Our members

The mission of the Association for Legal Intervention (Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej) is to combat social exclusion through provision of free legal advice to people whose rights and freedoms are threatened or violated, mainly refugees and immigrants in Poland. They support migrants and refugees in their struggles for legal residence, international protection and throughout the process of integration. They strive to influence policy and law at the national as well as international lever through research, advocacy and strategic litigation.

Dorota Pudzianowska graduated in law and sociology. Currently she is Associate Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw. She specializes in public law with special interest in human rights, law on nationality and statelessness and anti-discrimination law. In years 2006-2020 she worked at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights in Poland where she led strategic litigation of discrimination cases. Currently she works as an attorney (Warsaw Bar). She is a leading author in Poland on statelessness.

HNLAC is a non-profit non-governmental organization established in 2002 in Kraków. HNLAC’s main objective is to protect human rights by providing free legal aid to persons at risk of social exclusion and discrimination, including the poor, victims of domestic violence, foreigners, asylum seekers, stateless persons and refugees. The HNLAC also monitors the adherence to standards of human rights, undertakes legal interventions and advocacy activities, and pursues research and educational projects. The Center also undertakes activities aimed at preventing and tackling human and child trafficking by organizing social campaigns and offering legal aid to the victims. HNLAC is a UNHCR implementing partner in Poland.

The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is the oldest and the largest human rights organization in Poland, acting already for over 20 years. HFHR's objective is the promotion of human rights in Poland and countries of the post-Soviet region. The main areas of activity include education in the field of human rights at the national level as well as international activities designed to promote democracy, constitutionalism, rule of law and human rights in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and European Union region.