INCORE: Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/home/

INCORE aims to address the management and resolution of conflict via a combination of research, training and other activities that inform and influence national and international organizations working in the field of conflict.

Website offers information about INCORE, research activities, and the following.

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/ Conflict data service contains peace agreements, a researcher database and information bank. The information bank contains links to papers, journals, reports, academic programs, trainings, organizations, and institutes that work with issues dealing with conflict and ethnicity. To access the databases, use the country guides or thematicguides. The thematic guide, for example, can get Internet resources for refugees (among other themes).

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/ecrd/ Ethnic Conflict Research Digest is a collection of peer reviews of recently published books, articles and papers which can be searched by subject, date or terms.

http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/home/publication/ Publications lists annual reports, occasional papers, conference reports, and research reports based on INCORE activities.

InterAction (American Council for Voluntary International Action)

http://www.interaction.org/

InterAction, a coalition of 160 U.S. private and voluntary organizations is engaged in international humanitarian efforts including emergency relief, refugee protection, assistance, and resettlement, development, public policy and federal relations, and development education.

Website offers information on agreed standards of member organizations, current activities of all member organizations, advocacy campaigns, and the following:

http://www.multidb.com/interactiontraining/ Programs and courses for disaster response professionals.

http://www.interaction.org/pub/index.html Publications available on line or for purchase.

http://www.interaction.pair.com/disaster/director.html Links page to Disaster response news and resources.

http://www.ourdays.com/security/ NGO security training document

International Committee of the Red Cross

http://www.icrc.org/ (English, French, Spanish)

The mission of The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.

Website contains information about the organization, activities (by subject or country), issues and topics, news (press releases and weekly news articles), documents relating to humanitarian law issues, and a well developed links page.

http://www.icrc.org/eng/publications Publications from Home page. Information about and how to order ICRC publications. Off Press, Coming soon display recent and coming publications from ICRC. Other publications provide online access to Annual Reports, online access to all articles of Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, and ordering information for publications: Forum and Panorama. List of video resources and CD Rom gInternational Human Rights Lawh also orderable from this section.

Catalogue of ICRC publications (for purchase, some available on web). Subject material includes: Protection and Assistance, War and Health, International Humanitarian Law, Internal Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Tracing and Family Ties, and others

http://www.icrc.org/eng/review International Review of the Red Cross. Its aim is to promote reflection on humanitarian policy and action and on international humanitarian law, while at the same time strengthening the dialogue between the ICRC and other organizations and individuals concerned with humanitarian issues. Information about magazine, contents, some articles, and subscription information is available on-line.

International Crisis Group (ICG)

http://ww.crisisweb.org (English, French)

The International Crisis Group is committed to strengthening the capacity of the international community to anticipate, understand and act to prevent and contain conflict. ICG's approach is grounded in field research. Teams of political analysts based on the ground in countries at risk of crisis, gather information from a wide range of sources, assess local conditions and produce regular analytical reports containing practical recommendations targeted at key international decision-takers.

Within this website you will be able to find information about the International Crisis Group, its methods and its work to date, in the form of reports (as described above) and other texts which may be downloaded freely.

International Journal of Refugee Law

http://www3.oup.co.uk/reflaw/

This journal regularly provides information and commentary on the following issues: the causes of refugee and related movements, internal displacement, the particular situation of women and refugee children, the human rights dimension, restrictive policies, asylum and determination procedures, populations at risk and the conditions in different countries. In addition to publishing original articles, the journal also features regular sections containing selected documents, case abstracts and comments, book reviews and annotated bibliographies of reports and other publications.

Subscription needed to access articles on the web (abstract and contents available).

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