The Public Interest Litigation Network (PILN) - Second Year
The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation ·Malta
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">The overall objective of the project is to strengthen democracy and the rule of law in Malta by setting precedents, changing systems and changing culture and, as a consequence, increasing citizenship participation in the judicial, legislative and administrative mechanisms that exist in Malta.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">With the support of the first call issued under the ACF Malta Programme, the Foundation was able to set up a network of Malta-based lawyers (PILN) to defend victims of human rights violation. Currently in its first year of implementation, the PILN is working on public interest cases involving right to life, data protection and freedom of information. These cases set a precedent that influences national laws and policies and educates the public on a system based on rule of law and human rights versus one of patronage, clientelism and abuse of public office. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Cases that the PILN wishes to prioritise in 2022 include: access to light (or lack of) in environmental and planning violations; access to information and raising awareness around the importance of filing FOI requests; and right to life.</span></span></span></span></span></p>