Research Guide to International Law on the Internet

Peace & Security

Conflict Resolution

British American Security Information Council - A site providing many resources, where major focus is on European security issues.

Building a Cooperative Security System in and for Europe (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) - Information about this project.

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".

Canadian Institute of International Affairs - News, Publications, Links and more.

Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies - News, Publications, Links.

Carter Center (Emory University) - This site contains also News, Reports & Speeches.

Center for International Trade and Security - This site hosts many sources and The Monitor, a quarterly publication on Nonproliferation, Demilitarization and Arms Control.

Center for Defense Information - A very interesting site (even if some parts are still under construction) including the Arms Trade Data Base, the section Issue Areas.(covering a wide range of global security issues) and much more. Highly recommended.

Center for Security Studies and Conflict Research - At this you can find a comprehensive collection of links in a searchable database organized by topic and by country.

Center for Science and International Affairs, International Security Program (Harvard)

Centre for Peace and Security Studies (U. of Brussels) - Information, papers and links.

Colorado Conflict Resolution Consortium - This site contains a wide bibliographic database on conflict resolution searchable by topic.Furthermore, the CRC publishes papers and books.

Commission on Global Governance - Full text documents, articles, speeches and much more.

Committee on International Security Studies - Here you can find many of full text documents on important global security issues.

Conflict and conflict resolution (Canadian Forces College) - Another very useful section of this excellent site.

ConflictNet (IGC) - This excellent site "offers current information on conflict resolution, including facilitated topical discussions on critical issues in the field, current legislation, and conference and training activity". Highly recommended.

Conflict Resolution (Martin Hogan) - News and links.

Conflict Resolution (OneWorld) - How many things you can find at this extremely interesting site! For example, information on Arms Trade, Teaching about Conflict, Children and War, Women and War, Nuclear Warfare, Special features on conflict ( Rwanda, Liberia and more), Books on Conflict and Emergencies, as well as the Western Sahara Home Page. Very useful about global security issues is also the OneWorld News Service. Don't miss to browse these pages with care.

Conflict Resolution and International Security (Larry Schankman) -

An updated index of links.

Department of Peace Studies (U. of Bradford) - News and links.

European Institute for Research and Information on Peace and Security - Information (also in French) on Studies Programmes and Projects on global security issues. You can ask to receive papers via e-mail or fax.

George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies - Information on the Center and links.

Global Security Programme at Cambridge University - General information and publications.

Harvard Program on Nonviolent Sanctions - Mainly information about the Program.

Home Pages for Peace (Never War Again) - Some papers and links.

Humanitarianism and War Project (Brown University) - An useful site to get documents and reports on various emergencies around the world.

INCORE Homepage - It is the WWW server on Conflict Resolution and Ethniticy. At this site you can find a very complete archive of various resources (news, papers and much more). A must for everyone who is interested in ethnic conflict.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting - The Institute monitors the latest developments involving security issues. At this site are included many useful services. Highly recommended.

International Institute for Strategic Studies - Information and many interesting publications.

International Peace Academy - This site provides many very useful services: an extensive collection of related links, information on activities and publications, the Africa Conflict Management Database, a section on Conflict Management in Africa, a Research on Peacebuilding (including a report on the Haiti case) and more again.

International Peace Bureau - A very wide range of resources. Highly recommended.

International relations in general (Canadian Forces College). A collection of well selected links.

International Relations and Security Network - Information on various projects.

International Security (IAN Web) - An extensive collection of selected and annotated links

International Security Abstracts (MIT press) - Abstracts of articles on security topics.

Mennonite Central Committee - A good peace issues page (News, reports and other services)

NATO Strategic Forum - Proceedings of seminars and lectures on global security matters.

Pacifism - The Alternative to War (Martin Hogan) - Updates for 1996 and links.

Patterns of Global Terrorism 1995 (U.S. Department of State) - A report released on April 1996 containing basic information sorted by country/continent.

Partnership for Peace Members - Information and some reports.

Peace and Conflict Resolution (IANWeb) - An useful collection of selected and annotated links.

Peace and Security (Canadian Forces College). In this excellent site there is also an Integrated Internet Resource Guide containing extremely useful searchable databases on Armed Military Forces, Contemporary Conflicts, International Organizations, International Relations, Military Art and Science, Military History, Peace and Disarmament, Peacekeeping. Highly recommended.

Peace in general (Canadian Forces College) - An excellent collection of links.

Peace List and Peace Studies Archive (U. of Colorado) - Discussion Groups, Organisations, Institutions, Programs and some more information.

Peace Project Home Page (Northwestern University) - A very good site where you can find news and information on Burma, East Timor, nuclear issues and much more.

Peacewire - General information and an extensive links collection.

Physicians for Global Survival, Canada - This page provides an index to printed and on-line sources about War and Peace.

Saferworld - This is the site of an independent research group "committed to alerting governments and educating the public about the need for more effective approaches to tackling and preventing armed conflicts around the globe".At present, it is working on an Arms Trade Programme, as well as on a Conflict Management Programme..Here you could find many interesting full text reports and documents.

Security and strategy (Canadian Forces College) - An excellent links collection.

Stanford Center for International Security - Publications, links and more.

STRATNET (U. of Calgary) -

STRATNET is a project designed to provide academics, students, researchers, government officials and the general public with a research tool in the areas of Strategic Studies, Security, International Relations and Politics. At this site you can find news, publications, links and more.

The Council on Foreign Relations - An interesting site including news, papers, links and more.

The Henry L. Stimson Center - At this excellent site you can find news, reports, publications and many other resources also on conflict rsolution in general. For example, at present large information is provided about these two projects: Confidence Building Measures in Regions of Tension (a study wich "explores how CBMs are being adapted for use in South Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America") and The Foreign Policy Project (wich "is attempting to generate ideas and analyses that will contribute to and re-energize an informed national debate on US foreign policy and America's role in the post-Cold War era").

The strategist and the Web: a guide to Internet resources (J. Kievit, S. Metz) - No link, but an useful electronic publication wich can lead the Internet navigation.

The World Government WWW Site - Information on WG and some papers and links.

U.S. and Russian Policymaking with Respect to the Use of Force (RAND) -

A very interesting comparative analysis by Azrael and Payin.

U.S. Combined Arms Command Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) - An useful site to get information on transnational security issues affecting the U.S. military.

U.S. Dept. of State Foreign Affairs Network (DOSFAN) - At this site you can find information on the U.S. foreign policy in respect of security issues.

War and Peace Resources (Martin Hogan) - A wide collection of links.

Disarmament & Arms Control

Argonne-DIS Arms Control & Non-proliferation Web - Many selected links and much more.

Armament, Disarmament and Security (SIPRI) - An extensive collection of links.

Arms (Physicians for Global Survival, Canada) - An index of links.

Arms Control Association - Information on the activities as well as Fact Sheets on arms control.

Arms Control Multilateral Treaties - Fletcher Law School (Tufts University)

Arms Control Today - An interesting magazine.

Arms Sales Monitor - Newsletter from the Federation of American Scientists.

Arms Sales Monitoring Project (Federation of American Scientists)

Arms Transfer WorkingGroup - ATWG's central goals this year are passage of the Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers Act and enactment of a global ban on landmines.. In addition, the alliance works to oppose various U.S. government subsidies for arms exporting.

Arms Trade (OneWorld) - News and reports.

Arms Trade Data Base (Center for Defense Information) - Information on conventional arms trade.

Arms Trade News (Council for a Livable World) - An useful monthly publication.

Arms Trade Web Links (Center for Defense Information) - An extremely wide collection of links

sorted by topic. A well recommended starting point.

Arms Trade Programme (Saferworld) - Reports focused on the U.S. and EU role.

Bonn International Center for Conversion - Documents and wide information on this topic.

Canadian Disarmament Digest (DFAIT) -

This site provides a wide range of news and articles on the developments concerning non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament issues. Well recommended.

Center for Nonproliferation Studies - (Monterey Institute for International Studies)

Conventional Arms Transfer Project (Council for a Livable World)

Council for a Livable World - An excellent souce of information. For example, look at Issues Information and Reports, as well as at Arms control treaties (where you can get background information and news about the status of these treaties). Highly recommended.

Defense Conversion Sources on the Internet (DTIW) - A little index of links.

Defense Trade News - A quarterly publication by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs.

DFAX - DFax supports several projects applying information technology to military and arms control issues. This site hosts Disarmament Diplomacy, International Peacekeeping News, as well as the on-line versions of these publications: Military and Arms Transfer News, Arms Transfer News, Nuclear Proliferation News, Military News, ACRONYM Consortium Reports (reports from the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva).

Disarmament (Pacific Talk Virtual Library) - An index of links.

Disarmament and Arms Control in general (Canadian Forces College) - A very comprehensive collection of well selected links.

Eliminating Weapons of Mass Destruction (The Henry L. Stimson Center) - Information about this project.

Inhumane Weapons (Martin Hogan) - News and links.

Lawyers Alliance for World Security - Information about various projects on disarmament.

Major International Instruments on Disarmament and Related Issues (U.N.Office, Geneva) - A very complete collection of treaties including full texts, treaty status information and comments.

Military Industrial Complex Conversion ( Infomanage) -

An extensive index of links.

National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament

NGO Committee on Disarmament - An extremely useful site wich regularly provides documents and information on the latest developments about all the disarmament issues.

Nonproliferation (Infomanage) - This is the starting point for any research on Non proliferation issues. Indeed, here you can find an enormous and well kept archive including news, reports and links on all these issues.

Nonproliferation Analysis - An electronic magazine.

Nonproliferation Review - Another journal on Nonproliferation.

Peace Action Education Fund's Weapons Trafficking Campaign

Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (U. of Illinois)

Stanford -Center for International Security and Arms Control

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Information about many issues. For example, documents on arms transfers, arms production, military expenditure and military technology. Have a look also at the section devoted to SIPRI publications.

The Monitor - A quarterly publication on Nonproliferation, Demilitarization and Arms Control.

Treaties and Agreements - (ACDA) - A comprehensive collection of disarmament treaties

UN Department for Disarmament Affairs Geneva Branch.

UN Disarmament Commission Press Releases

UN Conference on Disarmament - An activity summary only.

UN Conference on Disarmament Press Releases

UN Institute for Disarmament Research- An activity summary only.

U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency - An extremely useful site where you can find Fact Sheets (about Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons Free Zones, Conventional Weapons, Export Controls, Security Building, Missile Defense), Speeches, Treaties, Reports, Historical Documents. Highly recommended.

US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute - Programs and electronic publications.

War and Peace (Francis Fauburn) - A very well organized and regularly updated index of links.

Landmines

Angola and the Global Landmine Crisis

Angola Relief Effort: Demining

Anti-personnel mines : An overview 1996 ( ICRC)

Antipersonnel Weapons (ICRC)

Ban Land Mines Project (Physicians for Global Survival, Canada) - An extremely interesing page also (but not only) because provides a very complete information about the Ottawa International Land Mine Conference (1996). A starting point for any research on land mine issues.

CAFOD Report on Landmines (Martin Hogan)

Camber Corporation: Washington Technology Center

Canada and the Global Landmine Crisis (Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade) - A short paper (1996) on the Canada's approach to the crisis.

Canadian International Demining Centre - CIDC

Common anti-personnel mines (ICRC) - Pictures and descriptions of anti-personnel mines.

DeTeC - Demining Technology Center

Detecting Land Mines (New Mexico Tech) - Mainly information on the newer methods.

Dumb and Dumber

Engineer handbook on Landmines in the former Yugoslavia.

Eurel International Conference on the detection of abandoned land mines, Edinburgh 7-9 October 1966 (Institution of Electrical Engineers) - At present, only preliminary practical information.

GDE Systems: Integrated Mine Detection

Humanitarian Demining - Information about technologies for the detection and clearance of land mines from U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Countermine Division

Jaycor: Standoff Mine Detection System

Landmine Awareness and Survival Techniques (Berserkistan)

Land Mine Awareness Education (GINIE/EHA) - In addition to various details about the land mine campaign, this site contains one of the best index of related links we have seen, including very useful sections on articles from newspapers (with full text documents) and periodicals.

Landmine detection project (U. of Florida)

Land mines pose hazards worldwide (VEXCEL)

Landmine Related Web Sites (U. of Texas) - An index of links from the U.S.A. and the world.

Land Mines (Canadian Forces College) - An extensive collection of links.

Land Mines (Mennonite Central Committee) - Information about the latest news.

Land Mines: A Red Cross Gopher site - A very useful source of information.

Landmines (Infomanage) - A U.S. Senator Leahy's document.

Landmines (FCO Brief) - A short paper on the U.K. efforts in this field.

Landmines (Pacific Talk Virtual Library) - Information, newsletter, press releases.

Landmines (Center for Defense Information) - A wide collection of links and a bibliography.

Landmines (Slow) - A comprehensive bibliography, a good index of links and much more.

Landmines Home Page (ICRC) - A reference point to get information.

Landmines (NGO Commitee on Disarmament) - An index of links, mainly to NGO's activities.

Landmines: A ICRC Document (Martin Hogan) - An interesting document (whose title is "Landmines: Time for Action") on many landmines issues.

Landmines and Lasers (International Peace Bureau) - A short paper.

Landmines Bibliography (American Society of International Law Library)

Landmines Campaign (Oxfam) - Articles and press releases.

Landmine injuries in Eritrea

Land Mines Into PeaceTrees: An Earthstewards Project In Quang Tri, Viet Nam

Land Mines in Cambodia (Soundprint)

Landmines Special Report (OneWorld) - A must for everyone who is researching for information and materials about land mines. At this very good page where you can find all these sections: Latest News, Background, Children and landmines, Features, UN review conferences, Action, Interviews, Links and much more again.

Landmine Use Moratorium Act of 1995

Land Mine Warfare: Detection and Clearance

Lethal Weapons: Land-Mines, Lives and Livelihoods (Save the Children) - A short paper.

Mine Awareness Training Course

Mine Facts (U.S. Department of Defence)

Minerats: Anti-personnel Mine Clearance Robots (John Walker) - This site "contains documents describing the Minerats project, an attempt to deploy advanced sensor and robotics technology for the detection and removal of anti-personnel mines".

Mines Advisory Group (Yearling UK TV Listings Guide) - Information on the Cambodian situation.

Mine Warfare Association - Newsletter, events, links.

Norwegian People's Aid - International demining Activities

One Deadly Step: Land Mines (World Vision International)

Report on the United Nations International Meeting on Mine Clearance(Geneva, July 5-7, 1995)

Seven-Point Action Programme on anti-personnel mines (German Foreign Office)

Support of the international Campaign to Ban Landmines (AUSCARE)

Tactics for Mine Clearance

Terrestrial Remote Sensing Projects

The Humanitarian Foundation of People Against Landmines - A very interesting and regularly updated page (in English and German) containing an extremely wide range of information sources as well as an exaustive listing of links to other sites (with a special attention paid to the more technical issues). Highly recommended.

The Landmine Control Programme: A Humanitarian Initiative

U.N. Demining Database - Information about the Demining Programme, reports on various countries and areas, as well as and index of links.

U.N. Moratorium on the export of land mines

UNICEF calls for an international law banning land-mines

UNICEF: Land mines: Hidden killers

UNICEF: A catastrophe for children

UNICEF UK: Children First-Landmines

Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation - Information on national and international campaigns and reports on demining programs in various countries.

What Needs To Be Done? Nov. 10, '95 UN Panel Discussion

WHO Land Mine Report

Nuclear Weapons

Ban! Bulletin for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

Brussels Conference on Nuclear Abolition

Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 1996 (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) -

Statement, Executive Summary, Report, Annexes, Archive.

Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban (Malten) -

Text of Treaty and Link to Text of Protocol.

Nuclear Disarmament (International Peace Bureau) - A very good page, provides also information on the World Court decision on Nuclear Weapons.

International Atomic Energy Agency - Documents and information on non-proliferation issues.

Nuclear (Francis Fauburn) - A well organized and regularly updated index of selected links.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Nuclear Issues (Center for Defense Information) - A very good collection of resources.

Nuclear Proliferation (Martin Hogan) - News and links.

Nuclear Proliferation News - A periodical available on-line.

Nuclear Weapons (ACDA) - Links to documents.

Nuclear Weapons: Frequently Asked Questions (Sublette) - General information.

NGO Committee on Disarmament - Here you can find also a comment on the adoption at the UN of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty accompanied by many links to relevant materials, the full text of this Treaty, as well as information on the World Court Project, including several resources about the ICJ's advisory opinion on the legality of nuclear weapons and the full text of the opinion.

Physicians for Global Survival, Canada - Information about the campaign Abolition 2000, accompanied by an extensive index of related links, as well as about the World Court Project, with many full text documents and other material on the ICJ's opinion.

Fr ench Nuclear Tests

Hawai opposes French nuclear testing.

Stop Nuclear Tests! Home Page (Harada) - A Japanese anti-nuclear testing campaign site where you can find.Links to other related sites.

Stop the French Nuclear tests - An Australian anti-nuclear testing campaign site.

Greenpeace on French nuclear tests

Nuclear Related Sites (Stimson Center) - An index of links.

Nuclear Treaties (Oklahoma Geological Survey)

Nuclear Warfare (OneWorld) - One of the best sources to get the latest news.

Nuclear Weapons (Canadian Forces College)

Nuclear Weapons and Energy Treaties

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Materials (Infomanage) - A very good archive.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (Greenpeace) -

Biological and Chemical Weapons

Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention

Biological Weapons (ACDA) - Links to various documents.

CBIAC -- The Chemical Warfare/Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center

CBIAC Newsletter

Chemical and Biological Database

Chemical and Biological Weapons (Canadian Forces College) - An index of links.

Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project (The Henry L.Stimson Center)

Chemical Weapons - (ACDA) - Links to documents.

Chemical Weapons (Martin Hogan)

Chemical Weapons (Lake Washington High School) - An index of links.

Gopher on CW ( Physicians for Human Rights)

Chemical Weapons Convention - The CWC

Chemical Weapons Convention

Chemical Weapons Convention Bulletin

Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Project (The Henry L. Stimson Center)

CWC Manual

Demilitarization of Chemical Weapons

Harvard Sussex Program on CWC Armament and Arms Limitation - An important reference point.

Preparatory Commission for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons - It will be enough to say that this is the starting point for any research related to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, US Army

Pugwash Study Group on the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions - Full text reports of the 1993, 1994 and 1995 Workshops.

Regional Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention (Mediterranean Academy of Diplomacy- Malta) - Full text of the seminar papers (July 1996).

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - Another excellent site. Here you can find many full text document about chemical and biological weapons.

Terrorist Use of Chemical Weapons - An interesting report.

U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command

U.S. Chemical and Biological Warfare Links Page

U.S. Legislation on Non-Proliferation of Chemical and Biological Weapons

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