Karolis Liutkevičius is a Legal Officer at the Human Rights Monitoring Institute in Lithuania, and has been with the organization since July 2011. Karolis holds a Master of Laws degree from Vilnius University Faculty of Law. His main areas of expertise include human rights protection in the criminal justice system and the legal regime of right to privacy.
Karolis has conducted extensive research into the use of pre-trial detention in Lithuania, as well as other criminal proceedings issues and is responsible for carrying out legal advocacy in the area of criminal justice at the Human Rights Monitoring Institute. Karolis has also acted as an expert witness in European Arrest Warrant cases on the issue of detention in Lithuania.