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• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• American University, Washington College of Law: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
• Amnesty International - United States of America
• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) - Refugee Integration
• Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS)
• Center for Gender and Refugees Studies - US & International Case Law
• Center for Immigration Studies
• Center for Immigration Studies: News Services
• Center for Migration Studies (CMS)
• Columbia University, Institute for the Study of Human Rights
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Cultural Orientation Resource (COR) Center
• Embassy of the United States in Iraq
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• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - United States of America
• Freedom Forum
• GlobaLex - Hauser Global Law School Program, NYU School of Law
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - United States
• Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM), Georgetown University
• Inter-University Committee on International Migration
• InterAction
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• International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
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• Oriental Economist
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• ReliefWeb - United States of America (the)
• Save the Children USA
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• World Health Organization (WHO) - United States of America