Lawtrend is a group of professionals who collaborate using legal, research, and educational methods to freely realize and effectively protect human rights and freedoms.
The main goal of the organization is to promote the development of ideas related to the legal protection of public interests.
Our objectives:
Promotion of the role of law and legal culture.
Promotion of the free realization and protection of human rights, and the implementation of international human rights standards.
Promotion of generally accepted principles of international law.
Support for the development of civil society, the legal community, and legal technologies.
Strategic areas of activity:
I. Expert direction
— Freedom of association.
— Right to information. Access to information.
— Participation in decision-making.
— Freedom of movement. Protection of migrants’ rights.
— International mechanisms.
Methods of Activity:
Consulting
Strategic litigation
Analytical work and research
Monitoring activities
Educational activities
Advocacy at the national, regional, and international levels
II. Development of Legal Protection of Public Interests and the Human Rights Movement
We focus our efforts on maximizing the dissemination of information about tools, methods, techniques, and forms of successful and systematic legal work that benefit public interests, human rights activities, and civic oversight.
The main target groups in this strategic area of activity are civil society organizations oriented towards using legal methods in their work, as well as young lawyers and law students to whom we seek to instill the ideas of legal protection of public interests.
Methods of Activity:
Collection and dissemination of information
Educational programs and training
Pilot monitoring projects and campaigns
Networking and communication (experience sharing)
III. Mobile Response
Within this strategic area, we organize legal actions and campaigns (or participate in human rights campaigns of other organizations) on issues that do not fall within our areas of expertise but correspond to our mission and meet the following criteria:
The campaign must be aimed at protecting the public interest.
The campaign must relate to the implementation or protection of civil and political rights and freedoms.
The decision to join a campaign is made collectively, including an assessment of the organization’s financial, time, human, and other resources.
If the matter concerns an individual case, then:
One of the parties to the dispute is a state body or an official.
The consideration of the case should serve a preventive function, which is to help prevent similar violations of human rights and freedoms.
There must be a prospect for creating a model for resolving similar cases in the future, i.e., the potential for our innovations.