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Useful Weblinks
Aegis Genocide Prevention Initiative
http://www.aegistrust.org/
A UK-based project that "will attempt to identify the causes,
predict the development and prevent the incidence of genocide. Aegis
is a unique initiative for which there is no pre-existing organisational
model. It is designed to develop a powerful network that focuses
the strengths of all those organisations, governmental and non-governmental,
which already have an involvement in some aspect of reaction to
or prevention of genocide. It will distil and disseminate the most
useful and accurate knowledge available, providing advice on strategic
planning for genocide prevention."
Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Peace Studies
http://www.unr.edu/chgps/blank.htm
The homepage of the academic program at the University of Nevada,
Reno, directed by Dr. Viktoria Hertling.
Crimes of War
http://www.crimesofwar.org/
Hosted by American University, this project is a collaborative effort
of journalists, lawyers, and scholars "that seeks to raise
awareness of the laws of war." Resources at the site include
an online magazine, featured essays, analysis, a discussion forum,
information on future seminars, and related resources. The essays
are concise, cover a range of international topics, and link to
related items on the site.
Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide, and War
http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/
Compiled by R.J. Rummel, one of the leading scholars of genocide,
and coiner of the term "democide" ("murder by government").
Includes over 900 documents and some 4,000 pages of text supporting
the theory of democide, as well as an onsite search engine and useful
links.
Gendercide Watch
http://www.gendercide.org
Web-based educational initiative that confronts gender-selective
atrocities against men and women worldwide.
The Genocide Research Project: Links to Other Resources
for Teaching and Research on Genocide http://www.people.memphis.edu/~genocide/indlink.htm
The single most useful and extensive collection of links and resources
on genocide studies, compiled by the Genocide Research Project of
the University of Memphis and the Pennsylvania State University.
Genocide Studies Program - Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/gsp/
Homepage of the Yale University program directed by noted Cambodia
scholar Ben Kiernan. Includes materials on "Theory and Analysis,"
"History and Description," and "Detection and Prevention."
Holocaust and Genocide Links
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/genocidelinks.html
A resource list prepared by Linda M. Woolf of Webster University
(see below).
Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
(MIGS) http://migs.concordia.ca/
The homepage of the institute established by, among others,
leading genocide scholars Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn.
Prevent Genocide International
http://www.preventgenocide.org/
"Prevent Genocide International is a nonprofit educational
organization established in 1998 with the purpose of bringing about
the elimination of the crime of genocide. The organizaton makes
particular use of the Internet as a way of linking persons around
the world in a transnational network of global civic engagement
and action." A multilingual site (German, French, Spanish,
English).
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
http://www.ushmm.org
"The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America's
national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation
of Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the
millions of people murdered during the Holocaust."
Web Genocide Documentation Centre: Internet Resources on
Genocide and Mass Killings
http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/genocide.htm
An exceedingly helpful page of links compiled by Dr. Stuart Stein
of the University of the West of England.
Webster University's Center for the Study of the Holocaust,
Genocide, and Human Rights
http://www.webster.edu/~woolflm/cshghr.html
"Genocide is the most extreme threat to fulfillment of [human]
needs and aspirations, and the Holocaust perhaps the most horrible
example of their systematic deprivation. The Webster University
Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights
takes as its mission the education of our students, our faculty,
our community and ourselves."
Yahoo! Full Coverage: Human Rights
http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/World/Human_Rights/
A wide-ranging compilation of recent reporting on human-rights issues,
with an additional link to materials on genocide.
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