This collection of external links is a directory of organizations dealing with refugee, asylum and human rights topics or provide (country-specific) information otherwise useful for practitioners. The directory contains over 3000 links to relevant internet sources and has been compiled and organized by type of organization, topic/mandate, regions and countries they relate to. This additional service has been provided to facilitate research by providing a mechanism to access information that may be relevant for decision makers and is not as such included in Refworld.
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European Commission: Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO)
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Humanitarian Assistance / Emergency Response |
European Commission: The Fight against Terrorism
"European democracies face a threat from extremists who believe they can advance their political aims by the use of terror. Acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable and must be treated as such under any circumstances. The current threat is of genuinely international character and requires supportive actions to be taken by the European Union." (from website) Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism |
European Commission: The fight against organised crime
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Trafficking in persons |
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Human Rights |
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Refugees / Internally Displaced Persons |
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
Site in English and French Type: Judicial Bodies | Topic: Human Rights |
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) - HUDOC Database
"The European Court of Human Rights HUDOC Portal is a powerful, user-friendly information system which provides free online access to the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the European Commission of Human Rights and the Committee of Ministers. The judgments, decisions, resolutions and reports of these bodies are held in a database and can be consulted via a sophisticated search screen." (from website) Type: Judicial Bodies | Topic: Human Rights |
European Forum for Migration Studies (EFMS), University of Bamberg
" The european forum for migration studies (efms) is a scientific institute at the University of Bamberg. Founded in 1993, its main topics are migration and integration of migrants in Europe. The efms is active in the areas of scientific research, policy counselling, preparation of expert surveys, evaluation, training, information and documentation." (from website). Site in English and Germen. Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Migration |
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)
The primary task of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) is to provide the Community and its Member States with objective, reliable and comparable information and data on racism, xenophobia, islamophobia and anti-Semitism at the European level in order to help the EU and its Member States to establish measures or formulate courses actions against racism and xenophobia. Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Racism and Discrimination |
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health systems in Europe and by engaging directly with policy-makers. Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Health |