Information and Legal Assistance Center (IPC) from Slavonski Brod was registered in 2002, and has been operating since as an independent non-governmental organization in the regions of Western Slavonia and Bosanska Posavina, providing free legal assistance to refugees, returnees and socially disadvantaged local population who cannot afford standard lawyers' fees in Republic of Croatia. IPC program represents a continuation of work of the International Rescue Committee's Legal Center, opened in 1998 in Slavonski Brod, and since then, more then 8,000 individuals received free legal aid.

Free legal aid consists of providing legal advice, submitting different petitions, appeals, law-suits, and court representations before municipal courts, county courts, Supreme Court and Constitutional Court. Additionally, IPC has approximately 10 cases before the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg.

On average, IPC legal staff successfully concludes 150 court cases and 400 administrative procedures annually.

IPC's model of providing free legal aid, including financing of all legal fees for our beneficiaries, has helped numerous individuals in realizing their basic human rights.