Citizens’ duties are the duties of citizens to their state as established by law. The fulfillment of citizens’ duties guarantees the existence of society and the state, as well as the ability of citizens to exercise their rights and freedoms.
In Lithuania, according to the 1992 Constitution, citizens have the following duties:
To abide by the Constitution and laws, not to restrict the rights and freedoms of other people when exercising their rights and freedoms,
To defend the state of Lithuania from foreign armed attack, to perform military or alternative national defense service.
To pay state taxes.
To protect the interests of the state, to help strengthen its power and authority, and to be loyal to it.
Since 2004, all citizens of the Republic of Lithuania have also had European Union citizenship, which gives them new rights but does not impose new obligations on them – this is the most important difference between European Union citizenship and the citizenship of its member states.
EU citizenship gives you the following rights:
the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States;
the right to vote and stand as a candidate in European Parliament and local elections in the Member State in which you live, under the same conditions as nationals of that State;
the right to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any other Member State in the territory of a third country (non-EU Member State) on the same terms as the nationals of that Member State, if your own Member State does not have diplomatic representation in that country;
the right to petition the European Parliament and to complain to the European Parliament’s Ombudsman about maladministration in the activities of EU institutions or bodies;
the right to write to any EU institution or body in any of the languages of the Member States and to receive a reply in the same language;
the right to access documents of the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission under certain conditions.
CRIMES AND RESPONSIBILITY
A young person who has reached the age of 16 at the time of committing a crime or criminal offense is liable for the crime under criminal law.
For murder, grievous bodily harm, rape, sexual assault, theft, robbery, extortion, destruction or damage to property, theft of firearms, ammunition, explosives or explosive substances, theft of narcotic or psychotropic substances, damage to vehicles or roads and equipment therein, a young person who has reached the age of 14 shall be liable under criminal law.
If the young person was under 14 years of age at the time of the crime or criminal offense, educational or other measures may be applied.
Educational measures applied to minors:
Warning;
Compensation for or elimination of material damage;
Free educational community service;
Placement with parents, other natural or legal persons who care for children, for upbringing and supervision;
