Photografie dans la Grand Région - Books

EMR launched the second volume of legal framework book for photographers in the Großregion/Grand Région

Russian surveillance law - Legal Resources

In a case related to alleged mobile phone surveillance, the European Court of Human Rights decided that an editor in Russia was entitled to claim to be a victim of a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Anti-terrorist surveillance law - Legal Resources

After a case filed by a non-governmental watchdog organisation, the European Court of Human Rights has decided that the Hungarian anti-terrorist surveillance law violates the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Sindikat medija Crne Gore - Trade Union of Media of Montenegro - Support Centres

Sindikat medija Crne Gore is a Montenigrin Trade Union that offers free legal and advocacy support to associated staff journalists, editors, media outlets and freelance journalists. Contacts: sindikatmedija@usscg.me or +382 20 232 315

PRK Partners - Support Centres

PRK Partners is a private law company based in Budapest that provides pro-bono legal and adocacy support to staff and freelance journalists, editors, media outlets, NGOs and journalist associations. The person that needs to be contacted is Krisztina Rozgonyi (krisztina.rozgonyi@prkpartners.hu)

Lellos P. Demetriades Law Office (Cyprus) - Support Centres

Lellos P. Demetriades Law Office LLC is a private law firm with seat in Cyprus, offering legal and advocacy support to staff and freelance journalists, editors, media outlets, NGOs and journalist associations in Cyprus and all over Europe for a pro-bono fee. The person to be contacted is Achilleas Demetriades (achilleas@ldlaw.com.cy).

LawWorks - Support Centres

LawWorks is a London-seated NGO operating in United Kingdom. LawWorks provides legal and advocacy support for staff and freelance journalists, editors, media outlets, civic journalists and bloggers, as well as NGOs and journalist associations. The person to be contacted is Rachael Marsh (rachael.marsh@lawworks.org.uk).

DLA Piper - Support Centres

DLA Piper is a private law firm that provides legal support to staff and freelance journalists, editors, media outlets; civic media/bloggers as well as NGOs that provide legal, financial or advocacy support for journalists/media outlets, and/or journalist associations in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and UK.

The person to be contacted is Özgür Kahale from Pro Bono Counsel (ozgur.kahale@dlapiper.com or +33 1 40 15 25 13). The fee is Pro Bono.

Pro Bono Aliance (Czech Republic) - Support Centres

Pro Bono Aliance is a Prague-based Clearing House that operates in Czech Republic. Pro Bono Aliance matches the needs for free legal aid of civil society and NGOs that provide legal, financial or advocacy support for journalists/media outlets, and/or journalist associations, with attorneys and law firms willing to provide pro bono legal services.

Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) - Support Centres

Media Defence (also known as MLDI) provides legal defence to independent media, journalists and bloggers around the world who are under threat for their reporting. MLDI does this by administering an emergency defence fund, helping journalists, bloggers and independent media pay legal fees, and provides legal expertise to the lawyer(s) defending a case. 

MLDI also engages in strategic litigation to challenge repressive laws and expand the space for media freedom. Through this, it seeks to advance respect for international law and norms on the right to freedom of expression. MLDI submits cases to domestic courts and international tribunals and intervenes in cases already under way, as well as supporting national lawyers to do the same.

In countries where the threat of legal action is high and constant, MLDI provides financial support and legal expertise to national organisations that provide legal defence services to journalists.

MLDI also runs training and networking programmes for lawyers in the fields of media law and human rights. 

E-mail: info@mediadefence.org