ReLex Law Firm

10/05/2026

In Trapitsyna and Isaeva v. Hungary, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on 17 March 2025 that Hungary violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in connection with the expulsion of a Russian mother and daughter on undisclosed national security grounds. The judgment constitutes an important contribution to the Court’s evolving jurisprudence on the interaction between national security considerations, procedural fairness, and the protection of private and family life under the Convention.

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09/05/2026

We are proud that the cases represented by ReLex feature prominently in the 2025 case law review of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, contributing significantly to the development of judicial practice in asylum, migration, and foreigners’ legal status matters.

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17/04/2026

We are pleased to welcome Virginie Martins de Nobrega to Relex Law Firm.

Virginie is an international lawyer admitted to the Paris Bar, with extensive experience in international and European law, dispute resolution, and emerging technologies.

We are delighted to have her on board.

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17/03/2026

Directive (EU) 2024/1203, the new environmental crime directive, aims to establish minimum rules across EU for defining environmental criminal offences and imposing penalties in order to protect the environment. Provision of Article 3.2(q) underlines that any conduct which causes the deterioration of a habitat within a protected site, or the disturbance of animal species listed in Annex II, point (a), to Directive 92/43/EEC within a protected site, within the meaning of Article 6(2) of that Directive, where such deterioration or disturbance is significant must be criminalized if such conduct causes (3.3.a) the destruction of, or widespread and substantial damage which is either irreversible or long-lasting to, an ecosystem of considerable size or environmental value or a habitat within a protected site. Member States must incorporate the Directive into national law by 21 May 2026.

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16/03/2026

One in ten foreigners entering the EU does so on a study permit. Immigration authorities are required to prevent irregular migration, but they can only reject study-related residence applications if there is specific evidence of potential abuse. This rule is set out in directly applicable Article 20(2)(f) of Directive 2016/801. A striking example is the recent ReLex case in which a Malagasy prodigy was denied entry for graduating at age 11.

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16/01/2026

The threat to kill or seriously harm someone expressed in an online comment is sufficient evidence to suggest that such a threat could be carried out (see ECRI General Policy Recommendation No. 15 (GPR 15) or Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)16 of the Committee of Ministers of CoE on combating hate speech). On the other hand, the nature and form of such a threat deserve the attention of investigators and prosecutors, also because the sociological and social characteristics of the person making the threat are unknown. Identifying the person who made the threats would make it possible to assess the reality of that person's intentions and the motivation for their actions.

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07/01/2026

Pending ECHR rulings on legality of pushbacks policy in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland at the border with Belarus, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania affirmed in case No eA-820-552/2025 the right to seek international protection and confirmed the right to redress. The burden of proof shifted to the border authorities.

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10/12/2025

It is International Human Rights Day once again. It matters to us. It matters to all of us. We are pleased to share that ReLex Senior Lawyer Emilija Švobaitė has been nominated for the award of Human Rights Defender of the Year at the National Human Rights Forum Awards.

On the occasion we warmly invite you to hear the voices and perspectives of human rights activists in Lithuania:

https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000582045/zmogaus-teisiu-aktyvistai-nesiekiame-buti-nepatogus-siekiame-rezultatu?time_start=0

21/11/2025

The Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters elected Rytis Satkauskas nominated by Aplinkosaugos koalicija as new member of the Compliance Committee.

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27/10/2025

Human rights defenders are idealist who take responsibility for their neighbours, their society and its future, and humanity as a whole. And so do we.

Against the backdrop of the global restriction of civic space and a wave of legislation restricting civic organisations and freedoms of assembly, association and expression, the work of human rights defenders is being impacted. Global support and awareness are therefore more important than ever.

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23/10/2025

"I am not a person who takes a gap year. I did not graduate 11 for the migration official to postpone my studies."
Saroy is a prodigy. She was the youngest graduate in Madagascar. She got her first degree at 16, studied in INALCO, Paris, speaks 5 languages and enrolled at Klaipėdos universitetas. Migracijos departamentas refused the residence claiming she only seeks Schengen entry.