"The mission of the Terre des Hommes organisations is to provide active support to children, without racial, religious, political, cultural or gender-based discrimination. To this end the organisations develop and implement projects designed to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged children in their own environment (including families and communities). The Convention on the Rights of the Child constitutes the conceptual framework guiding the activities of the Terre des Hommes organisations."

"Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) is an international, independent medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, exclusion from health care and natural or man-made disasters."

"Human Rights Watch is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization made up of more than 280 staff members around the globe. Established in 1978, Human Rights Watch is known for its accurate fact-finding, impartial reporting, effective use of media, and targeted advocacy, often in partnership with local human rights groups. Each year, Human Rights Watch publishes more than 100 reports and briefings on human rights conditions in some 90 countries, generating extensive coverage in local and international media."

"UN Watch is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva whose mandate is to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter."

"The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD Centre) began operations in August 1999 and is today one of the world's most influential conflict mediation organisations. Its aim is to help alleviate the suffering of individuals and populations caught up in both high-profile and forgotten conflicts, by acting as mediators and by providing other mediators with the support they need to work effectively."

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"The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) office in Geneva is part of the overall program “Dialogue on Globalization” since 2002. It observes and assists the work of the World Trade Organization (WTO), different UN-Organizations (International Labour Organization ILO, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights OHCHR, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD) and the work of the United Nations Human Rights Council UNHRC."

"Caritas Internationalis (CI) is an international confederation of 163 national member organizations engaged in humanitarian assistance, integral human development, social services, and advocacy in 200 countries and territories. The General Secretariat of the Confederation is located in Vatican City. The Confederation also includes 7 regional secretariats for: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, Middle East/North Africa, North America, and Oceania."

"CARE is a leading relief and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty. Non-political and non-sectarian, CARE operates each year in more than 70 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe, reaching almost 60 million people in poor communities. CARE helps tackle underlying causes of poverty so that people can become self-sufficient. CARE is often one of the first to deliver emergency aid to survivors of natural disasters and war and, once the immediate crisis is over, it helps people rebuild their lives."

"The Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies (ex-CERAH) is a unique teaching, research and policy platform for humanitarian action.

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is an institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, with a particular emphasis on the cross-cutting fields of international relations and development issues.