links

The following is a list of useful websites.

Amnesty International Netherlands:
www.amnesty.nl

Amnesty International London:
www.amnesty.org

Amsterdam International Law Clinic
www.jur.uva.nl/ailc

ASKV / Refugee Support
www.askv.nl

Council of Europe
www.coe.int

Derechos. South American human rights organization with excellent websites about human rights and political freedoms in many countries
www.derechos.org

Dutch Refugee Council
www.vluchtelingenwerk.nl

ECRE, European Council on Refugees and Exiles
www.ecre.org/

European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg)
www.echr.coe.int

European legislation
www.europa.eu.int/Eur-lex/nl

European Union (EU; including treaty texts)
www.db.consilium.eu.int/accords

Government (official publications, including Explanatory Memorandums, parliamentary questions, government gazette, treaty series)
www.overheid.nl

Human Rights Watch, similar to the website of Amnesty International, but with its own sources regarding the human rights situation in certain countries
www.HRW.org

International Criminal Court (ICC)
www.icc-cpi.int

International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association (ICDAA)
www.hri.ca/partners/aiad-icdaa

International Criminal Law Association (ICLA)
www.theicla.org

International Criminal Law: a Selective Resource Guide
www.llrx.com/features/int_crim.htm

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
www.un.org/icty

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
www.ictr.org

Legal Aid
www.rvr.org

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)
www.minbuza.nl

Ministry of Justice
www.justitie.nl

National Ombudsman
www.ombudsman.nl

Netherlands Association for Criminal Law Attorneys (NVSA)
www.nvsa.nl

Netherlands Association for the Judiciary (NVVR) 
www.verenigingvoorrechtspraak.nl

Netherlands Bar Association (NOvA)
www.advocatenorde.nl

Parliamentary Documents (Parlando)
www.tweede-kamer.nl/documentatie/parlando/index.jsp

Police
www.politie.nl

Public Prosecution Service (national website, includes policy rules)
www.openbaarministerie.nl

“Recht.nl "The legal portal on he Internet"
www.recht.nl

Rechtspraak/case law (website containing recent case law of the Supreme Court, Appeal Courts, District Courts and others)
www.rechtspraak.nl

Special Court for Sierra Leone
www.sc-sl.org/

The US government (State Department) website on human rights violations and political freedoms throughout the world
www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/

United Kingdom Immigration & Nationality Directorate
www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/

United Nations (UN)
www.un.org

UN Human Rights Committee, for complaints by individuals
www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR
http://www.ohchr.org

UN Committee for the Prevention of Torture, website with judgements, reports of visits to countries, and information about the organization
www.cpt.coe.int

UNHCR
www.unhcr.ch

Wettenbank (all statutory texts)
www.wettenbank.sdu.nl

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