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Selected Websites on Genocide Studies, State Killings, Groups at Risk, International Law and Past Genocides
  • Human Rights First
    http://www.humanrightsfirst.org
    "Human Rights First protects people at risk: refugees who flee persecution, victims of crimes against humanity or other mass human rights violations, victims of discrimination, those whose rights are eroded in the name of national security, and human rights advocates who are targeted for defending the rights of others."

  • Web Genocide Documentation Centre.
    http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm
    Resources on Genocide, War Crimes and Mass Killing


  • Frank Chalk & Kurt Jonassohn/Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies [MIGS]
    http://migs.concordia.ca
    This includes a description of MIGS, lists of their Occasional Papers series available, list of current meetings and newsletters in the fields, an Op-Ed section, a short list of major books, and a long collection (13 specialized sub-pages) of Web Links -- http://migs.concordia.ca/links.html including addresses of human rights non-governmental organizations and related sites, specialized sites by country or region, and general news sources.


  • L. Edward Day and Richard Janikowski, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Memphis, Genocide Research Project [GRP]
    http://www.people.memphis.edu/~genocide
    This includes a description of GRP; syllabi and course descriptions for 19 courses; listing of news, announcements, and events (includes new publications and calls for papers); web-links and addresses to ten international law and human rights sites; bibliographies on genocide -- the Holocaust, Armenian genocide, Rwanda, and humanitarian intervention maintained by 10 libraries and organizations; addresses to three online journals related to human rights; links to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum site, to the American Bar Association (sponsor of GRP) and the University of Memphis; descriptions of principal investigators.


  • R. J. Rummel/University of Hawaii
    http://www2.hawaii.edu/~rummel/
    Website "Freedom, Democracy, Peace: Power, Democide, and War." This contains the definition, findings and conclusions Rummel draws from his work, including a brief biography and C.V.; list of papers and speeches; data on all 20th century democides; articles and data on democracy, violence, and war; papers on conflict and violence; data and results on dimensions of nations; links to related sites; reviews of books by Rummel; links to publisher web-sites for RJR books cited; conclusions and policy recommendations.


  • Centre for Comparative Genocide Studies, Macquarie University, Australia
    http://www.genocide.mq.edu.au
    This contains lists of courses, staff, centre publications, very brief genocide bibliography (A-Z), list of other genocide websites.


  • Prevent Genocide International, an internet-based network of activists working to prevent the crime of genocide.
    http://www.preventgenocide.org.
    This website is available in four languages: english, french, german, and spanish. This contains genocide law in the criminal codes of twelve nations, the Genocide Convention in six languages, the word "genocide" in 35 languages, an english summary of the Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission Report (February 1999) and article by Raphael Lemkin, April 1945.


  • Minorities at Risk Project, Prof. Ted R. Gurr, Director, CIDCM, University of Maryland.
    http://www.minoritiesatrisk.com
    This site contains extensive coded information of minorities throughout the world, information of related research projects, and a list of sources of information and web links from governments, nongovernmental organizations, academic institutions around the world and web-sites related to specific ethnopolitical groups.


  • State Failure Project, Prof. Ted Gurr and Prof. Barbara Harff, CIDCM, University of Maryland.
    http://www.bsos.umd.edu/cidcm/stfail
    This site contains descriptions and annual data on state failures and genocides and politicides since 1955. Each of the geno/politicides has a short description, beginning and ending dates, and coded annual estimates of fatalities.


  • Genocide Watch, Coordinator of the International Campaign to End Genocide, founded at the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference
    http://www.genocidewatch.org
    Founded on May 15, 1999 at the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference in the Netherlands.


  • Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota
    http://www.chgs.umn.edu
    The Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota was created in 1997. The Center creates programs and supports courses on genocide at the University of Minnesota and has an outreach component to middle and high schools in Minnesota and neighboring states. The site emphasizes resources for the teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, including artistic responses and memorials, curriculum guides, bibliographies, and links to independently created web sites in conjunction with other organizations.

  • The Genocide Intervention Fund
    http://www.genocideinterventionfund.org/news/links.php
    The Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF) aims to increase public awareness about genocide and support organizations, initiatives and government policies designed to help prevent and stop genocide. At this stage, the GIF will focus its fundraising on supporting African Union peacekeepers in Darfur, Sudan.

Besides these, there are specialized sites, such as the following. This, of course, is not a comprehensive list, but includes the best sources on primary documentation for these genocides:

  • Armenian National Institute, Washington, DC
    http://www.armenian-genocide.org/
    This site includes international affirmation about the Armenian genocide (statements, resolutions, proclamations, trial extracts), educational resources (how to teach about genocide, resource guides, curricula, information on video documentaries, etc.), genocide research (chronology, sample documents, photos, survey to press coverage, and guide to bibliographies).


  • Cambodian Genocide Project, Yale University, New Haven
    http://www.yale.edu/cgp/
    Data-base containing thousands of files of records of Khmer Rouge genocide--mostly bilingual, with summaries in both Khmer and English.

Both of the following are excellent sources for information on the Holocaust:

  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
    http://www.ushmm.org/ Extensive information about the museum, library, collections, archives and the US Holocaust Memorial Council. One can do a search from the collections & archives on-line; help is available.


  • Yad Vashem Home Page, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
    http://www.yad-vashem.org.il
    Extensive information on Yad Vashem, library, International Campaign for Gathering and Commemorating the Names of Holocaust Victims (can submit testimonies on-line), Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, Teacher-Training Seminars in North America and more.

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