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• Amnesty International - South Sudan
• Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) - South Sudan
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - South Sudan
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - South Sudan
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - South Sudan
• Rift Valley Institute
• UNHCR - South Sudan
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - South Sudan