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European Community Humanitarian
Office (ECHO)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/echo/
(English, French)
The
mission serves to provide assistance and emergency aid to victims of
natural catastrophes and conflicts.
English
website is temporarily under construction. French website offers access to
information about ECHO mission and activities, as well as lists of
orderable ECHO publications and NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Assistance –
an advanced degree program) manuals. Several Journals are potentially
available – Ethics and Humanitarian Affairs, Humanitarian Action:
Perception and Security, and Humanitarian Affairs Review.
 http://www.cred.be/centre/publi/120qe/begin.htm
Workshop on Efficiency, Effectiveness and International Collaboration in
Emergency Relief: Final Report.
Global Internally Displaced Persons
Project
http://www.idpproject.org/
The Global IDP
Project brings facts, figures and analysis on IDPs worldwide into one
integrated information system.
Website
provides access to Global IDP Database, which can be searched by
country or keyword. Wide range of information including:
population profiles, causes and protection concerns, humanitarian access,
subsistence concerns (health, nutrition, water, sanitation, and shelter),
and access to education. Downloadable Training modules that are based on the UN OCHA
document. Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and include
themes such as protection, ethics, coordination, and community services. Publications,
weekly news, and a IDP links
page are also on the site.
Guide to International Refugee Law
Resources on the Web
http://www.llrx.com/features/refugee.htm
The
purpose of this guide is to direct readers to some of the key texts and
resources available on the web that can help shed light on, and provide a
context for, the refugee issues.
Provides
links to international treaties and organizations, national legislation,
case laws, refugee law journals, databases, and NGOs.
Human Rights Library (The University of
Minnesota Human Rights Center)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/index.htm
(English, French, Russian, Spanish)
The
principal focus of the Human Rights Center is to help train effective human
rights professionals and volunteers.
Library
website contains documents including treaties, bibliographies, links to
over 1,200 human rights organizations and human rights search engines, and
human rights case details.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/asylum/refugee_index.html
Asylum and Refugee Resources provides links to treaties, country
conditions, journals and other publications, and various organizations.
The Humanitarianism and War Project
http://hwproject.tufts.edu
The
Humanitarianism and War Project reviews the experience of the international
community in responding to complex emergencies around the world during the
post-Cold War period. It examines the interplay between humanitarian action
and political-military forces. Relying primarily on the data gathered from
interviews with those involved in crises, it frames recommendations to
improve the functioning of the world's humanitarian system.
This new
website is still in development but provides a link to the old website.
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Watson_Institute/H_W/.
The Brown University site provides an array of case studies,
training materials, books, articles, and opinions that are either directly
available or orderable. Publications
provides access to lists of books, papers, and articles (orderable, some
online) with subjects relating to humanitarian action, including: military,
media, human rights, and protection. Search documents by category, country,
or author. Status
Reports offer information on the activities of the Humanitarianism and
War Project.
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