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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Columbia University, Institute for the Study of Human Rights
"The Trustees of Columbia University have approved a proposal for the Center for the Study of Human Rights to become an institute in order to coordinate human rights studies throughout the university and connect with scholars and practitioners around the world. The change is effective immediately, and the more than 30-year-old center is now the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR)." (April 2010, from website) Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Human Rights |
Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
Links to constitutional courts and equivalent bodies. Type: Judicial Bodies | Topic: Legal Systems |
Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center
"The Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center provides important orientation resources for refugee newcomers and service providers throughout the United States and overseas." (from website) Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Refugees / Internally Displaced Persons |
Embassy of the United States in Iraq |
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Virtual Law Library
"This site serves as a complement to the Law Library and Immigration Research Center (LLIRC) located within the headquarters complex of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)." (from website) Type: Reference Information | Topic: Legal Systems |
FindLaw
Type: Reference Information | Topic: Legal Systems |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - United States of America
Type: United Nations | Topic: Country Profiles/Information |
Freedom Forum
The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three priorities: the Newseum, the First Amendment and newsroom diversity. Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Media (Censorship / Media Freedom / Journalists) |
GlobaLex - Hauser Global Law School Program, NYU School of Law
Contains several legal research guides in the field of foreign and comparative law research. Dealing with, among others, Belarus, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Georgia, Lithunania, Mali, Moldova, Netherlands, Nigeria, Romania, South Africa, Spain, United States of America, Uzbekistan. Type: Research Institution | Topic: Legal Systems |
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
"The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all." (from website) Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Sexual Orientation |