Refugee Services - International Resources

Human Rights Watch is dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

We stand with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.

We investigate and expose human rights violations and hold abusers accountable.

We challenge governments and those who hold power to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.

We enlist the public and the international community to support the cause of human rights for all.

Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide. It accepts no government funds, directly or indirectly.

http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/refugees/

The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.

In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 6,300 people in more than 110 countries continues to help 32.9 million persons.

http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home

Refugees International generates lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection for displaced people around the world and works to end the conditions that create displacement.

http://www.refugeesinternational.org/

The Women's Commission's mission is to improve the lives and defend the rights of refugee women and children, including the internally displaced, returnees and asylum seekers.

We work in consultation with refugee women and children to ensure that their voices are heard. We seek solutions to seemingly intractable problems by:

• Assessing and monitoring the situation of refugee women and children through research, field visits and consultation
• Identifying and documenting the widely overlooked problems and issues that affect refugee women and children
• Developing and promoting policies and practices that will lead to real on-the-ground change by advocating to policy makers, key organizations, donors and the public to ensure their implementation.

Through our advocacy, we ensure that refugee women's and children's voices are heard in the halls of power and taken into account in the decision-making process.

Our work contributes to long-term solutions, thereby lessening the likelihood of continuing cycles of conflict and displacement.

http://www.womenscommission.org/