INTRODUCTION 10 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.

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