INTRODUCTION
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research team, and took place on 11th July 2022 at the
Parliamentary (Seimas) Ombudsperson’s Institution of the
Republic of Lithuania. It was attended by 26 participants
from various fields of expertise: representatives of the
Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Social Protection and
Labour, Department of Disability Affairs, Parliamentary
(Seimas) Ombudsperson’s Institution, Equal Opportunities
Ombudsperson’s Office, Prosecutor General's Office,
National Probation Service, Monitoring Committee on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Lithuanian Disability
Forum, Lithuanian Association of Care for People with
Intellectual Disabilities ‘Viltis’, an independent living
home, Kaunas Archdiocese Caritas, and a law professor,
who specialises in researching the legal protection of
persons with disabilities.