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• Amnesty International - Switzerland
• Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Tribunal administratif fédéral)
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Federal Office for Migration of Switzerland: Protection from persecution/Asylum
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Switzerland
• International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC headquarters, Geneva
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Switzerland
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Switzerland
• ReliefWeb - Switzerland
• Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM)
• Swiss Refugee Council (SRC)
• Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)
• UNHCR - Switzerland
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Switzerland
• United States Department of State - Switzerland
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Switzerland
• swisspeace