Interethnic Conflict Management	International and regional organisations	General Human Rights Resources

The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) is an international organization that promotes and protects human rights of people with mental health problems and/or intellectual disabilities (hereafter people with mental disability) in twenty-eight countries of central and eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia. The goal of MDAC is to improve the quality of life for individuals by advocating public policies that respect human rights and promote community integration. http://www.mdac.info The International Monitor Institute "Based in Los Angeles, the International Monitor Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization collecting and cataloging evidence of mistreatment. IMI provides its research services to individuals or organizations seeking comprehensive, balanced information on human rights transgressions." http://imisite.org The Centre for Women's Global Leadership The policy and advocacy program encompasses the Global Center's efforts to integrate gender and women's human rights into the work of local, national, regional and international institutions. This program informs and mobilizes advocates for women's human rights around specific events and builds linkages among them to enhance their capacity to influence policy making. The Center, working in collaboration with women leaders and NGOs around the world, helped secure international policy commitments that clearly state "women rights are human rights." http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu Canada-US Human Rights Information and Documentation Network CUSHRID Net was developed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information between human rights organizations; establishment of uniform standards for human rights documentation, information management and exchange; development of co-operative projects in the areas of documentation and information management to avoid duplication; training in various aspects of documentation and information management; and contacts and exchanges with information and documentation networks in other parts of the world. http://shr.aaas.org/cushrid/ The DIANA Project There are three operational DIANA sites: The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library The University of Minnesota Human Rights Library contains a wide-ranging collection of human rights documents and web links. This site is excellent as a general overview of human rights documentation. Most documents are in HTML, some are available in Adobe Acrobat format. Yale Law School Diana Project Among other items, the DIANA Project Yale houses a unique collection of litigation documents used in various human rights-related cases in courts in the U. S. The documents are marked up in HTML. Documents can be downloaded in a variety of formats. Bora Laskin Law Library at the University of Toronto The primary focus of Toronto's DIANA Project is on web sites and documents dealing with women's human rights. Documents are available in HTML. http://www.law.uc.edu/Diana/ ENAR - European Network Against Racism ENAR, a network of European NGOs working to combat racism in all the EU member states. The establishment of ENAR endorses the recognition by NGOs of the European dimension to the fight against racism. Anti-racist NGOs feel that they have a lot to gain from a network as a forum to share information, and influence policies across the European Union through campaigns. http://www.enar-eu.org International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), To advance and defend the basic human right of all people to make free and informed choices in their emotional, sexual and reproductive lives; to strive for the development and provision within Europe of high quality, accessible information, education and health services regarding sexuality and sexual identities, conception, contraception and safe abortion. http://www.ippfen.org EDD - Europe of Democracies and Diversities The EDD Group is open to Members that subscribe to a European Association of Sovereign Nation States and acknowledge the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights and parliamentary democracy. EDD favours the creation of a stable and democratic Europe of Nation States built on the diversity and cultures of its peoples. It is open to people who are critical of further European integration and centralization. http://www.europarl.eu.int The Magnus Hirschfeld Centre for Human Rights The Magnus Hirschfeld Centre for Human Rights is engaged in the promotion of human rights and civil liberties under international law. Its mandate places a special emphasis on its work in connection with defending and promoting the human rights of vulnerable minority communities and persons placed on the margins of power in society: i.e., women, children, minority ethnic, racial, religious and linguistic groups, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans-gendered and HIV-positive persons, inter alia. http://come.to/humanrights Directorate General of Human Rights (DGII) Here you can find Latest news from the Directorate General of Human Rights (DGII) of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities. The following Data are included as well: Human rights convention, Economic and social rights, Preventing torture, Combating racism, Equality between women and men, Protecting media freedoms, Law, Policy, Intergovernmental co-operation, Fight against trafficking etc. http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights/ Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/bhr/english/special_issues/fcnm_guide.html The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation which monitors the human rights situation of Roma and provides legal defence in cases of human rights abuse. Romany organisations and Romany individuals throughout Europe contribute time, money and expertise to the ERRC. The ERRC is a cooperating member of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights and has consultative status with the Council of Europe. http://errc.org Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights The basic aims and objectives of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights are the research, study, defence, protection and promotion of the generally recognized fundamental human rights and freedoms. Within this framework, the Foundation takes a special interest in the advancement of human rights education and training and the raising of public awareness in all matters affecting human rights, peace and the development of democratic institutions. http://www.mfhr.gr Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights The Sub-Commission is the main subsidiary body of the Commission on Human Rights. It was established by the Commission at its first session in 1947 under the authority of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In 1999 the Economic and Social Council changed its title from Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities to Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. Its functions are: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/sc.htm Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism The Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism is established by an Act of the Belgian Parliament on 15 February 1993, born of the political will of Parliament and the Government in response to proposals by the Royal Commission for Immigrant Policy and the emergence of extremist movements in Belgium. It’s Principal Tasks are: Fighting Racism and Discrimination, Spotlight on Integration Policy, Foreigners' Rights and Recent Immigration, Fighting Poverty, Fighting Human Trafficking, Training + Documentation + Information Campaigns. http://www.antiracisme.be/ Asian regional resource centre for human rights education Asian regional resource centre for human rights education has a mission to serve as an institute and a network for human rights education in the Asia-Pacific region, providing human rights training, workshops, development and exchange of instructional and other relevant materials, research and HRE campaigns http://www.arrc-hre.com 24 Human Rights Issues Exploring of the 24 Human Rights issues on this web page will help you to learn how human rights relate to social and economic injustices in your community. It is discovering how increasing awareness of human rights can strengthen and invigorate efforts for change. You can learn what obligations and commitments your government has made to ensuring the realization of human rights for all, and hold your government accountable. Know your human rights, and claim them! http://www.pdhre.org Human Rights Education in Schools in the Post-Communist Context This article describes initial experiences with introducing human rights education in the post-communist states in Central and Eastern Europe, in particular Romania. http://www.hrea.org/pubs/european_journal94.html Women and Human Rights This kit consists of two modules on the rights of women and violation of the rights of domestic workers. It includes sections on the status of women in India, women in the human rights movement, background information on the situation of domestic workers, suggestions for classroom activities. http://www.hrschool.org/mainfile.php/modules/177 Human Rights Capacity-Building and Advocacy Work This report of a capacity building project in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somaliland includes lessons learned of how human rights NGOs, women's interest groups and others can develop effective advocacy strategies using domestic and international human rights standards. Also, includes recommendations for how governmental human rights agencies can be strengthened. http://www.sit.edu/global_capacity/gpdocs/methodology/human_rights.html An Introduction to Advocacy: Training Guide This training guide introduces the concept of advocacy and provides a framework for developing an advocacy campaign. Although the guide is designed for a workshop setting, it is structured to be used as a self- teaching device as well. Divided into twelve modules, the guide presents general information, however, the participant must use his or her own experience to answer questions related to the module’s topics—this forms the essence of the advocacy training. http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/organisational_development/sara_en.pdf The International League for Human Rights The International League for Human Rights has worked to keep human rights at the forefront of international affairs and to give meaning and effect to the human rights values enshrined in international human rights treaties and conventions. The League's special mission for 60 years has been defending individual human rights advocates who have risked their lives to promote the ideals of a just and civil society in their homelands. http://www.ilhr.org/ EarthRights International EarthRights International (ERI) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization (NGO) that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and the environment, our earth rights. Earth rights are those rights that demonstrate the connection between human well-being and a sound environment, and include the right to a healthy environment, the right to speak out and act to protect the environment, and the right to participate in development decisions. http://www.earthrights.org/ Worldview Rights Worldview Rights is an independent body operating from Norway, cooperating with Worldview Group. Worldview is able to draw on a unique fund of competence from its own media staff, journalists, and ongoing media and democracy projects, in addition to a regional and international network of media institutions and experienced media advisors. http://www.worldviewrights.org/ Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women. Consisting of a preamble and 30 articles, it defines what constitutes discrimination against women and sets up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination. http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/index.html International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights is a self-governing group of non-governmental, not-for-profit organizations that act to protect human rights throughout Europe, North America and Central Asia. A primary specific goal is to monitor compliance with the human rights provisions of the Helsinki Final Act and its Follow-up Documents. A secretariat based in Vienna supports and provides liaison among forty-one member Helsinki committees and associated human rights groups, and represents them at the international political level. http://www.ihf-hr.org/welcome.php World Organization against Torture (OMCT) OMCT is today the largest international coalition of NGOs fighting against torture, summary executions, forced disappearances and all other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in order to preserve Human Rights. It has at its disposal a network, SOS Torture, consisting of some 240 non-governmental organizations which act as sources of information. http://www.omct.org/ United Nations Human Rights Page Research Guide on documents for Human Rights. http://www.un.org/rights/ The Center for Human Rights and the Environment (CEDHA) The Center for Human Rights and the Environment (CEDHA), located in Córdoba Argentina, is one of the only non-governmental organizations in Latin America uniquely dedicated to fostering the linkages between the environment and human rights. CEDHA works with judicial advocates promoting international and local law and jurisprudence fostering the linkages between environment and human rights; and with civil society leaders, non-governmental organizations, public servants, business leaders, professors, and students to raise awareness and increase capacity, while providing resources such as didactic materials, training and research on the relationship between the environment and our human rights. http://www.cedha.org.ar/cedha.htm The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) The Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) was established in 1993 to promote social justice through human rights. In a world where systemic poverty and inequality deprive so many people of their fundamental right to live in dignity, CESR promotes the human rights to housing, education, health, food, work, and social security. http://www.cesr.org/ Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms UN Document http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/78.shtml Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples UN Document http://www.hri.ca/uninfo/treaties/66.shtml Attitudes towards the Political, Social, and Economic Conditions in Macedonia Results of Focus Group Research, Presented by Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates http://www.accessdemocracy.org/NDI/library/1336_mk_focusgrps_012902.pdf Norman Paterson School of International Affairs The institute is working on peace-building on an on-going basis. 'Peace-consolidation' in the regional conflicts of the cold war, with emphasis on the role of third parties in implementation of peace agreements… http://www.carleton.ca/npsia Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) The Institute cooperates with the Faculty of Law of Lund University concerning research and advanced training in public international law. It also works closely with the United Nations, the Council of Europe and OSCE, as well as with non-governmental organizations. In cooperation with the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), it organizes an academic programme for dissemination of human rights standards and democratic values in developing countries..... http://www.jur.lu.se Partners for Democratic Change (Partners) Partners for Democratic Change (Partners) is an international non-profit organization of National Centers on Conflcit and Change Management in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Republic of Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia, and a network of trainers in Russia. Founded in 1989, Partners' is committed to advancing a culture of conflict and change management and promoting civil society in societies in transition. http://www.partners-intl.org Center for European Policy Studies The Centre for European Policy Studies is an independent policy research institute dedicated to producing sound policy research leading to constructive solutions to the challenges facing Europe today http://www.ceps.be Peoples Movement for Human Rights Education A site dedicated to human rights learning for social and economic change http://www.pdhre.org/ Cambridgeshire County Council This guide is intended to provide basic information about the larger ethnic community groups and about the world's major religions. http://www.camcnty.gov.uk/sub/cominfo/ethnic/ The ASSOCIATION of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies The ASSOCIATION of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies is the membership organization of over 145 Jewish Family and Children's Agencies and specialized human service Agencies throughout the United States and Canada. http://www.ajfca.org International Center for Ethnic Studies Through its existence, ICES has striven to evolve a model of historically sensitive theoretical and empirical research on ethnicity, and related social and political processes. http://www.icescolombo.org Carnegie Project The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington is organizing a "Comparative Citizenship Project" to explore and compare citizenship issues in various parts of the world. http://www.ceip.org/programs/migrat/migproj.htm Civic Practices Network (CPN) The Civic Practices Network is a pluralist and nonpartisan network of civic educators and practitioners who share a commitment to "new citizenship" and "civic revitalization". http://www.cpn.org/index.html BOOKFINDER This is a book shopping search engine, which finds out of print, rare, and second hand books http://www.bookfinder.com/ 4th WORLD This is the home page of the "Fourth World Documentation Project", run by the Centre for World Indigenous Studies in Olympia, Washington. It includes information pertaining to indigenous peoples around the world, and to recent developments at the international level in the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples: http://www.cwis.org/ Dealing with Multiculturalism: Minority, Ethnic, National and Human Rights By Nicolae Gheorghe and Thomas Acton http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5121/multiculturality.htm Joseph Rowntree Foundation Interesting report “The role and future development of black and minority ethnic organizations“ http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/311.asp Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military The Center promotes the interdisciplinary analysis of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other marginalized sexual identities in the armed forces. http://www.gaymilitary.ucsb.edu Centre for the Study of Human Rights Established in 1978, the Centre for the Study of Human Rights is one of the oldest University-based human rights institutions. Committed to the education and training of emerging human rights leaders, the Centre has pioneered the promotion of human rights research, education, and training at Columbia University and distinguished itself through its interdisciplinary approach to human rights. Now entering its twenty-fourth year, the Centre continues to create spaces for reflection and interaction between and among university faculty and students, human rights activists, policymakers, members of the business community, and other practitioners. http://www.columbia.edu North South Centre European Centre for world interdependence and solidarity http://www.nscentre.org Building Blocks for Youth Building Blocks for Youth is an alliance of children's advocates, researchers, law enforcement professionals and community organizers that seeks to protect minority youth in the justice system and promote rational and effective justice policies. http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/ Penal Reform International (PRI) Penal Reform International (PRI) is an international non-governmental organisation. Founded in London, UK, in 1989, PRI has members in five continents and in over 80 countries. PRI develops programmes on a regional basis, assisting both non-governmental organisations and individuals to establish projects in their own countries. It promotes the exchange of information and good practice between countries with related conditions. PRI's regional programmes include sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.penalreform.org/english/frset_pre_en.htm The Right to Education Project at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute This project is a public access human rights resource, the only such site in the world devoted solely to the right to education; defends and promotes - the right to education; human rights in education; human rights through education http://www.right-to-education.org/ Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) The Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) was established as a foundation on 29 September 1981. SIM's main objective that was formulated at the time is as follows: 'The Foundation aims to conduct or to commission research projects and studies, gather and distribute information, and generally arouse and stimulate interest, with regard to the promotion and protection of human rights, both at the national and the international level. The emphasis will be on the correlation between human rights issues and development cooperation.' http://www.law.uu.nl Danish Institute for Human Rights The Danish Institute for Human Rights was established by an Act on the establishment of a Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights 6th June 2002. The objective of the Institute is to gather and develop knowledge about human rights nationally, regionally, and internationally. The work of the Danish Institute for Human Rights includes research, information, education, and documentation relating to Danish, European, and international human rights conditions. http://www.humanrights.dk/frontpage/ Moscow School of Human Rights The Moscow School of Human Rights is a non-governmental and non-commercial organization functioning in the sphere of additional education. It doesn’t support any political parties, movements and campaigns and recognizes ideological and world outlook diversity. The staff consists of acknowledged specialists in the field of pedagogy, psychology, sociology, law, political science, social philosophy. http://www.mshr.ru/eindex.htm Anti-Slavery International Anti-Slavery International is the world's oldest international human rights organisation, founded in 1839. It is the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses. We work at local, national and international levels to eliminate the system of slavery around the world. The Programme Team works with partner organisations around the world to collect information on the issues central to our work: debt bondage, forced labour, forced marriage, the worst forms of child labour, human trafficking and traditional slavery. The Programme Team publishes this information and works through international bodies in order to promote laws to protect those exploited by these practices. http://www.antislavery.org Human Rights Watch – World Report 2003 This report is Human Rights Watch's thirteenth annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It addresses developments in fifty-eight countries, covering the period from November 2001 through November 2002. Most chapters examine significant human rights developments in a particular country; the response of global actors, such as the European Union, Japan, the United States, the United Nations, and various regional and international organizations and institutions; and the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work. This report reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2002 by the Human Rights Watch research staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question. It also reflects the work of the Human Rights Watch advocacy team, which monitors the policies of governments and international institutions that have influence to curb human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch publications, issued throughout the year, contain more detailed accounts of many of the issues addressed in the brief summaries collected in this volume. http://www.hrw.org/wr2k3/europe.html International Institute of Human Rights In conformity with the wishes of its founder, René Cassin, the International Institute of Human Rights works independently for the protection and the development of fundamental human rights. Its objective is to undertake and to promote scientific studies of human rights through teaching, research, publications, and by collecting and distributing documentation on an international scale. Its work is therefore mainly oriented toward the practical research of problems of society and ethics, for more effective teaching, diffusion and protection of human rights. http://www.iidh.org/pages_a/index_a.html International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Rights & Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) is a Canadian institution with an international mandate. It is an independent organization, which promotes, advocates and defends the democratic and human rights set out in the International Bill of Human Rights. In cooperation with civil society and governments in Canada and abroad, Rights & Democracy initiates and supports programmes to strengthen laws and democratic institutions, principally in developing countries. Rights & Democracy focuses its work on four thematic priorities: Democratic Development, Women's Rights, the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Globalization and Human Rights; and two special operations: International Human Rights Advocacy and Urgent Action and Important Opportunities. http://www.ichrdd.ca Human Rights Internet Founded in 1976, HRI is a leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community. Launched in the United States, HRI has its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada. From Ottawa, HRI communicates by phone, fax, mail and the Internet with more than 5,000 organizations and individuals around the world working for the advancement of human rights. HRI is dedicated to the empowerment of human rights activists and organizations, and to the education of governmental and intergovernmental agencies and officials and other actors in the public and private sphere, on human rights issues and the role of civil society. http://www.hri.ca/welcome.asp WOMEN FOR WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS-NEW WAYS (WWHR) WWHR, a non-governmental organization based in Turkey, engages in advocacy and lobbying at national, regional and international levels for women’s human rights. Founded in 1993, WWHR works for Recognition and implementation of women’s human rights in all spheres of life, private and public and active participation of women in society and processes of social change as free individuals and equal citizens. http://www.wwhr.org/ International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) Since it was established in December 1984 by members of a variety of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Geneva, the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) has fulfilled an indispensable role in the assistance to human rights NGOs and defenders by participating in human rights meetings and using international protection procedures. The organisation has gradually set up working programmes to inform, objectively and independently, thousands of human rights defenders and organisations around the world on United Nations proceedings and procedures regarding human rights. We have also become specialised in training human rights defenders and their organisations in the use of international procedures for the protection of human rights. http://www.ishr.ch/about%20ISHR/ISHR%20Secretariat/What.htm European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (ETC) The ETC has been set up as a non-profit association and started its work in October 1999. Its premises in Graz have been opened on the occasion of the Human Rights Day on the 10th of December 2000. Main aim is to conduct research and training programs in the fields of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in close co-operation with the University of Graz. Special emphasis is put on training programs for civil servants, the police, army, as well as for members of international organizations and NGOs in Austria and abroad. New innovative teaching methods are applied in "train the trainers programs". Simultaneously, basic research is conducted with a particular research focus on South Eastern Europe. http://www.etc-graz.at/ Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) The Child Rights Information Network (CRIN) is a global network that disseminates information about the Convention on the Rights of the Child and child rights amongst non-governmental organisations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, inter-governmental organisation (IGOs), educational institutions, and other child rights experts. The Coordinating Unit is based in London, UK. http://www.crin.org/about/index.asp Manual for Human Rights Education This manual is directed towards teachers with little or no experience in teaching human rights. The resource is divided into several sections, including the background for human rights education; tools for teaching human rights (including teaching methods, lesson development, evaluation and organisation of training seminars); sample lessons; key human rights documents; and other resources for promoting human rights education. The model lessons contained in the manual are taken from a variety of sources, including Amnesty International specialists and other publications, and are used to illustrate various methodologies and topics for human rights education. http://www.hrea.org/erc/Library/First_Steps/index.html Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies. HREA is dedicated to quality education and training to promote understanding, attitudes and actions to protect human rights, and to foster the development of peaceable, free and just communities. http://www.hrea.org University of Birmingham Department: Centre for the Study of Global Ethics New Global Ethics postgraduate program this October! Modules include Human Rights; Development Ethics; Conflict Resolution; Humanitarian Aid and Social Reconstruction; Global Bioethics; placement with an NGO, and many more. Contact Jane Moon j.moon@bham.ac.uk or check out the website http://www.globalethics.bham.ac.uk The Network of Universities TNU is a centre for collaborative learning. It is a network of universities and outside experts. TNU is rooted in the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It offers innovative courses online. http://www.netuni.nl/tnu/index2.html University of Bologna, Forlì Campus The Faculty of Political Science of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, and the “Istituto per l’Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica” of the University of Bologna offers a Master’s Degree in Governance and Politics of European Integration for East, Central and Balkan Europe (GPIE). The MA is provided the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is organized under the auspices of the International Network "Europe and the Balkans". http://www.eurobalk.net Canadian-American Slavic Studies (CASS) CALL FOR PAPERS: Globalization and Its Impact on International Relations in East and Central Europe. In 2004, Canadian-American Slavic Studies (CASS) will devote a special issue to the changing nature of international relations in East and Central Europe. The purpose of this issue will be to discuss how European integration; NATO membership and the broad process of globalization have affected the region’s politics. http://www.utoronto.ca/slavic/faculty/cass.html American College of Thessalonica (ACT) New undergraduate program in Southeast European Studies; Administered by ACT's Department of History and International Relations, the program in Southeast European Studies features a module of six advanced courses covering all areas of Balkan and Eastern Mediterranean history, society, politics, and economics. http://www.anatolia.edu.gr/ International Association of Political Science Students - IAPSS The Executive Committee of IAPSS has decided to propose the following theme for the Conference to be held in Bucharest: "New Europe. The Quest for Identity and Legitimacy". Under this framework, we will discuss various aspects of the European Union, the integration and enlargement processes and EU's potential role in the new globalize world. http://www.conference.iapss.org Macedonian Helsinki Committee The Helsinki Committee for human rights of Republic of Macedonia is an independent non-governmental organization for the protection of human rights which major duty is to observe and inform, on local and international level, on the respect for the human rights. On their web page, you can find the newest report on the situation of the Human Rights in the Republic of Macedonia. http://www.mhc.org.mk Eastern Mediterranean University - Centre for Woman Studies; Journal for Woman Studies We welcome papers on women's issues for the forthcoming issues. Kadin/Woman 2000 is an international publication devoted exclusively to Mediterranean and Turkish women’s issues, especially Turkish Cypriot women. It covers a wide range of disciplines such as politics, economics, anthropology, literature, history, health, law, sociology, religion and culture, and is open to all critical approaches whether sociological, art historical, economical or psychological. It is designed to supply the needs of scholars, critics and to support the works of graduate students entering this developing field of study. Kadin/Woman 2000 is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. http://emu.edu.tr/www/KAEM/index.htm Language resources World's wide Web needs to speak its languages: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/26/lang.idg/ Language resources The Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) Project: http://carla.acad.umn.edu/lctl/lctl.html Language resources Online dictionaries The primary purpose of AWSSGRAD-L is to encourage lively and professional discussion of the ins and outs of the graduate experience, which will help to ease the sense of isolation that is often felt by graduate students. http://ling.kgw.tu-berlin.de/call/webofdic/diction3.html European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages online I have the pleasure to announce you a new web page on minority issues http://www.midas-press.org Proposal Writing Resources Proposal Writing Short Course that covers the gathering of background information, the Components of a proposal, how to write the executive summary and the project description. http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html Proposal Writing Resources An overview of grant writing, with sample proposal summaries, inquiry letters, cover letters, and applications. The site is specifically designed to assist established, experienced private and public non-profit organizations and entities. The guides will not assist individuals or start-up organizations http://www.npguides.org/ Uganda in Eastern DRC: Fueling Political and Ethnic Strife In March, Human Rights Watch released this new report. The 50-page report, "Uganda in Eastern DRC: Fueling Political and Ethnic Strife," documents how Ugandan authorities fueled internal conflicts between factions of the rebel Congolese forces. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/drc/ Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Presented by the National Academy Press, this in-depth report examines health care disparities between racial minorities and whites. Although those categorized as minorities make up more than half the US population, they still receive a lower quality of healthcare than whites even when insurance stat. National Academy Press Washington, D.C. http://books.nap.edu/books/030908265X/html/R1.html#pagetop World History Archives Interesting site on the world history monitored form different aspects, economic, environmental, labor, and social. Facts on the global and political history of Europe(Southern, Western Eastern), Asia and Oceania, America, Africa. Also it covers the history of the International Community and the regional oprganisations as NATO, EU. http://www.Hartford-hwp.com/archives International Journal on Minority and Groups Rights The International Journal on Minority and Group Rights is devoted to legal, political and social problems stemming from the existence of minorities and groups within society. For the purposes of the Journal, groups are seen as clearly recognizable segments of society, defined by such relatively constant factors, as religion, race, culture or language. Developments in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in the early 1990s suggested the need for a periodical publication dealing with minority and group related issues at the highest scientific level, and this need has been confirmed by subsequent events in all parts of the globe, in particular Africa. The Journal has already made significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge, and aims to become the primary forum for the discussion of the vitally important field of study which it covers. On the address below you can find information how to succreibe to this Journal http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1385-4879/contents Advocacy Project The Advocacy Project lobbies for greater respect for humanitarian law and the support of civil society. http://www.advocacynet.org/ Vanja Ohn's Sociology Homepage Interesting links to resources in sociology, democracy and human rights, and the Baltic region, including Estonia, can be found here. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/7664/ Concise Guide to Human Rights on the Internet This annotated guide also includes links to treaty collections and international law sites, as well as to human rights country reports. http://www.derechos.org/human-rights/manual.htm Balkan Human Rights Web Pages Documents such as press releases, articles, and reports on Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Yugoslavia issued by reliable human rights NGOs and some IGOs and government sources can be found here. http://www.greekhelsinki.gr/ More Human Rights on the Internet This is an extensive, useful list of links to human rights sources in diverse subject categories. http://www.amnesty.org/aisect/links.htm Amnesty International's annual reports on worldwide human rights violations These reports can be relied upon for up-to-date, reliable information on the human rights situation in many countries of the world. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/ IHF Annual Report 1998 Included here is information about the 1997 human rights situation in 41 of the 54 Helsinki signatory states. Progress made toward strengthening compliance with OSCE Human Dimension Commitments is overshadowed by dramatic deterioration http://www.ihf-hr.org Human Rights without frontiers - HRWF This web site is available in English, French, German, Dutch, and Italian. The goal here is to promote democracy, the rule of law and the rights of the individual world-wide. A useful database on minorities is included. http://www.hrwf.net/ DR Online Menneskeret links/Globale kontakter/(human rights links) Useful links to human rights resources can be found here. http://www.dr.dk/prj/menneskeret/links.htm International Network: Education for Democracy, Human Rights and Tolerance Modern societies are characterised by diversity. Thus mutual toleration is becoming a key function for the maintenance of the democratic system and the non-violent resolution of conflict. http://www.tolerance.uni-muenchen.de/ War and Human Rights This website is in Russian and in English. The main goal of this project is to stop the war in the North Caucasus and to inform about the human rights situation in Chechnya, Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Osetia and the adjoining territories. http://www.hro.org/war I care This portal to anti-racism on the internet features the United Database, which gives addresses and identifies the type of institute for over 1,500 organizations. The Crosspoint Anti-racism database provides annotated links to 1,500 web sites, http://www.icare.to/ Russian Federation Chechnya: For the Motherland While civilians continue to suffer in Chechnya, they are also being targeted on the streets and in police stations in Moscow. The Russian government is apparently involved in a campaign to punish an entire ethnic group. http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/chechnya/index.html Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission This is a statutory body established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, in compliance with the Good Friday Agreement. This commission aims to ensure that the human rights of everyone in Northern Ireland are fully and firmly protected in law, policy and pra http://www.nihrc.org/