Support: Legal Support

The following services are available: Employment law Copyright and intellectual property Free consultation Injury and accidents at work Injury and accidents outside of work (Personal injury claims) Work-related crime Media law Asylum and immigration Conveyancing – buying or selling a property Wills and probate Emergency advice when covering major events

Basic legal support for: A lawyer or legal expert and other legal fees Support in prison Initial assistance for family of detained media workers

legal advice and assistance, payment of legal fees

Legal interventions, amicus briefs

Offering legal protection to journalists who are punished for expressing their thoughts

Consultations, strategic advice and representation in domestic courts and/or international human rights institutions

Legal support in the field of work and social matters

Legal support

Financial support to cover lawyer’s fees and assistance in accessing relevant legal representation; General guidance; Access to expertise in policy and law making; Engagement in national or international litigation; Provision of independent analysis, observation or advocacy around a case.    

legal counselling and support

Mostly through personal contacts they can involve quite good labor lawyers in the consultation. In an emergency, they give some minimal money maximum once or twice a year. They provide holiday services in four spas and one apartment on Lake Balaton at a very affordable price, in some cases, if there is space and demand, even for free

Legal advice for all journalists and media workers Court representation just for members

Partnership with a lawyers firm: all the legal support a journalist needs is covered, without any costs of the lawyers, only the expenses related to legal procedures due to Portuguese legal system

free of charge telephone legal support refutation of false or misleading statements by public officials or officials in the field of the right to information consultation of the wording of requests for information, appeals and complaints specification of what information and in what form you are entitled to    

Support for litigation of a case through multiple instances, from first instance through to the final appeal. Example: a challenge before the European Court of Human Rights against police use of facial recognition technology.

Legal support free of charge at the TGS Academy

legal support

To initiate and support legal proceedings of a fundamental nature that continue to allow the professional group to do its work as freely as possible; Defending freedom of the press in the broadest sense of the word to make funds available for conducting fundamental proceedings, which should enable the freedom of the press of the Dutch media and more specifically the operation of those media in the most optimal unhindered conditions

Support for activities to prepare for planned litigation. This could include legal research, evidence gathering, forum selection or identifying claimants and project partners.

Grants to improve physical security, digital security and communication security (including office security and individual security); Legal fees if you are being judicially harassed; Family assistance for imprisoned HRDs or family members who are at risk because of a HRD’s activities; Medical fees for HRDs if you have been attacked or have suffered a medical condition as a result of your peaceful human rights activities

legal assistance, rendered voluntarily and free of charge

Financial support for litigation when help with legal fees is required; Medical expenses if you are injured; Travel costs to cover journeys to a place of safety; Financial support in exile due to threats at home.

Quick, flexible funding for legal support; Quick, flexible funding for psychosocial support; Quick, flexible funding to respond to security threats; Quick, flexible funding to respond to security threats or unexpected advocacy opportunities

Legal support: Legal advice and assistance in court proceedings are free of charge

Emergency law on media support We can offer you help in the following areas: Media responsibility; Police and press; Press ethics; Professional activities abroad; The rules of the Penal Code on photography.

The Fund has contracted crisis therapists who are versed in the area of threats to journalists and with whom consultations can be made at short notice paid for by the Fund. Legal support on 3 levels: 1) Five lawyers at the Union. They help members in all legal matters related to work. 2) Insurance for legal expenses (covers the compensation of such expenses incurred in the course of work. A written consent from the union is needed in order to…

Urgent legal assistance; Urgent medical assistance;  Family support in cases where the journalist has been killed or rendered otherwise incapable of supporting the family; Relocation, safe houses, evacuation out of the country or region.