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• Amnesty International - Austria
• Austria: Federal Chancellery
• Bundesministerium für Inneres, Republik Österreich
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Austria
• Independent Federal Asylum Board of Austria
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC delegation in Brussels
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Austria
• Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria (Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes - RIS)
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Austria
• ReliefWeb - Austria
• UNHCR - Austria
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Austria
• United States Department of State - Austria
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Austria