Country Lithuania
Year 2017
Type of Measure Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls

Brief Description


The hotline was established by the Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) in 2007 within the framework of the Safer Internet Programme of the European Commission. Reports are accepted and processed according to the operational procedures manual approved by the Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and by the Office of the Inspector of Journalist Ethics of the Republic of Lithuania under agreements with the RRT. Report on illegal or harmful content, such as pornography or child sexual abuse material, content inciting racial or ethnic hatred, content leading to violence or making other negative influence on minors can be submitted by completing a special online report form at the website of the hotline. The new website of the hotline was created in 2017 (https://pranesk.draugiskasinternetas.lt/).

Source of Information

Lithuania's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.34.

For more information: The new website of the hotline