Research Guide to International Law on the Internet
Current Conflicts and Humanitarian Crisis
Foreword: If required, to get further information about the
current emergencies, consult also the following sections of this Guide:
Humanitarian Law of
Armed Conflicts, Peace
& Security, United
Nations, International
Criminal Law.
Comprehensive Sites
Acts
of Genocide (Martin Hogan) - This very good site provides information
(latest news and links) about East
Timor, Tibet,
Rwanda,
Kurd
Minorities, Assyria,
Bosnia,
Ethyopia.
It contains also a section on Historical Genocide, and provides more resources
again.
Aegean Dispute
(Mario Profaca) - Information and links about the Aegean Sea Dispute between
Greece and Turkey.
AEGEE Human Rights Working
Group - At present, major focus is on the situation in the former Yugoslavia.
Amnesty International
Country Reports
Amnesty International
U.K. Home Page
Amnesty International
Groups
Amnesty International
News Releases
Amnesty International Online
Amnesty
International Press Page
Amnesty International
Publications
Area and Regional
Studies (U. of Santa Barbara) - A very good starting point for any
research on conflicts and human rights crisis.
Area and
Country Studies (U. of Missouri at St. Louis) - Another very useful
reference point.
Area
Studies Resources (IANWeb) - Links to WWW sites.
Attorneys
without Borders - At present, this site contains some information on
goals and activities, as well as an open letter about the International
Tribunal for Rwanda.
Bibliography
for Reasearch in International Human Rights Law (U. of Minnesota)
Contemporary
conflicts (Canadian Forces College). At this excellent site you can
find a wide range of links on Haiti, Peru-Ecuador, Cyprus, Northern Ireland,
Bosnia, Chechnya, Middle East, Angola, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Eritrea-Yemen,
Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Liberia, Kurdistan, Kashmir, Burma, Sri Lanka,
China-Taiwan, East Timor.
Country
Information (Martin Hogan) - A mine of information. Highly recommended.
Democracy
and Human Rights (Martin Hogan) - News updates for 1996 and many links.
Derechos - This very good site
provides country-specific information on South Asia, Nigeria and Kenya,
and Latin American countries.
Diana - International Human
Rights Database (U. of Cincinnati) - An enormous database, well organized
and updated, to be consulted as a starting point of any H. R. research.
Disasters and
refugees (ELDIS) - This interesting site provides directory information,
full text sources, and a database hosting service.
Disaster Relief and Development - Includes
country reports.
Disaster
Response (InterAction) - An excellent site about current emergencies.
Here you will find reports, news updates, links and more. There is also
a section on the Crisis
in Zaire.
1995 Emergency
Country Profiles (UNICEF) - Background information and news.
Faces
of Conflict (CNN) - Chronologies and specialist interviews about almost
every past or current conflict.
Homelands - Information
and links about Secession & Independence Movements in the World.
Humanitarian Home Page
(B. M. Rahman) - This site contains the Aberystwyth forum on humanitarian
affairs homepage, links to relief organisations, disaster related sites,
humanitarian literature, and more.
Human
Rights and Humanitarian Aid (Canadian Forces College) - Here you can
find also a very good collection of links on "Human Rights by Country".
Highly recommended.
Human
Rights on the Web (Tanja M. Kisslinger)- 
This
extensive collection of links includes a section dedicated to Human Rights
Resources by Region/Country.
Human Rights, Human
Wrongs (BBC) - At the present moment, focus is on Disappearances, Torture
and Ethnic Cleansing.
Human Rights
Information (ISFIT) - An extensive collection of links.
Human
Rights Library (U. of Minnesota) - At this excellent site you can find
links, bibliographies, materials from U.N. commissions and tribunals. Highly
recommended.
Human Rights
Links (Goldman Law Library at Yale) - Bibliographies and a wide range
of links.
Human Rights
Page (Martin Hogan) - An excellent site containing a mine of links.
Human Rights
Watch - This gopher contains excerpts from, and summaries of, all Human
Rights Watch reports, sorted by region.
Human
Rights Watch News Releases and Reports - A very useful source of information.
Human Rights Web
(Catherine Hampton) - Many well selected links to HR Organizations and
Resources.
IFHV-
International Law Humanitarian Assistance (Ruhr University at Bochum)
- The interesting site
of the Institute for International Law of Peace and
Armed Conflict provides information on news, events, publications
and more. Full-text resources are generally in German.
Infomanage
International - At this site you can find a very good index of country
resources on the Internet sorted by area. It includes Africa,
Asia,
CIS,
Middle
East, Latin
America.
Information
Networks ( Bath University) - A wide collection of links to several
countries.
International
and area studies (Larry Schankman) - Another starting point for country
studies, includes a pletora of well selected and annotated links.
International
and Area Studies (U. of California at Berkeley) - Country reports.
International Boundaries Research
Unit (U. of Durham) - An excellent source of information on boundary
and territorial issues around the world. News, links, publications and
more. Searchable.
International Centre for Humanitarian
Reporting - Books review and information.
International
Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development - Country reports.
International Human
Rights and Humanitarian Assistance (Human Rights Interactive Network)
- At this site you can find, among various resources, the Flashpoint
Magazine (a monthly on HR issues), as well as On-Line
News Services (a collection of news related links).
International
Legislation, especially Refugee law (UNHCR)
International Rescue Committee
- Latest news on current crisis.
Karen
Parker Home Page - This archive of downloadable files includes Karen
Paker's 1996 Country reports (each report contains a brief overview of
the current status of the conflict, the historical context and complete
references to resolutions, reports and other official action taken by the
United Nations).
Kurt's Homepage
- Articles and an extensive bibliography on humanitarian access and intervention.
Lawyers Committee
for Human Rights - Country reports and information.
Lega Italiana per i Diritti
dei Popoli
OneWorld
Online - This site offers also a News Service (by country) on humanitarian
crisis.
OXFAM Homepage
- At this site you can find various useful resources on international affairs.
A special attention is to be paid to the
Emergencies Report. Normally updated every 6 weeks, it provides "a
brief summary of OXFAM's response to humanitarian emergencies around the
world".
Peace Brigades International
- Here you can find also special reports from Guatemala, Sri Lanka, North
America, Colombia, Haiti, Balkans.
Peacenet - It is
"a world-wide computer network dedicated to peace, social and economic
justice, human rights and the struggle against racism". Highly recommended.
Pacific
Talk Virtual Library - This searchable database "aims to cover
issues facing the countries of the Asia-Pacific region". The areas
of interest "include human rights, peace, labour, the environment
and sustainable development". For example, here you can find resources
on Cambodia.
REESWeb - Information
on the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucusus, Central Asia, Central
Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian Federation, and the
former Soviet Union.
Refugee
Bibliography (UNHCR)
Refugee
Case law (UNHCR)
Refugee
Studies and Updates (Martin Hogan)
Refugees
(InterAction) - The Committee on Migration and Refugee Affairs "focuses
on refugee admissions and resettlement, processing priorities, refugee
protection and assistance, appropriations, legislation and other related
issues through various subcommittees and task forces". At this site
you can get news, publications and links also on the refugee protection
crises worldwide.
Refugees
and Immigration - An annotated bibliography.
Refugees
& Migration (Peter Stalker) - A short but detailed report.
Refugees International -
A bibliography.
Refugees,
migration and ethnic relations (Canadian Forces College)
Refugee Review Tribunal
- This Australian body
reviews individual decisions about refugees.
Refugee Networking
Page - Information on electronic conferences about refugee issues.
ReliefNet -Here you
can find a list of NGOs and others involved in emergency relief and links
to their web sites.
Relief Web - A
very useful selection of sources from the UN Department of Humanitarian
Affairs. More precisely, here you can find a searchable database, including
latest news and reports, to be used as an important tool to get country
information about humanitarian emergencies.
States of Emergency Database
(Queen's University of Belfast) - This site contains legislative texts
and other relevant information on states of emergency in several countries.
Student
Human Rights Law Centre (U. of Nottingham) - A good site. Links, Articles
and News.
The Hunger Web
(Brown University)
The
International Crisis Group (ICG) - Updated
country reports.
The War-Torn Societies
Project (UNRISD/PSIS) - This site hosts the "Global Forum on Post-Conflict
Rebuilding". Provides information about recent activities, actors
involved in rebuilding, WSP Projects in Eritrea, Guatemala, Mozambique
and Somalia, newsletter, publications.
The Week in
Human Rights (Derechos) - Weekly summaries of "some of the most
important, and perhaps under-reported, human rights events that took place
all over the world". Searchable.
The
World Factbook 1995 - Country reports by CIA.
UN
Commission on Human Rights
UN
Commission on Human Rights Reports
UNDHA Department
of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDHA United Nations
Department of Humanitarian Affairs Gopher
UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights
U.N High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
UNHCR
Reports
UNV United Nations Volunteers
UNV United Nations Volunteers
Gopher
U.S.
Department of State - Human Rights Country Reports - An important source
of information.
Virtual
Library on International Development - This excellent contains a very
useful collections of tools
for finding specific country information, pointers to full text resources
in the sections Major
Reports and New
Ideas, enormous databases in the sections Regional Resources, Organizations
and Thematic Resources, as well as many more services. Highly recommended
for everyone who is interested in issues related to Africa, Middle East,
Russia and Eastern Europe, Asia, Americas.
WWW
Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue - At this page you will find a menu
where you can research for country information sorted by area.
Yahoo! Countries
Yahoo!
Human Rights
Yale
Law School Human Rights Page - Does not seem updated, but it is still
useful the section concerning News Groups and Discussion List.
Africa
Africa
Conflict Management Database (International Peace Academy) - This database
"provides a listing, sorted by country, of individuals and organizations
around the world who are interested in, involved with, or actually or potentially
associated with activities relating to the prevention, management, and
resolution of conflict in Africa".
Africa News Online
Africa Online
African
Studies Web Server (U. of Pennsylvania) - Includes regional and Country-Specific
pages, as well as links to other Black/African
resources.
Contemporary Conflicts
in Africa (Yves Contamine) - Another excellent reference site. All
its sections worth visiting, not only those with country information.
Greater Horn Information Exchange
- An useful site to get country information about the Greater Horn of Africa
(Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and other countries).
Angola
Angola Peace Monitor
- Documents and news.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia --
Human Rights (U. of Missouri) - A very wide collection of resources.
Liberia
Liberia
Fighting (OneWorld) - A collection of news.
Nigeria
Crisis
in Nigeria (EarthAction) - Background information and news.
Journal
of the Coalition Against Dictatorship in Nigeria
Nigeria on the Internet
Rwanda
Comprehensive Page on Rwanda
(Martin Hogan) - Updates, comments and links.
Lessons from
the Rwanda Experience
U.S.
Department of Defense in Rwanda
Crisis
in Rwanda
Crisis
in Rwanda (Martin Hogan)
News
on Rwanda (OneWorld)
Special Focus on the
Rwandan Refugee Crisis - A detailed report by John Sparrow.
Rwanda News
Rwanda :
Special Report (OneWorld) - A very good source of information.
South Africa
South Africa , Human
Rights
Somalia
Nomad Net
- Information on the situation in Somalia.
Western Sahara
Western Sahara Home
Page (Martinoli) - An useful reference point. Weekly News and much
more.
Western
Sahara Home Page (OneWorld) - A comprehensive collection of resources.
Middle East
Documents
related to the Peace Process Isreal/ Palestine (Isam G. Ishaq)
Israel-PLO
Peace Agreement (Wiretap)
Lebanon
and the Middle East (Al Mashriq ) - This
site contains also resources on the peace in the Middle East.
Middle
East(Francis Auburn) - A regularly updated and very complete collection
of links to relevant documents and Web sites.
Middle East (IGC)
- A very useful site.
Palestine National Authority
The Mideast Peace Process
- (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Updated guide to the Mideast
peaceprocess including full text resources.
The
Middle East Peace Process (U.S. Department of State) - Information
mainly on U.S. policy.
Islam
Human Rights
In Islam
Iran
Human Rights Violations
in Iran
Iranian
Human Rights Working Group
Kashmir Human Rights Foundation
Northern Irak
The Kurdish Information
Network
Asia
Asian Studies Network
Information Center - Country reports and links.
Assyria
Assyria On-Line! (U.
of Toronto) - Background, news and general information.
Burma
Burma:
Information from the Peace Project Home Page
Burma: Free Burma
Coalition
Burma Project
(Open Society Institute)
Free Burma Home
Page
China
Finding News About China
- This page provides links to sources about mainland China, Hong Kong,
Taiwan and Tibet.
Human Rights
in China - News and full text documents.
Silicon Valley
for Democracy in China
Support
Democracy in China
Taiwanese Protests against
Chinese Missile Tests - Information and links.
Tibet
Committee of
100 for Tibet - News, articles and an index of links to other Tibet
Web sites.
Dalai Lama Home Page
Tibet
Current Affairs
Tibetan
Human Rights Searchable Database
East Timor
East Timor
(State of Emergency)
East
Timor: Electronic Resources (ISFIT) - An extensive collection of links.
East Timor
International News - A weekly publication and much more.
East Timor Net (U.
of Coimbra) - An information service on East Timor.
East Timor WWW
Pages - Information and updates.
East Timor Centre for
Human Rights - Reports on human rights abuses in East Timor.
East
Timor Overview - (Peace Project) - A short report and an index of links.
East Timor:
International Court of Justice Case Concerning East Timor (Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) - Text
of Judgment, Separate and Dissenting Opinions.
Singapore
Human Rights Violation
in Singapore
Balkans
Balkans Controversy
Gopher - Much Relevant Information
Banja
Luka Home Page
Berserkistan -
Latest news on Bosnia.- An interesting interactive magazine.
Bosnia (NATO)
Bosnia
(Carter Center News)
Bosnia
and Herzegovina (U. of Texas)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Information Index (Tiggelaar)
Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to
Peace - A special report from the New York Times.
Bosnia HomePage
at Caltech
BosniaLink
- Information system about U.S. military activities in Operation Joint
Endeavor.
Bosnian
Human Rights Crisis (U. of Minnesota)
CNN Bosnia-Mission:
Peace
Croatia and Bosnia
Herzegovina Information Site - Index of resources on the Internet.
Dayton
Agreement
Links
related to conflict in the Balkans (US Institute of Peace) - Another
very extensive collection of links. Highly recommended.
Links
to Internet sites related to conflict in the Balkans (Jeannette
Rankin Library) - A very comprehensive collection of sources to be used
as a starting point for any research on this conflict.
Macedonia related information
on the Net.
NATO Implementation Force (IFOR)
Peace Watch
Yugoslavia
Resources on the Balkans
(Peacenet)
Sarajevo Online - Up-to-date
information via Bosnian Media.
The Former
Yugoslavia in Cyberspace - Information on Serbia/Montenegro, Bosnia,
Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Peacekeeping Forces, Dayton Agreement.
The Official OSCE Mission to Bosnia
and Herzegovina
The
War in Bosnia - The Electronic Archive (Martin Hogan)
U.S.
Force Deployment to the Former Yugoslavia - (Center for Defense Information)
U.S.
Dept. of State Bosnia Policy Page
Chechnya
Chechen Republic Home
Page
Chechnya - Official Page
Human Rights
and the Crisis in Chechnya (Icelandic Human Rights Center) - A 1995
report.
Georgia
Republic of Georgia Page
(Global Democracy Network)
The Republic of Georgia
- From the USIS in Tbilisi
Latvia
Human rights in Latvia
(LvNet-Teleport)
Cyprus
Cyprus Home Page
- Information, links and bibliographies.
Turkey
Human rights
in Turkey
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland wants Peace
(The Peace Web Site) - Includes also archives, news taken from various
sources since the end of the ceasefire.
CAIN: Conflict Archive
on the Internet (Electronic Libraries Programme) - CAIN is a two year
project which "aims to develop, using Northern Ireland as a case study,
a collaborative multi-media database of resources relevant to teaching
and research in conflict studies. The server will act as a gateway to network
resources on ethnic conflict on the Internet and provide a platform for
mounting resources specific to the Northern Ireland".
Latin America
Human Rights (Organization
of American States) - Legal information.
Human Rights
Actions Network - Focus is on the situation in Latin America.
Human Rights in Latin America
(Equipo Nizkor)
Latin American Studies
(U. of Texas) - Country reports.
Cuba
Cuban Committee
for Human Rights - Information and news.
Cuba
Solidarity: Background on the Blockade -
CubaWeb
Cuban Embargo
Site
Human Rights Violations
Inside of Cuba - Updates about the situation in Cuba.
Notes From the
Cuban Underground
El Salvador
El Salvador Watch
- A 1996 short report on the situation in El Salvador.
Haiti
Haiti:
Peacebuilding in Haiti (International Peace Academy) - An interesting
report.
Haiti Center (Good News Cafe)
- A wide collection of links.
Haiti Online - A
collection of links about Haiti.
Haiti Page (Global Democracy
Network) - Basic information about Haiti.
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