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Yezidi Kurds in Armenia
http://www.freespeech.org/oneworld/yezidi
Balkan Academic News
This newslist is a listserver
encompassing approx. 150 scholars, activists, government officials,
students and others dealing with or interested in the Balkans. Balkan
Academic News is intended to serve as a network for the exchange of
academic information on the Balkans. The Balkans in the definition used
in this forum include the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania,
Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. How to Subscribe: Send a blank email to balkans-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
and send a brief introduction of yourself for the other members of the
list to the moderator balkans-owner@yahoogroups.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/balkans
Partners
for Democratic Change.
"Partners is a non-profit organization committed to promoting the
democratic management of conflict and the building of civil society in
emerging democracies and market economies. Partners currently has
National Centers in Argentina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Republic of Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
Partners works internationally and provides trainings and services to
government, non-government and business sectors of sixteen countries
worldwide. Who are Partners' clients? Non-Governmental Organizations:
Partners provides essential skills to voluntary civil organizations in
the environmental, civic education, human rights and social service
fields. Ethnic and Minority Groups: Partners trains leaders and
representatives of ethnic minorities in the leadership and communication
skills. Governments: Partners work in municipal, district and national
governments to assist in cooperating with citizens, non-government
organizations and businesses. Academia: Partners has developed conflict
resolution curricula and courses in collaboration with several major
universities in Central and Eastern Europe." [description from the
site] This site contains the description of the organization’s
activity. It has a Newsletter available online, has developed an
Academic Directory of courses being taught in conflict resolution at
Central and Eastern European Universities (list of courses and sylabus
are available online).
http://www.partners-intl.org/
IOM
International Organization for Migration
"As an intergovernmental body, IOM
acts with its partners in the international community to: assist in
meeting the operational challenges of migration; advance understanding
of migration issues; encourage social and economic development through
migration; uphold the human dignity and well-being of migrants."
This site contains several reports, articles, documents on-line, a
database of migration legislation on-line, information on the IOM, links
to its field missions, several of them in East and Central Europe and
the FSU states.
http://www.iom.int/
United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UNHCHR
The site has link to HCHR web page on
racism and racial discrimination and other links relevant concerning the
problem of racism and racial discrimination worldwide containing
documents, reports, recommendations, studies. Major links are: to the
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (this site
contains reports of individual complaints, state party reports, press
releases among other important materials), to the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ,
the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, the Trust Fund for
the Program of Action for the Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial
Discrimination, a Model National Legislation for the Guidance of
Governments in the Enactment of Further Legislation against Racial
Discrimination, to the Seminar on the role of Internet with regard to
the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Racial Discrimination (Geneva, 10-14 November 1997), to
Sessional Open-ended Working Group to review and formulate proposals for
the World Conference against Racism. Languages of the site are: English,
French, Spanish.
http://www.unhchr.ch
United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Committee on the
Elimination of Racial Discrimination
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/cerd.htm
UNESCO
/ MOST program
highlights the management of ethnic conflict. One focus of research
under MOST is on the nature of change in multi-cultural and multi-ethnic
societies in which issues of education, culture and religion, identity
and human needs, democratic governance, conflict and cohesion interact
in complex patterns. Contains relevant papers on-line, the MOST Journal
on Cultural Pluralism on-line and operates the MOST-LIST which is open
to anyone interest in exchanging information on the management of social
transformations.
http://www.unesco.org/most/most1.htm
UNESCO
- Unit for Tolerance
The site contains the following
information: the UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance, a
Follow-up Plan of Action to the 1995 United Nations Year for Tolerance,
the Final Report on the United Nations Year for Tolerance (A/51/201),
the UN General Assembly Resolutions:
United Nations Year for Tolerance (48/126), United Nations Year for
Tolerance (49/213), United Nations Year for Tolerance (51/95),
Information concerning UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of
Tolerance and Nonviolence 1996 (rules, press releases), information
concerning UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in
the Service of Tolerance, Children's Posters on Tolerance, final
statements of the 1995 Regional Conferences on Tolerance. Language of
the site is English, French and Spanish.
http://www.unesco.org/tolerance/index.htm
UNHCR
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The site contains: press releases and other timely information about
refugee situations worldwide (situation in Kosovo central now), basic
information about UNHCR and refugees, details on UNHCR operations
throughout the world, an overview of UNHCR the organization, plus
special chapters on issues such as protection, women, children and
adolescents, the environment, procurement and headquarters operations,
map- and text-based access to country-specific information about
refugees, a topic-specific route to articles about refugee children, the
environment, women's issues and many other subjects, information for
teachers on how to use the information on this site in secondary-school
courses ( Modules on language and literature, art, history, geography
and civic education, a human rights module), publications of UNHCR, from
UNHCR's Center for Documentation and Research (CDR): official documents
of UNHCR – including Speeches of the High Commissioner – and other
UN agencies, country and legal information, plus a wealth of reference
materials, also a legal databases, including international instruments.
[description from the site]
http://www.unhcr.ch/
REFWORLD
on Internet. UNHCR's Center for Documentation and Research
"The new REFWORLD site continues
HCR's policy of providing authoritative information on refugees
worldwide, and includes country reports, legal and policy-related
documents, literature references, statistics and publications. Of
particular interest are the Repatriation Information Reports prepared by
UNHCR's Special Operation in former Yugoslavia (SOFY). These reports,
created and updated by UNHCR field staff, provide detailed information
about specific municipalities within Bosnia & Herzegovina, in order
to inform those contemplating return. Among the subjects covered are
political background, demographic characteristics, security situation,
registration procedures for returnees, infrastructure conditions and
existing assistance programmes. CDR is an information, research and
training center for UNHCR. It is dedicated to providing reliable and
current information and analysis on all aspects relating to refugees and
displaced persons, including their countries of origin, legal
instruments, human rights, minorities, conflict situations and
resolution of conflicts." [Description from: ERCOMER Virtual
Library]
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/welcome.htm
OSCE
- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
(OSCE) is a security organization whose 55 participating States span the
geographical area from Vancouver to Vladivostok. In its region it is the
primary instrument for early warning, conflict prevention, crisis
management and post-conflict rehabilitation. Its www site contains
information about the organization, has an on-line document archive,
with documents concerning summits, ministerial meetings, the permanent
council journal, the Forum for Security Co-operation Journals, the
annual reports of the OSCE, has a news section with press release, has
links to long-term missions of the OSCE, and other OSCE Field
Activities. The site has link to the home page of the OSCE High
Commissioner on National Minorities. "The High Commissioner
provides "early warning" and, as appropriate, "early
action" at the earliest possible stage in regard to tensions
involving national minority issues that have the potential to develop
into a conflict within the CSCE area, affecting peace, stability, or
relations between participating States." This site contains a
separate section with news releases, documents, recommendations and
speeches of the HCNM, all broken down to countries. [description from
the site]
http://www.osce.org/indexe-da.htm
FUEN
Federal Union of European Nationalities
- "The Federal Union of European Nationalities is an independent
union of the organizations of national minorities in Europe, which was
established in 1949 - at the time when the Council of Europe was set up
in Versailles/France. Today, the FUEN number 73 member organizations
from 29 states (as of May, 17th 1999). As a pool and umbrella
organization for national minorities, it has become a large
non-governmental organization (NGO) and takes on a significant role in
lobbying for national minorities in the individual states of
Europe." The site contains information about the activities of FUEN,
publications on-line (declarations, resolutions and other documents).
[description from the site]
http://www.fuen.org/
ECRI
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance -
"...one of the major problems today
is how to control the spread of racist and other offensive material on
the Internet. In launching this web site, the Council of Europe intends
to counter this development by using new technology for a positive
purpose: to communicate and share its anti-racist message, as widely as
possible, improving co-operation among people of mutual interests and
working towards common goals... The range of information available -
including international legal texts, summaries of relevant national
legislation and "good practices" in policy measures in member
States, guidance on conducting a campaign, initiatives in education and
the media as well as a listing of the principal agencies active in the
fight against racism - will interest a wide variety of people with
different professional backgrounds. The attractive use of graphics and
video clips can further stimulate the interest of a younger audience.
The web site is not, however, simply an electronic resource library.
Through its Forum, users of the site can exchange information,
contribute comments, critiques and ideas. In this way, the site will
continually evolve, necessarily reflecting the diversity of experiences,
needs, objectives and cultures of its users." [Description: the
site] Language: English, French
http://www.ecri.coe.int
International
Helsinki Federation IHF
The IHF is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization that seeks to
promote compliance of the states participating in the OSCE with the
human rights provisions to which they committed themselves in the
Helsinki Final Act and its Follow-up Documents, as well as with relevant
international law. Based in Vienna, the IHF represents 39 Helsinki
Committees and cooperating human rights groups in Europe and North
America. In addition to supporting and providing liaison among its
member committees and associated human rights groups, the IHF gathers
information and documents on the human rights situation throughout the
territory of the OSCE." [description from the site] This site
contains an address database of all local Helsinki Committees and their
web sites, some of which, especially in EC Europe contain information
relevant from the point of view of minority rights. It contains several
reports and other publications on-line, appeals, statement, information
on the projects and activities of the IHF. All annual reports of the IHF
are available on-line.
http://www.ihf-hr.org
Council
of Europe.
Legal texts of the Council of Europe on-line: treaties, human rights
documents, minority rights documents
http://www.coe.fr/eng/legaltxt/e-dh.htm
Amnesty
International
"Amnesty International promotes
global observance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It
campaigns to free all persons imprisoned because of their race, gender,
religion, or political beliefs, provided they have neither used nor
advocated violence; advocates fair and prompt trials for people accused
of political crimes; opposes torture, the death penalty, and other
cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatments of prisoners; and opposes
"disappearances" and extrajudicial executions. It also opposes
the return of refugees to countries where they may face human rights
violations." (ERCOMER Virtual Library) This site contains news,
news releases, archives of news releases and campaigns of the AI and a
library containing online recent reports, annual reports, campaign
reports, thematic publications and country reports. The site also
contains links to Amnesty International web pages all over the world.
http://www.amnesty.org
Association
of Gypsies/Romani International
Wide range of Roma links from different
European countries
http://www.christusrex.org/www2/gypsies.net
CMG:
Conflict Management Group, Cambridge, MA, USA
"Conflict Management Group is an
organization concentrating on guiding and training all those who
encounter situations of conflict and tension and are in a position of
public importance. It aims to improve the methods of negotiation, and
conflict resolution. its projects cover a wide range of areas; three of
its main areas are race relations; OSCE preventative diplomacy, and
conflict prevention in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
Its homepage offers project profiles, info on its publications, and some
information about the organization, its mission statement, reports and
some publications on-line" [Description from: ERCOMER Virtual
Library]
http://www.cmgonline.org
ICMPD
Mission toBiH - International Centre for Migration Policy Development --
Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina - Repatriation Information Centre,
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
"The ICMPD Mission to BiH, through
its main project, the Repatriation Information Centre (RIC) maintains
the largest database on repatriation and Return issues in Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Our documents from more than 100 contributors are regularly
read by over 500 decision-makers in and outside Bosnia and Herzegovina.
ICMPD is an inter-governmental organization; and it's mission to BiH has
diplomatic status in Bosnia and Herzegovina" The site contains a
media section with constantly updated contributions from the written
media. "We obtain contributions from Bosnian and foreign
newspapers/press agencies on articles pertaining to topics deemed of
interest to refugees, displaced persons as well as all organizations and
research institutions involved in the repatriation and reintegration
process" (source: the site) The site also contains a number of
files publicly available concerning the repatriation process. Language:
English, German, Bosnian [ Description from ERCOMER Virtual Library]
http://www.icmpd.org/
HHRF
- Hungarian Human Rights Foundation, New York, USA
"The Hungarian Human Rights
Foundation (HHRF), initially Committee for Human Rights in Rumania, was
formed in 1976 to alert the public opinion and political leadership of
the United States and other Western countries to the gross human rights
violations against national minorities in Rumania. The Foundation is now
working on behalf of the ethnic Hungarians who live as minorities in
Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia and Ukraine, as well as in Rumania
itself. The Foundation serves as a clearing-house of information for
Western governments, human rights organizations, the media and the
general public. The Foundation provides services in four primary areas:
*Monitoring, Research and Analysis; *Publications, Lectures and
Information Services; *Representation at Domestic and International
Forums; *Samizdat and Dissident Assistance; Relief Funds" The site
contains newspapers, journals of Hungarians abroad on-line, links to
organizations of Hungarians abroad, and information on the HHRF.
[Description from: ERCOMER Virtual Library]
http://www.hhrf.org
Commission
on Security and Cooperation in Europe (US Helsinki Commission)
This is the homepage of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in
Europe, better known as the Helsinki Commission. The Commission is an
independent agency of the United States Government mandated to monitor
and encourage compliance of the participating States with the Helsinki
Final Act and subsequent documents. (source: the web site) Contains:
Selected Reporting on Romani Human Rights from the U.S. Department of
State's Annual Country Reports on Human Rights for Calendar Year 1998
for different countries of East and Central Europe and former Soviet
Union
http://www.csce.gov
Human
Rights Watch Home Page.
Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization that
conducts regular, systematic investigations of human rights abuses in
some seventy countries around the world. The website includes news,
information on campaigns, on current events, on line versions of country
reports and other publications concerning human rights and minority
rights violations all over the world.
http://www.hrw.org
The
Balkan Human Rights Web Pages
- administered by Greek Helsinki Monitor & Minority Rights Group -
Greece - Contains news, publications, special issues, reports, links to
relevant sites and a mailing list: BALKAN HUMAN RIGHTS L I S T S E R V
providing regularly human rights news from the Balkans. Contains
information of human rights and minority rights issues in the countries
of the Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Greece, Cyprus, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia.
Information concerning human rights in the Balkans coming from all major
international human rights organizations is centralized here and
organized by countries. Contains many reports, articles, documents,
press releases, interviews and links to all major human rights
organizations active in the region.
http://www.greekhelsinki.gr
Project
on Ethnic Relations PER
was founded in 1991 to encourage the peaceful resolution of ethnic
conflicts in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe and the
Russian Federation.. PER conducts programs of action, education,
research, and publication in Central and Eastern Europe and the Russian
Federation.
The site contains information about the PER in general, about PER
offices in the different countries, online PER publications, PER
bulletins on-line.
Key word: conflict resolution
http://www.per-usa.org/
Minority
Rights Group International
Minority Rights Group is an international non-governmental organization
working to secure justice for minorities and majorities suffering
discrimination and prejudice. It publishes its well-known 'MRG reports',
books and papers; and furthermore concentrates itself on direct advocacy
on behalf of minority rights in international forums, the development of
a global network of like-minded organizations and minority communities;
and the challenging of prejudice and promotion of public understanding
through information and education activities. (source: ERCOMER Virtual
Library) MRG has four main activities: researching and publishing
Reports and other information about minorities around the world;
advocating (or lobbying for) the rights of minorities at the United
Nations (UN), in Europe, with governments and elsewhere; educating
children and teachers on minority issues in order to counter racism and
prejudice; working with organizations and activists who share our aims
to build alliances, discuss ideas, develop skills and further minority
rights worldwide. The site contains: list of publication, on-line
summary of several publications, detailed description of the aims,
objectives and activities of MRG and relevant links.
http://www.minorityrights.org
European
Roma Rights Center
European Roma Rights Center is an international public interest law
organization which monitors the situation of Roma in Europe and provides
legal defense to victims of human rights violations. Includes online
publications, country reports, information concerning legal advocacy and
litigation Contains information on grants, on links. Operates a mailing
list with the purpose of providing its subscribers with information on
the current Roma rights situation in Europe..
http://www.errc.org
Forced
Migration Project
Open Society Institute New York, Soros Foundations Network-"The
Forced Migration Projects have built a network of over 25 consultants to
monitor developments in the former Soviet Union and the former
Yugoslavia concerning refugees and displaced persons. The Projects aim
to provide early warning of forced movements of people, and to identify
social, economic and political conditions that cause such dislocations.
Early and effective responses to migration and refugee emergencies are
encouraged. In cases where return is not feasible, the Projects advocate
humane treatment and permanent solutions for the displaced. Recognizing
the value of prevention, the Projects also promote measures to diminish
the causes of flight." (source: the site) The site contains annual
reports and special reports on-line, a discussion forum, on-line version
of the bimonthly Forced Migration
Monitor, the electronic bulletin Forced Migration Alert
http://www.soros.org/fmp2/index.html
OSI
Forced Migration Project
Language Policies in Central Asia - legislation, policies in English and
Russian
http://www.osi.hu/fmp/laws
Mercator
Project
"The Kuijpers Resolution, which was
passed by the European Parliament on 30 October 1987, instructed the
European Commission to bear the interests of the smaller languages in
mind in extensive areas of education, the media and local and regional
administration. The Mercator project is part of a programme of
initiatives designed to improve the status of these languages and to
raise substantially the level of material support accorded to them. The
Mercator Project is a group of thematic networks, with the European
Commission acting as coordinator. There are three core centers, Mercator-Education,
Mercator-Legislation and Mercator-Media , each with its own thematic
specialization." The Mercator -Media site contains a minority
languages media - database, relevant links, bibliography of minority
languages. The Mercator-education site also contains databases,
publications, links. Mercator legislation site cannot be contacted.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/info.html
EUROinfo
"This is the experimental website of the European Network of
consultancy and information centers against racism and discrimination.
In the future this website will supply information about: the European
Network, the member organizations of the Network, anti-racism activities
in the various European countries, news and opinions" At the moment
refers mainly to EU countries, but East Central European organizations
are to join as well. (source: the site)
http://www.aric.nl/euroinfo/english/index.html
European
Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation
"The European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation
is a network of European non-governmental organizations involved in the
prevention and/or resolution of violent conflicts in the international
arena. Its mission is to facilitate the exchange of information and
experience among participating organizations, as well as to stimulate
co-operation and synergy. Amongst the Platform's many activities is the
publication of an "International Directory" that lists 475
organizations worldwide working in the field of conflict prevention and
management. Surveying prevention and management activities of NGOs and
other organizations in conflict areas is also a major project of the
European Platform. The secretariat of the Platform is hosted by the
European Center for Conflict Prevention which is based in Utrecht, the
Netherlands." (source: the site) The site contains the annual
report, the directory and the newsletters of the European Platform
on-line.
Key word: conflict resolution
http://www.oneworld.org/euconflict/index.html
International
Association "CAUCASUS: Ethnic Relations, Human Rights,
Geopolitics"
IACERHRG is a interethnical, non-governmental, non-profit, public,
scientific and educational organization. IACERHRG was founded in October
29, 1998, in Tbilisi, by organizers and participants of the
International Conference "The Genocide of the Peoples in the
Caucasus". The site contains description of the work of IACERHRG
and several important links especially concerning the Caucasus
http://members.theglobe.com/levur/IACERHRG/
Romnews
- Roma National Congress -
The Roma National Congress is an autonomous body, established and run by
Roma. It has been active in recent years in the domains of human and
political rights for Roma, protection and humanitarian aid for refugees,
schooling programs and cultural activities, media documentation,
historic and linguistic research. The RomNews Network is a independent
service of the
Roma National Congress. Romnews is a regular information service about
Roma and Roma refugees in English. To guarantee up-to-date information,
Romnews is distributed by Fax and Internet. Besides the bulk fax
distribution to politically active institutions and the media, Romnews
is also received by many individuals, as well as being posted to
archives and libraries. Romnews issues are usually one to three pages
long. Up to now, issues appear several times a month. Romnews obtains
its information trough news agencies, Roma organizations, documentation
and reports of its own honorary or paid correspondents.
The site contains news database broken down to countries, information
related to Roma history, movies, conferences, translators etc., operates
several mailing lists and discussion forums. [description from the site]
http://www.romnews.com |
- International level organizations, ingos
- National level ngos, bodies,
organizations
- Research centers,
universities, projects operated by them
- Mailing lists, discussion
lists
- Journals, newsletters
- Virtual databases, meeting
points
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