Strategic litigation
We pursue cases that can protect individuals and produce wider legal, institutional and social change.
Human rights. Public interest. Collective action.
An open society.
A right to justice.
We work alongside people and communities to challenge discrimination, defend human rights and make the law a power everyone can use.
Explore our workIndependent human rights organisation · GreeceOur purpose
01 / Our missionRights that make
Rights that make
a real difference.
An open, democratic and discrimination-free society must include the people too often pushed to its margins.
Pro Bono Publico works to turn human rights into practical protection for people facing exclusion, racism and barriers to justice. Our work brings together strategic litigation, institutional advocacy, research and legal empowerment.
We focus on the experiences of affected communities, including Roma communities, and on the overlapping forms of discrimination that shape people’s lives. We seek accountability for violations and lasting changes in law, policy and practice.
02 / How we work
From rights to action.
Four connected ways to challenge injustice and strengthen access to justice.
Institutional advocacy
We engage national, European and international bodies to advance accountability and the effective implementation of human rights standards.
Research & documentation
We document discrimination, antigypsyism, environmental and climate injustice, and exclusion to inform legal action and public policy.
Legal empowerment
Through community outreach, training and accessible rights education, we support people to understand and defend their rights.
03 / Our initiativesPutting our purpose
Putting our purpose
into practice.
Community empowerment, legal action and advocacy for institutional accountability.
Featured projectCommunity-driven
Community-driven
strategic litigation.
Pro Bono Publico is a partner in EQUAL, a European project supporting marginalised communities and legal professionals to advance rights under EU law, including the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The project connects community empowerment with training, research, advocacy, community paralegal teams and local legal clinics. Its intersectional approach recognises that people can face several forms of discrimination at once.
Explore EQUAL with our partners (opens in a new tab)EQUAL is co-funded by the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme.
Selected interventions
Litigation & institutional advocacyAccountability beyond the judgment. (opens in a new tab)
Our Rule 9.2 submission in the Sidiropoulos and Papakostas group of cases contributes to the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ supervision of the execution of European Court of Human Rights judgments.
Read the submission (opens in a new tab)Standing with a Romani family. (opens in a new tab)
A joint complaint by Pro Bono Publico and partner organisations prompted the Greek Ombudsman to address the reported abuse and threats against a Romani mother and her children in Perama.
Read the joint announcement (opens in a new tab)Defending the right to a home in Tsairia. (opens in a new tab)
Media coverage of the legal challenge to evictions affecting Roma residents of Tsairia, Thessaloniki, and their continuing struggle for protection and dignity.
Read the coverage EL (Greek, opens in a new tab)04 / ContactJustice starts
Justice starts
with being heard.
For enquiries about our work, partnerships or access to justice, contact Pro Bono Publico.