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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Commonwealth and International Human Rights Case Law Database
"Over 2,000 summaries of significant human rights decisions are available, from both domestic Commonwealth courts, and from tribunals applying international human rights law such as the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights, the European Court of Human Rights and many more." (from website) Type: Reference Information | Topic: Legal Systems |
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Albania
Site in Albanian and English Type: Judicial Bodies | Topic: Legal Systems |
Council of Europe
Type: Regional Organizations |
Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights
"The Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent institution within the Council of Europe, mandated to promote the awareness of and respect for human rights in 47 Council of Europe member states." (from website) Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Human Rights |
Council of Europe: Education of Roma Children
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Ethnic Groups and Minorities |
Council of Europe: Factsheets on Roma
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Ethnic Groups and Minorities |
Council of Europe: Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
"The Committee of Experts on Issues relating to the Protection of National Minorities (DH-MIN) is an inter-governmental committee of experts on national minority issues, established by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and acting under the aegis of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)." (from website) Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Ethnic Groups and Minorities |
Council of Europe: Human Rights and Legal Affairs
"The Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs has overall responsibility for the development and implementation of the human rights and rule of law standards of the Council of Europe, including the promotion of democracy through law, the operation of relevant treaties and related monitoring mechanisms and the development and implementation of activities in these fields." (from website) Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Humanitarian Assistance / Emergency Response |
Council of Europe: Legal Affairs, Treaty Office
Site in in English, French, German, Italian and Russian. Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Legal Systems |
Council of Europe: Migration
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Migration |