UNHCR's Strategic Information Partners provide Refworld with a critical mass of knowledge and information and are drawn from the NGO sector, intergovernmental organizations, academic institutions and national governments. Our partners are widely recognized for having achieved a reputation for delivering authoritative, relevant and timely assessments and analysis of socio-political, human rights, and legal situations around the world.
Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Irish Aid is the Government of Ireland's programme of assistance to developing countries. Ireland has had an official development assistance programme since 1974, which has grown steadily over the years. Ireland's development cooperation policy is an integral part of Ireland's wider foreign Its aid philosophy is rooted in our foreign policy, in particular its objectives of peace and justice. Its development cooperation policy and programme reflect its longstanding commitment to human rights and fairness in international relations and are inseparable from Irish foreign policy as a whole.
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), based in New York and Geneva, facilitates dialogue and works on specific issues, among other human rights and refugees. They are known for speaking out against injustice and war - issues that are incompatible with their vision of a world in which peace and justice prevail. QUNO seeks to strengthen the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol and to foster the better protection of refugees and asylum-seekers, in particular children and adolescents (former child soldiers seeking asylum) and conscientious objectors to military service. It has also highlighted the largely unrecognised problem of statelessness and the importance of States to become parties to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. It has worked with UNHCR on the applicable standards in relation to asylum for conscientious objectors, draft evaders and deserters.
The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research organisation based in Kabul. AREU's mission is to conduct high-quality research that informs and influences policy and practice. AREU also actively promotes a culture of research and learning by strengthening analytical capacity in Afghanistan and facilitating reflection and debate. Fundamental to AREU's vision is that its work should improve Afghan lives.
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. AI's mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.
Article 19 is an international human rights organisation which defends and promotes freedom of expression and freedom of information all over the world. It monitors, researches, publishes, lobby, campaigns, sets standards, and litigates on behalf of freedom of expression wherever it is threatened. Article 19 also advocates for the implementation of access to information legislation to ensure transparency and strengthen citizens' participation, and campaigns against the widespread use of defamation laws, restrictions on media and censorship to safeguard pluralism and diversity of views.
Asylum Aid is an independent UK-based charity that works to secure protection for people seeking refuge in the United Kingdom from persecution and human rights abuses abroad. It provides legal services to asylum-seekers, it campaigns and lobbies for an asylum system based on inviolable human rights principles, working closely with refugees and other community-based organizations.
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD)
ACCORD (Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation) was established in March 1999 in a joint effort by UNHCR and the Austrian Foundation for Development Research. Since January 2002, ACCORD is part of the Headquarters of the Austrian Red Cross. It has answered more than 4800 research requests on over 120 different countries. Its staff of social scientists and lawyers ensures high quality source assessment and research. ACCORD cooperates with the Federal Austrian Asylum Agency and NGOs and is integrated in European networks. ACCORD is co-funded by the European Refugee Fund, UNHCR, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior, Austrian refugee organizations and the Austrian Red Cross. Together with other European Organizations ACCORD coordinates and provides maintenance for the online information-system ecoi.net - European Country of Origin Information Network
The CCPR Centre's activities aim at promoting the role and participation of NGOs in the Human Rights Committee's reporting procedure and at building capacity and support of NGOs in their activities related to the Human Rights Committee, including the follow-up to the concluding observations. The CCPR Centre is designed to be an informal and small-scale structure, with a small team based in Geneva (Switzerland) and focal points in different regions of the world, which include renowned Human Rights Defenders who are committed to linking the CCPR Centre with national civil society organisations.
The European Commission is the politically independent institution that represents and upholds the interests of the European Union as a whole. It proposes legislation, policies and programmes of action and it is responsible for implementing the decisions of Parliament and the Council.
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1981. The Committee promotes press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal.
