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.

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.

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