South Africa

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• Amnesty International - South Africa
• Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA)
• Council of Europe, Venice Commission: Constitutional Courts (Links)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - South Africa
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - South Africa
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - South Africa
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Pretoria
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - South Africa
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - South Africa
• ReliefWeb - South Africa
• UNHCR - South Africa
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - South Africa
• United States Department of State - South Africa
• World Health Organization (WHO) - South Africa