Driving change through legal action
Intérêt à agir is a collective of experts who help associations, NGOs and communities to mobilize the law as a strategic lever for action in the service of democratic, social and environmental justice.
Our Vision
Faced with social, environmental, and democratic emergencies, traditional levers for mobilization and action are running out of steam. Raising awareness is not enough. Advocacy efforts are losing momentum. Institutional mechanisms are too often proving ineffective.
In a democracy, the law is not a constraint: it is a barrier against arbitrariness and injustice, provided one knows how to use it. Because the law is technical. Too often, it remains inaccessible. It becomes the domain of a few, when it should be a tool for everyone.
Intérêt à agir arises precisely from this impasse.
Our vision : A strong democracy where the law is not a privilege, but a tool accessible to all, used above all to protect the most vulnerable, with a concern for social and environmental justice.
Our actions
Strategic Litigation
We build rock-solid litigation strategies to support lawyers in transforming cases into landmark legal victories.
Legal monitoring
We analyze projects, identify legal risks and opportunities and provide the keys to navigate regulatory complexity.
Stakeholder training
We make expertise accessible by training non-profit organizations on the legal issues of the sector.
Multidisciplinary work
We organize the provision of high-level multidisciplinary expertise from academics and specialists in certain branches of law; and facilitate work with lawyers willing to commit.
Key Figures
21 litigations initiated since its creation
+10,000 hours of legal expertise provided
+40 non-profit organizations supported
Our areas of intervention
Social justice
Protection of vulnerable populations, fight against discrimination and inequality.
Environmental justice
Defending the planetary ecosystem and the right to a healthy environment
Our actions
Stop the Silent Spring
Together with the Ligue pour la protection des oiseaux (LPO), we initiated this case in 2021, which calls into question the responsibility of the manufacturers and traders of the pesticide Imidacloprid, responsible for the collapse of bird populations in agricultural environments.
Digital Accessibility: Online Shopping
Since 2025, the law has mandated digital accessibility for large and medium-sized businesses, but most still ignore this obligation, depriving visually impaired people of their independence. We have taken legal action against four major retailers to put an end to this discrimination.
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En attente
Our Victories
2025
In the « Stop the Silent Spring » case, initiated with the LPO (Ligue de protection des oiseaux) in 2021, the French Court of Cassation issued an important ruling on November 13th: it clarifies the starting point for the statute of limitations for ecological damage. The Court held that the statute of limitations began to run as soon as the LPO had « serious, precise, and consistent evidence » allowing it to attribute the collapse of bird populations in agricultural areas to the effects of imidacloprid. This decision undermines the strategy of manufacturers who fund pseudo-scientific studies to sow doubt about the real effects of pesticides. From now on, if there is any doubt, the statute of limitations is extended accordingly!
2024
In November 2024, we achieved a victory with the apiDV association, successfully enforcing for the first time a law passed 20 years prior aimed at making public services accessible to people with disabilities. The State was found liable for the digital inaccessibility of the Pronote software, used in many schools, to visually impaired users. Since then, Index Education, the company that publishes Pronote, has taken steps to make its software more accessible to visually impaired or blind users.
Why support us
Performance
You contribute to setting precedent that serves a broad range of cases, fundamentally shifting the landscape, for a systemic impact.
Protection
You support legal expertise in the service of social and environmental justice to protect the most vulnerable from those who twist the spirit of our democratic rules.
Expertise
You provide the best tools to actors who defend social and environmental justice : By combining academic expertise, on-the-ground experience, and various legal disciplines, Intérêt à agir builds solid remedies and convincing arguments to design the highest-impact litigation.
They support us
Propose your projects to us
Are you a foundation, an association, a collective, or a citizens’ movement facing social, environmental, or democratic injustice? Do you believe that the law could be a lever to bring about change, but you don’t know where to start? Intérêt à agir is here to support you.
Who are we?
A passionate team dedicated to social and environmental justice, bringing together lawyers, academics and practitioners, and supported by administrative, communication and fundraising functions.
The Team
Laurent Duarte
Denys-Sacha Robin
Erwann Robbe
Emile Raimbault
The Board of Directors
Emilie Lenain
Eléonore Delatouche Biotteau
Cécile Hubert
Hervé Rihal
Luca d’Ambrosio
Antoine Cellio
Aurélie Simon
Edouard Bédarrides
