Field-card resources scaffolded by country. Sourced against published ACLU and NLG materials. Designed to be readable in stress, photocopy-clean on any black-and-white printer, and detailed enough to prep with before an action.
These cards are not legal advice. They are starting points, built from published sources, kept in plain language, and reviewed against ACLU and National Lawyers Guild materials. Laws change, and they vary inside countries. When something is on the line, talk to a lawyer for your specific situation. Every card lists hotlines for fast access to legal support.
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Federal baseline plus state-specific caveats. Three scenarios live: protest, police stop on the street, and ICE at the door. More queued.
PACE plus Public Order Act 2023 baseline for England and Wales, with separate scenarios for Scotland and Northern Ireland where the framework diverges. Five scenarios live: protest (E&W), protest (Scotland), protest (NI), stop and search, and arrested in custody.
Coordination overlay (Charter of Fundamental Rights, ECHR, Roadmap directives) with per-member-state hubs underneath. Six member states LIVE bilingually (DE, FR, ES, IT, PT, NL); twenty-one queued pending native-speaker collaborators.
EU member · bilingual EN + DE. StPO + state Polizeigesetze framework. Protest scenario live; police stop and Bundespolizei queued for V2.
EU member · bilingual EN + FR. Code de procédure pénale + garde à vue framework. Protest scenario live; police stop and PAF queued for V2.
EU member · bilingual EN + ES. LECrim + Ley Mordaza framework with autonomous-community police caveats. Protest scenario live; police stop and border police queued for V2.
EU member · bilingual EN + IT. Costituzione + CPP framework with multiple police forces. Protest scenario live; police stop and border police queued for V2.
EU member · bilingual EN + PT. Constituição + Article 32 defendant's rights framework. Protest scenario live; police stop and AIMA queued for V2.
EU member · bilingual EN + NL. Grondwet + Sv + WOM framework with Salduz right to lawyer. Protest scenario live; police stop and Marechaussee queued for V2.
Charter rights baseline plus province caveats. Four scenarios live: protest, police stop, CBSA at the border, and Indigenous rights and land defense. Bilingual (English / Français).
No federal Bill of Rights; rights statute-based and substantially state-specific. Four scenarios live: protest, police stop, Australian Border Force at the border, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights and land defense. Custody Notification Service framework flagged throughout.
Want to write cards for a jurisdiction that isn’t here yet? The schema is documented in the project’s source tree. The ask is small: a YAML file per scenario, citations against published sources, and a review pass with someone legally trained in your jurisdiction. Get in touch.
