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Legal Intervention Programme

The Programme contentrates on cases in which violations of the individual’s rights and freedoms.

All of the cases that qualify for entry into the program are subject to a detailed qualitative analysis, following which, after consultation with the coordinator of the program, substantive action is undertaken to resolve the case.

Team

Coordinator:

Piotr Kubaszewski

a lawyer and graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. He has been associated with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights since 2008. He is the author of publications on criminal law and human rights, as well as the co-author of the commentary on the selected regulations of the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction. Mr. Kubaszewski is writing a Phd thesis on the penalization of drug possession under the supervision of Prof. Eleonora Zielińska, Ph. D. He is an expert on criminal law, disciplinary proceedings, torture prevention mechanisms and legal intervention in the field of human rights.

Meet our team:

Julia Gerlich

fifth year student of law at Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Silesia. She has been cooperating with Foundation since August 2017. Currently working as a lawyer in Strategic Litigation Program and Legal Intervention Program.

Justyna Jezierska

a graduate of the University of Warsaw Faculty of Law and Administration. She has also finished a course at the Centre for American Law at UW affiliated with the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. Additionally, she has completed a three-month internship at the Permanent Mission of Poland to the United Nations during Polish presidency of UN Security Council. She has been associated with Helsinki Foundation since August 2017.

Andrzej Kremplewski

Daniel Witko

a lawyer associated with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights since 2012; attorney at law and member of the Warsaw Bar Association; researcher and author of publications from the field of fundamental rights, as well as migration and asylum law; experienced in conducting monitoring activities as well as training in human rights, both in Poland and abroad.

Marcin Wolny

an attorney-at-law, a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw (an honours degree), since 2010 associated with Helsinki Foundation for Humant Rights, initially as a volounteer, than as a lawyer in various legal projects, including project founded by EU; expert in criminal law, juvenile justice system, as well as penitentiary system, author and co – authors of various publications regarding human rights.

28.10.2015