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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New Zealand Refugee Law (RefNZ)
Comprehensive range of material on refugee law in New Zealand. Type: Reference Information | Topic: Legal Systems |
Office for the Repatriation and Aliens of Poland
Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Legal Systems |
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada
Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Legal Systems |
Police of Sweden
Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Legal Systems |
Project on International Courts and Tribunals
PICT is an internationally based effort to address, with a comprehensive and holistic approach, all existing international courts and tribunals. It couples academic research with concrete action aimed at facilitating the work of international courts and tribunals at developing the lawyering skills of potential actors, in particular, in developing countries and economies-in-transition. Type: Research Institution | Topic: Legal Systems |
Refugee Caselaw Site, University of Michigan Law School
This site is designed to assist judges, advocates, and policymakers around the world to access leading court decisions that interpret the refugee definition set by the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol. Type: Reference Information | Topic: Legal Systems |
Republic of Kosovo: Office of the Prime Minister
Type: Governmental Organizations | Topic: Legal Systems |
SCADPlus
Summaries of EU legislation. Type: Reference Information | Topic: Legal Systems |
The Hague Justice Portal
"The Hague Justice Portal - Portail Judiciaire de La Haye is the virtual gateway to information, news, and research activities in, and related to, The Hague. It was initiated by The Hague Academic Coalition and officially launched by Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands on 6 April 2006." (from website). Site in English and French. Type: Reference Information | Topic: Legal Systems |
The Special Court for Sierra Leone
The Special Court for Sierra Leone was set up jointly by the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations. It is mandated to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996. Type: Judicial Bodies | Topic: Legal Systems |