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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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Legal Systems |
American Immigration Lawyers Association
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is the national association of immigration lawyers established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members. Type: Legal Associations | Topic: Legal Systems |
American University, Washington College of Law: Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Type: Academic Institutions | Topic: Human Rights |
Amnesty International - United States of America
Type: Non-Governmental Organizations | Topic: Country Profiles/Information |
Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) - Refugee Integration
"CAL is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture. Established in 1959, CAL is headquartered in Washington, DC" (from website) Type: Research Institution | Topic: Refugees / Internally Displaced Persons |
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS)
CGRS works to impact the development of law and policy to protect women fleeing gender-based violence. Type: Research Institution | Topic: Gender Issues |
Center for Gender and Refugees Studies - US & International Case Law
The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) is the nations leading organization supporting women asylum-seekers fleeing gender related harm, at both the practice and policy levels. CGRS works to impact the development of law and policy to protect women fleeing gender-based violence. Type: Legal Associations | Topic: Gender Issues |
Center for Immigration Studies
"The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, research organization. Since our founding in 1985, we have pursued a single mission - providing immigration policymakers, the academic community, news media, and concerned citizens with reliable information about the social, economic, environmental, security, and fiscal consequences of legal and illegal immigration into the United States" (from website) Type: Research Institution | Topic: Migration |
Center for Immigration Studies: News Services
The Center for Immigration Studies operates two free e-mail information services (listservs) on immigration news. Type: Research Institution | Topic: Migration |
Center for Migration Studies (CMS)
"The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1964. Its primary goal is to support and undertake research, and to provide a forum for debate on international migration" (from website) Type: Research Institution | Topic: Migration |