Human rights as conditionality in European Union enlargement process

The process of accession for new countries has always fascinated me, since my country joined the European Union at one of its latest enlargements. The possibility of Turkey s accession to the European Union brings new and exciting developments, since this country is culturally different from all other members of the European Union. In my work I decided to compare several countries and to see how they are progressing in fulfilling one of the most important accession requirements protection of human rights.

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I have always been an advocate for the truth, so my decision on law studies came naturally.EU law interested me from the very first class, so I decided to study abroad in a country that was one of the founders of the EU, the Netherlands. After my studies I came back to Lithuania and worked as an assistant professor in my previous university.