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• Amnesty International - Belgium
• Belgian Federal Government - Portal belgium.be
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Belgium
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Belgium
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC delegation in Brussels
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Belgium
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Belgium
• Permanent Refugee Appeals Commission of Belgium
• ReliefWeb - Belgium
• UNHCR - Belgium
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Belgium
• United States Department of State - Belgium
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Belgium