x-gzipapplication/pdf1.0<b><i> The purpose of the study</i></b>: to analyze the Lithuanian system for the protection of human rights, identify how people protect violated (abused) rights and how they assess effectiveness of various institutions assuring the human rights. <br><b><i>Major investigated questions</i></b>: respondents were asked whether the information about human rights is sufficient and whether they know where to appeal if human rights are violated. They were also asked whether they experienced the violation of human rights by themselves during recent years and whether they appealed because of violation of human rights. Those respondents, who did not appeal, were asked why did not appeal, and those who appealed, were asked where they tried to defend their violated rights. Respondents were asked who determines whether a person is guilty for doing a crime and to identify which certain actions violate human rights. It was also examined what social group is discriminated in Lithuania the most. Respondents were asked what human rights are mostly violated and what institutions mostly violate the human rights. <br><b><i>Socio-demographic characteristics</i></b>: gender, age, education, occupation, nationality, monthly family income per one family member, place of residence, region.SPSS, 29The series "Survey Data > Human Rights" contains survey data that allow to study Lithuanian public opinion about the state of the human rights protection system, the ways in which people defend their rights when violated, and their evaluations of the effectiveness of institutions protecting human rights.<p> The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). </p> <p> Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). </p> <p> Dataset (data and metadata) “Human Rights in Lithuania, November 2008” from 2011-07-01 to 2021-10-01 (visada ta pati data) was available on the portal of Lithuanian Data Archive for Humanities and Social Sciences (LiDA) www.lidata.eu; object PID: www.lidata.eu/data/quant/LiDA_ZTLT_0208; produced by Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (2011-07-01).</p>Vilnius, LithuaniaHuman Rights Monitoring Institute