Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania

E443129

fundamental law national constitution

The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania is the country’s fundamental law that defines its system of government, guarantees citizens’ rights and freedoms, and establishes the legal framework for its democratic institutions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of Lithuania	8
Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania canonical	8

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4461123 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania
Context triple: [President of Lithuania, constitutingInstrument, Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania]

A. Statutes of Lithuania
The Statutes of Lithuania were a series of influential 16th-century legal codes that comprehensively regulated the political, social, and judicial life of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and served as a model for later Eastern European law.
B. Constitution of Latvia
The Constitution of Latvia is the fundamental law establishing the structure, powers, and principles of the Latvian state and its government.
C. Constitution of Belarus
The Constitution of Belarus is the supreme law of the Republic of Belarus, defining its political system, citizens’ rights and freedoms, and the structure and powers of state institutions.
D. Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia is the country's fundamental law that defines its system of government, guarantees citizens' rights and freedoms, and establishes the legal framework for state institutions and national defense.
E. Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
The Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) was the declaration by the Lithuanian Council restoring an independent Lithuanian state after centuries of foreign rule, laying the foundation for modern Lithuania.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania
Target entity description: The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania is the country’s fundamental law that defines its system of government, guarantees citizens’ rights and freedoms, and establishes the legal framework for its democratic institutions.

A. Statutes of Lithuania
The Statutes of Lithuania were a series of influential 16th-century legal codes that comprehensively regulated the political, social, and judicial life of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and served as a model for later Eastern European law.
B. Constitution of Latvia
The Constitution of Latvia is the fundamental law establishing the structure, powers, and principles of the Latvian state and its government.
C. Constitution of Belarus
The Constitution of Belarus is the supreme law of the Republic of Belarus, defining its political system, citizens’ rights and freedoms, and the structure and powers of state institutions.
D. Constitution of the Republic of Estonia
The Constitution of the Republic of Estonia is the country's fundamental law that defines its system of government, guarantees citizens' rights and freedoms, and establishes the legal framework for state institutions and national defense.
E. Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918)
The Act of Independence of Lithuania (1918) was the declaration by the Lithuanian Council restoring an independent Lithuanian state after centuries of foreign rule, laying the foundation for modern Lithuania.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fundamental law ⓘ national constitution ⓘ
adoptedBy	citizens of Lithuania ⓘ
adoptionDate	1992-10-25 ⓘ
adoptionMethod	referendum ⓘ
amendableBy	Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ linked to: Seimas
bindingOn	all citizens of Lithuania ⓘ all state institutions of Lithuania ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1992-11-02 ⓘ
contains	Articles ⓘ Chapters ⓘ Preamble ⓘ
country	Republic of Lithuania ⓘ linked to: Lithuania
defines	powers of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ powers of the President of the Republic ⓘ powers of the Seimas ⓘ status and powers of ordinary courts of Lithuania ⓘ status and powers of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania ⓘ system of government of Lithuania ⓘ territorial administrative structure of Lithuania ⓘ
establishes	democratic republic ⓘ multi-party system ⓘ parliamentary system with elements of semi-presidentialism ⓘ principle of popular sovereignty ⓘ principle of rule of law ⓘ principle of separation of powers ⓘ
guarantees	civil liberties ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ freedom of speech ⓘ human rights ⓘ political rights of citizens ⓘ right to fair trial ⓘ right to property ⓘ
interpretedBy	Constitutional Court of Lithuania ⓘ
jurisdiction	Lithuania ⓘ
language	Lithuanian ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of Lithuania ⓘ
predecessor	Constitution of the Lithuanian SSR ⓘ Provisional Basic Law of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ
recognizes	Lithuanian as the state language ⓘ Vilnius as the capital of Lithuania ⓘ
regulates	constitutional amendment procedure ⓘ election of the President of the Republic ⓘ electoral system for the Seimas ⓘ formation of the Government ⓘ local self-government ⓘ state budget principles ⓘ
requiresForAmendment	qualified majority in the Seimas ⓘ
requiresForCertainAmendments	referendum ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Lithuania → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ

Seimas → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ

Government of Lithuania → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of Lithuania ⓘ