The Individual constitutional complaint as an effective instrument for the development of human rights protection and constitutionalism

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ENThis paper will analyse some of the theoretical and practical problems of the introduction of individual constitutional complaint in Lithuania. However it will mainly focus on the main reason of the delay of introduction of constitutional complaint mechanism in the national law system – the trend to contrast constitutionalism and democracy, which intensified during an economic crisis period. These issues will be analyzed on the basis of different Lithuanian and foreign constitutional law scholarly works, which enable to reveal the widest possible amplitude of approaches to the discussed subject. Specific aspects of introduction of individual constitutional complaint mechanism will be analyzed on the basis of experience of foreign countries and generalizing it “Draft study on individual access to constitutional justice” by European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission). In this paper will be mainly used historical, comparative, analytical and systematic research methods. [From the publication]