Legal aid Helsinki Foundation For Human Rights

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We provide legal aid only after obtaining copies of all documents in the case and a signed declaration of consent to the processing of personal data. At the same time, the HFHR asks you not to send original documents. HFHR will not collect the original documents and is not responsible for their storage. If the originals are not collected, they may be destroyed after 3 months.

We also provide on-call services at open and guarded centers for foreigners.

Contacting lawyers on matters concerning foreigners in Poland is possible via e-mail: refugees[at]hfhr.pl.

Would you like to express your opinion on the legal aid you received? Write to us: [email protected]
 

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Our activities are guided by the principle of respect for the right of the missing person to self-determination, personal safety (taking into account their often complicated situation) and based on an ethical approach to the other person. The support we provide is free of charge and is primarily aimed at protecting the missing person. In selected cases, in cooperation with the families, HFHR lawyers will conduct strategic litigation aimed at bringing about a favorable court settlement and recognition of violations or omissions by the Polish authorities in carrying out their obligations under, among others, the European Convention on Human Rights. 

Families of missing persons or others who want to report a missing person with whom contact has been lost in the Polish-Belarusian border region can reach us by:  

• phone number run by the HFHR: +48 509 702 020 (also via Whatsapp and Signal) on Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m,  

• e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 

• report directly to the Itaka Foundation at the 24/7 intervention email address it runs [email protected]. 

Contacting lawyers in cases involving Ukrainian citizens on the territory of Poland is possible via e-mail: refugees[at]hfhr.pl.

Would you like to express your opinion on the legal assistance you have received? Write to us: feedback[at]hfhr.pl.

If you need support, call +48 785 931 935 (the helpline is run by Kolektyw Szpila, in urgent cases the line is open 24/7).  

Those providing humanitarian aid in the border area can get legal assistance i.a. in case of: 
- detention, searches performed by forces (Police, the Border Guard, the army); 
- allegations and charges of criminal offense; 
- fines and tickets, including fines for entering the zone covered by ban; 
- attempts to intimidate and harass. 

As part of the project, the HFHR will focus on:

- Equal treatment in employment (including the application of reasonable accommodation) 
- Equal access to medical care - both in terms of accessibility and decent treatment of patients 
- Issues of equal access to services, goods, education and schooling 
- Cases concerning incapacitation 
- Equal access to electoral rights 
- Difficulties faced by people with disabilities in connection with their stay in various treatment or care facilities 
- Problems with obtaining benefits for people with disabilities and carers

 
The project will run until the end of February 2024. 

Email: [email protected] 

Telephone: (48) 22 556 44 40

As part of the project, the Foundation offers legal support in cases where the freedom of expression of journalists - of both professional and civic media - is under threat.

The project aims at involvement in court proceedings in selected cases (e.g. by providing court representation, filing a friend-of-the-court opinion or participating in proceedings as a social organisation). A second priority will be to address national authorities and international institutions in cases of restrictions on media freedom.

Support is offered both in the form of ongoing assistance in cases of threats to media freedom and through participation in precedent-setting proceedings where landmark judgements are possible.

Feel free to contact us at: [email protected].

The project will run until July 2022.

The Global Media Defence Fund, which funds the project, aims to support non-profit organisations around the world that work to strengthen the protection of media freedom.