Central and Eastern Europe

  • CEE Pro Bono Clearinghouses Meet in Bratislava with Support of the Visegrad Fund

    27 April 2011

    CEE Pro Bono Clearinghouses Meet in Bratislava with Support of the Visegrad FundNews

    Pro bono clearinghouses, which act as "matchmaking" services between NGOs needing legal assistance and private sector lawyers willing to volunteer their time, have helped increase pro bono practice in Central and Eastern Europe. The Bratislava meeting on April 7 of representatives from pro bono clearinghouses in Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia highlighted local developments in pro bono practice and strengthened the efficacy of each clearinghouse through know-how exchange and networking. Each clearinghouse discussed their progress, shared their experiences and highlighted the struggles and successes of the previous year. Read more

  • 19 April 2011

    Constructing Public Interest Law: Transnational Collaboration and Exchange in Central and Eastern EuropeArticle/Paper

    Edwin Rekosh, 13 UCLA J. Int'l Law& For. Aff. 55 (2008). To what extent has the pattern of foreign funding and intellectual exchange that has shaped law-based "civil society" activities in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in the adoption of American constructs? Read more

  • 30 September 2010

    The New Law School: Reexamining Goals, Organization, and Methods for a Changing World Book

    PILnet (then Public Interest Law Institute) and Jagiellonian University, edited by Leah Wortham and Daniela Ikawa, Krakow, 2010. This book is a unique contribution to understanding the issues confronting law schools in Central and Eastern Europe and countries of the former Soviet Union as they seek to ensure that their programs meet the needs of 21st century lawyers. Read more

  • 05 February 2009

    Making Legal Aid a Reality: A Resource Book for Policy Makers and Civil Society Book

    PILnet (then Public Interest Law Institute), Budapest, 2009. Making Legal Aid a Reality offers practical suggestions for improving systems of publicly funded legal services. Read more

  • 31 May 2006

    The Second European Forum on Access to Justice: Forum ReportReport

    PILnet (then Public Interest Law Initiative) and Open Society Justice Initiative, Budapest, 2005 This report offers a narrative summary of the proceedings of the Second European Forum on Access to Justice held in Budapest on February 24-26, 2005. Read more

  • 31 March 2005

    The Vicious Circle: Weak State Institutions, Unremedied Abuse, and Distrust Book

    Edwin Rekosh, ed., PILnet (then Public Interest Law Initiative) and Open Society Institute Local Government Initiative, 2005 The Vicious Circle presents the results of targeted studies of administrative institutions and procedures in four countries — Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Poland — exploring aspects of administrative functioning and available remedies for administrative abuse.  Read more

  • 30 October 2003

    Access to Justice in Central and Eastern Europe: Forum Report Report

    PILnet (then Public Interest Law Initiative), Interights, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, and Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Budapest, 2003 The report provides a detailed account of the European Forum on Access to Justice held in Budapest in December 2002 in collaboration with the Open Society Justice Initiative. Read more

  • 01 September 2003

    Access to Justice in Central and Eastern Europe: Source Book Book

    PILnet (then Public Interest Law Initiative), Interights, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, and Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Budapest, 2003 This source book is a collection of writings and documents that address the problem of access to justice and the reform of legal aid systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Read more

  • 01 August 2003

    Access to Justice in Central and Eastern Europe: Country Reports Report

    PILnet (then Public Interest Law Initiative), Moscow, 2003 This book presents the results of country reports prepared within the framework of the Promoting Access to Justice in Central and Eastern Europe project. Read more

  • 02 March 2003

    Problems of Legal Aid in Central and Eastern Europe (IN RUSSIAN)Book

    PILnet (then Public Interest Law Initiative), Interights, Bulgarian Helsinki Committe, and Polish Helsinki Foundation, 2003 The book represents a compilation of the English-language Access to Justice in Central and Eastern Europe series into one Russian-language volume. Read more