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Institute
for Public Affairs
An independent public policy research
institute founded in February 1997, and located in Bratislava, the
capital of the Slovak Republic.
http://www.ivo.sk
Forum Institute Slovakia
"The FORUM Institute is a
non-profit organization which deals with: the research of the present,
sociological studies, researches of social processes, analysing economic
transformations, the evaluation of public opinion poll, documentation,
self-government and regional research. The Forum Institute every day
informs you about the important political events in Slovakia."
[Description from the site] This site contains information about the
activities of the Institute, its projects, programs and publications
(some of which is available online in Hungarian and Slovakian language)
http://www.foruminst.sk/
U.S.
Department of State - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1998: Europe, Canada, and
the New Independent States
Reports on all countries of the region.
All reports include relevant information concerning minorities,
minority rights and treatment of minorities by their states.
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_report/98hrp_report_eur.html
BMMC
The Bishkek Migration Management Center
"The Bishkek Migration Management Center (BMMC) was established by
the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, the International Organization
for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) for the purposes of comprehensively researching
migration and refugee issues in the states of Central Asia and the
region as a whole, assisting in the development of migration legislation
and policies, and training personnel. This web site is under
construction. The BMMC will be adding information in each of the above
categories and will introduce new categories on statistics and country
of origin information. Other Central Asian states have recognized the
Center’s regional role and support its activities. The Inter-State
Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic
of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan has also endorsed the
Center as a regional body." The site contains information about the
BMMC, materials from BMMC events, legislation and policy, the on-line
Bulletin, articles on migration and refugee issues in the region,
benchmark analysis on position of refugees and persons searching
sanctum, on-line articles of young researchers. [description from the
site]
http://bmmc.freenet.bishkek.su
ACCESS
- Association for Contacts and Cooperation - East European Self-Support
- Bulgaria
"The ACCESS Association is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit
organization. It was established in May 1992 to facilitate the free
exchange of information and contacts between Bulgarian and foreign
non-governmental organizations and groups through projects promoting
civil society development in these countries. The Association's priority
objective is to promote mutual tolerance and better understanding of the
cultural diversity in Bulgaria and the Balkans as values of democratic
society. ACCESS Association consistently works for the development of a
network facilitating free exchange of expertise and information, and
establishment of contacts among Bulgarian and foreign NGOs, especially
from the Balkan countries. The Association implements projects, conducts
surveys and publishes books and periodicals in the following key areas:
Balkan dialogue and regional cooperation;
Intercultural dialogue and education;
Local self-government and sustainable development;
Civil society building and freedom of speech." [description: the
site]
The site contains information in English concerning the activity of the
organization, its projects and publications.
http://www.access.online.bg/
OFFICE
OF THE HUNGARIAN PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR THE RIGHTS OF NATIONAL
AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
The site contains annual reports of the PC, reports of formal
investigations conducted by the PC, relevant legal documents and links.
http://www.obh.hu/
Kosova
Crisis Center
"The Alb-Net.Com Group was established by few but very determined
Albanian students and professionals with the intent to provide Albanians
and the Albanian communities around the world with various information
technology related resources. With the start of the Serb massacres in
Kosova in February 1998, the KCC (Kosova Crisis Center) and KCC-NEWS
were established. The purpose of KCC and KCC-NEWS is to keep the world
informed with the facts from the ground about the Serb atrocities
committed against women, children and elderly people, as well as the
oppression against everything Albanian in Kosova. Through this Web Site,
as well as the ALBANEWS (Albanian News and Information Network) mailing
list, we present and distribute up-to-date news directly from Prishtina
(Kosova) as well as other sources around the world. Other services that
you will find on this site are: - FREE KOSOVA. Presenting factual
material that unveils a systematic pattern of Serb atrocities and
aggressions against everything Albanian in Kosova. - Variety of
Discussion Lists/Forums and distribution lists to serve Albanians and
Albanian communities around the world." [description from the site]
http://www.alb-net.com/index.htm
OFFICE
FOR NATIONAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES of the Hungarian Government
The Office for National and Ethnic Minorities is an autonomous organ of
state administration with nationwide competence. "We do publish
here various and comprehensive information concerning the national and
ethnic minorities living in Hungary, the work of government in this
field, the situation of minorities living in other countries as well as
European and international organizations and institutions concerned. Not
only substantial information produced in our Office will be made
available: we also intend to identify, to process and to publish wider
information and materials concerning minorities." [description from
the site] The site contains: the programme of the Hungarian government,
reports on the situation of minorities in Hungary, addresses and
contacts, laws and legislation in Hungary, bilateral documents and
international documents signed by Hungary, information concerning
research on minorities and research institutes dealing with minority
issues, news and other documents, and links to relevant organizations
and bodies.
http://www.meh.hu/nekh
Greek
West Thracian Minorities Home Page
"I believe these pages fill an important gap, representing the
ethnic minorities in Thrace and Greece. All news and articles published
in these pages are properly referenced, there is a brief biographical
information on some of the authors with contact details."
[description from the site] This site contains a historical background,
information concerning politics and social issues, concerning education,
minority schools, 'Pomak' discussion list and archives, a library and
bibliography for Western Thrace.
http://www.armory.com/~thrace
Albanews
site of the day - ALBANIA - A country report
A comprehensive report on Albania containing chapters on ethnicity,
culture and human rights. "This report is one in a continuing
series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library
of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by
the Department of the Army. The last two pages of this book list the
other published studies. Most books in the series deal with a particular
foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic,
social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining
the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by
cultural factors."
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/altoc.html
Center
for Equal Opportunity USA
"As the only think tank devoted exclusively to the promotion of
colorblind equal opportunity and racial harmony, the Center for Equal
Opportunity is uniquely positioned to counter the divisive impact of
race conscious public policies. CEO focuses on three areas in
particular: racial preferences, immigration and assimilation, and
multicultural education." (Source: the site) The site contains
several policy papers, reports, analysis on the issues of affirmative
action, immigration and multicultural education. Deals only with the USA
case but has relevance for ECE countries.
http://www.ceousa.org
CG
- Civitas Georgica
Georgia Tbilisi
"CG is non-governmental, impartial organization, established in
1996. The organization deals with civic education, ethnic conflicts in
Georgia and public administration issues. CG has done a survey on
conflict in Abkhazia." Site contains information on activities,
projects of the organization. [Description ERCOMER Virtual Library]
http://civitas.hypermart.net
Civic
Assistance: The Committee for Helping Refugees and Forced Migrants.
Alexander Roubin, Russian Federation. "The committee Civic
Assistance was founded in 1990 to help the first wave of refugees in
Moscow. From that time on Civic Assistance took on the tasks of legal
consulting for refugees and forced migrants. CCA played the intermediary
role for the relations between the refugees and governmental official
structures, provided defense in the courts, and defended of the rights
of refugees for housing and work. The CCA also holds a weekly reception
of refugees in Moscow, distributing financial and practical help. Its
homepage offers analyses of the refugee problems in Russia, a brief
history of the organization, and in the future also information on its
publications." Mostly in Russian language [Description from:
ERCOMER Virtual Library]
http://www.refugee.ru/index.htm
Roma
Press Center - Hungary.
"The Roma Press Center is a
non-governmental, non-profit news agency established in December 1995 to
provide balanced coverage on Roma issues to the printed mainstream media
in Hungary. The first such Roma wire service in Europe, the goal of the
RPC is to increase the public awareness of issues and problems of the
Romani community and to influence public discourse. Romani and non-Romani
journalists work together in a network of correspondents throughout the
country, providing daily information on Roma issues and
communities." [description from the site]
This site contains news, background materials concerning Roma in Hungary
and not only. It has an archive of news since beginning of 1998.
http://www.romapage.c3.hu/eng/engrsk.htm
Government
Office for Hungarian Minorities Abroad - Hungary
The site contains reports on the situation of Hungarian minorities
living abroad, bilateral documents signed by Hungary, international
documents, links to several organizations relevant for Hungarian
minorities, to Hungarian news papers, journals, list of Hungarian
organizations abroad.
http://www.htmh.hu/english.htm
Employment
Discrimination Law Materials.
"Legal Information
Institute, Cornell Law School, USA
This website contains the institute's collection on employment
discrimination. It includes recent and historic Supreme Court decisions,
its hypertext versions of the full U.S. Code, U.S. Constitution, Federal
Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure, recent opinions of the New York
Court of Appeals and other important legal materials -- federal, state,
foreign and international." US practice with some relevance for the
ECE region. [Description from: ERCOMER Virtual Library]
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/employment_discrimination.html
OPU
- Organization for Aid to Refugees Prague, Czech Republic
"The Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU) is a non-profit,
non-governmental, humanitarian organization based in the Czech Republic.
Founded in 1991, OPU has been primarily concerned with assisting
refugees in central and eastern Europe. The Organization Aid to Refugees
insists on implementing programs, such as educational assistance,
housing programs, children's activities and the dissemination of
information in refugee languages which promote self-sufficiency and hope
for refugees. The OPU home-page offers information about the projects it
is currently involved in, and on the publications they are
(co-)distributing: Apel, Mostovi (a Bosnian-language refugee journal),
and Via Europa (a European journal focusing on socio-political issues).
[Description from: ERCOMER Virtual Library]
http://www.ecn.cz/opu/index_a.htm
American
Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA).
"Founded in 1974, is dedicated to the advancement of affirmative
action, equal opportunity and the elimination of discrimination on the
basis of race, gender, ethnic background or any other criterion that
deprives people of opportunities to live and work. The organization's
dedication is realized in its many activities designed to help Equal
Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) professionals be more
successful and productive in their careers." US practice, policy,
jurisprudence with some relevance for ECE region countries.
http://www.affirmativeaction.org
Human
Rights Center of Azerbaijan
"is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit organization
created in May 1993 by free-lance journalist and human rights activist
Eldar Zeynalov. It collects, processes and disseminates information on
human rights, ethnopolitical developments, potential and current
conflicts. It produces news reviews and analytical reports in Russian,
Azeri and English versions. The reports and bulletins of HRCA are
distributed via electronic mailing lists, and are widely quoted by the
international human rights organizations. This page presents the
information on the wide range of human rights issues in the Azerbaijani
Republic published by the HRCA and other organizations. You can find
here also some useful contacts." [description from the site]
"Lots of materials on legislation on human rights, reports and
bulletins of HRCA on human rights, migration, refugees, political
prisoners and more, reports of other organizations, useful contacts in
Azerbaijan," [description from: Telman Yolchiyev, NGO Support
Center in Azerbaijan]
http://www.mg.klever.net/~eldar/
Foundations
and Organizations Concerned with the Romani Minority in Czech Republic
- listing and description of their activity.
http://www.romove.cz/found.html
LICHR
- The Legal Information Center for Human Rights, Estonia-
"The LICHR, which launched
its activities at the beginning of January, 1995, was founded to promote
constructive dialog and to enhance the awareness about human rights in
the Estonian society. The basic activities of the LICHR are legal
advice, provided free of charge, the collection, analysis and
dissemination of information, regarding the human rights Associates of
the LICHR possess expert knowledge in the area of international law,
jurisprudence, sociology, political science etc. The main goal of the
LICHR is to monitor the situation concerning the realization of rights
of residents of Estonia, and to counteract the negative factors,
undermining the development of democratic processes." [description
from the site] This site contains legislation, papers, articles on-line
concerning human rights issues in Estonia, many of them relating to
minority rights.
http://www.lichr.ee/eng/
NIS
Law and Human Rights Organizations by Country -
A list of NGOs and other organizations in the states of FSU. Description
of their aims, contact addresses and direct links in some cases.
http://www.friends-partners.org/ccsi/nisorgs/nislegal.htm
PRO
EUROPA League
"One of the first non-governmental organizations in the
post-communist Romania. The central programmes of the Pro Europa League,
implemented predominantly in Transylvania, are based on the promotion of
interculturalism, human rights and minority rights, on civic education
and on preventing conflicts." [description: from the site] The site
contains on-line issues of the Newsletter of the Pro Europe League
(Romanian, Hungarian and an English summary), annual reports, case
studies, press releases, articles and brochures of the Human Rights
Center in Romanian.
http://www.proeuro.netsoft.ro
CDHRF
- Kosovo
"The Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms, based in
Prishtina, Kosova, documents human rights abuses of the Serbian
authorities in primarily ethnic Albanian inhabited Kosova. These WWW
pages provide information about the CDHRF and our weekly, monthly and
annual reports (in English and Albanian) on human rights violations in
Kosova." [description from the site]Site contains on-line reports,
articles, links.
http://albanian.com/kmdlnj
CRE
- Commission for Racial Equality, Great
Britain.
"The CRE was set up by Parliament with a statutory power to enforce
the Race Relations Act 1976. Its duties are to work towards the
elimination of racial discrimination, to promote equal opportunities and
good race relations, and to monitor the way the Act is working. The Act
covers discrimination on grounds of a person's colour, race,
nationality, citizenship, and ethnic or national origin." This site
includes details on the activity of the CRE, publications on-line,
links, information concerning policies, codes of practice, legislation
on race relations in UK with some relevance for ECE countries.
[Description from: ERCOMER Virtual Library]
http://www.cre.gov.uk/ |
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universities, projects operated by them
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lists
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