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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European Commission: The Fight against Terrorism
"European democracies face a threat from extremists who believe they can advance their political aims by the use of terror. Acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable and must be treated as such under any circumstances. The current threat is of genuinely international character and requires supportive actions to be taken by the European Union." (from website) Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism |
European Commission: The fight against organised crime
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Trafficking in persons |
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Human Rights |
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)
The primary task of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) is to provide the Community and its Member States with objective, reliable and comparable information and data on racism, xenophobia, islamophobia and anti-Semitism at the European level in order to help the EU and its Member States to establish measures or formulate courses actions against racism and xenophobia. Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Racism and Discrimination |
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies supports and promotes evidence-based health policy-making through comprehensive and rigorous analysis of the dynamics of health systems in Europe and by engaging directly with policy-makers. Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Health |
European Parliament
Site in multiple languages. Type: Regional Organizations |
European Parliament: Human Rights
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Human Rights |
European Refugee Fund (ERF)
Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Refugees / Internally Displaced Persons |
European Union Law (Eur-Lex)
EUR-Lex provides direct free access to European Union law. The system makes it possible to consult the Official Journal of the European Union and it includes inter alia the treaties, legislation, case-law and legislative proposals. Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Legal Systems |
Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict is an international network of civil society organisations working for conflict prevention and peacebuilding worldwide. Type: Regional Organizations | Topic: Conflict Studies/Prevention |