No home, no rights: supporting justice

for homeless people

Avvocato di strada experience

Strasbourg, February 2013

Born in Bologna in 2007 and operating today in 31 italian cities, Avvocato di strada is an association of lawyers. The challenge is to provide a free and qualified legal protection to homeless people who are every day deprived of their fundamental rights.

The association provides in every city a front office organized as a proper law firm in places such as kitchen-soups and dormitories, thus getting closer the lawyers and the homeless.

All the lawyers are volunteers: in case of victory the compensation costs are donated to the association in order to pay the future legal costs.

2360 cases handled by Avvocato di strada in 2011

Administrative law cases 1191 50%

Criminal law cases 356 15%

Civil law cases 813 35%

Total amount of cases 2360

2360 cases handled by Avvocato di strada in 2011

Italian citizens 1392 59%

EU citizens 732 31%

Extra EU citizens 236 10%

Total 2360

2360 cases handled by Avvocato di strada in 2011

Men 1551 67%

Women 779 33%

Total 2360

ADVOCACYAvvocato di Strada promotes every year public events

in order to push for more advocacy and solidarity to homeless people.

More info:

www.avvocatodistrada.it

info@avvocatodistrada.it