The Committee on Human Rights of the Parliament of Lithuania set up a working group in 2010 to draft a law on protection against domestic violence. The Law was adopted in May 2011 and entered into force in December 2011. The Committee has continued to work on this issue, organizing discussions in order to identify loopholes and assess the capacity of institutions involved in implementing this law.

On 10 October 2011, the Committee on Human Rights organized an international conference on Protection from Domestic Violence: the Challenge of Implementation. The conference was followed by a march held under the slogan “Take Back the Night” and a concert. The parliament hosted an exhibition entitled The Story of the Dress on violence against women.

On 23 November 2011, the Committee on Human Rights discussed the possibility of Lithuania signing the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. On 2 December 2011, members of the Committee took part in a conference on Cooperation and Training against Domestic Violence, which was organized by the Social Innovation Fund, a non-governmental organization.