Australian Websites
CPACS: Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies
CPACS statement of purpose is as follows:-
"The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies was established in May 1988 as a specialist research and teaching centre within the University of Sydney. It
promotes interdisciplinary research and teaching on the causes of conflict and the conditions which affect conflict resolution and peace. Projects focus
on the means of justice and the means of attaining a just society. Projects examine the conditions which contribute to the attainment of equitable social
relationships and the resolution of conflict with a view to attaining just societies. The Centre aims to facilitate dialogue between individuals, groups or
communities who are concerned with conditions of positive peace, whether in interpersonal relationships, community relations, within organisations
and nations, or with reference to international relations."
url: http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/cpacs/
International Conflict Resolution Centre
Located at the University of Melbourne, Australia the aim of the Centre "is to study
the theory and practice of non-violent conflict resolution, with a particular focus on cultural aspects of conflict resolution strategies in the Asia
Pacific Region. This involves the study of alternative dispute resolution strategies such as negotiation, mediation, and conciliation at the
national, community and individual levels." The website includes research profiles, conference & seminar information and a directory of
Peace &, Conflict Programmes at other Australian Universities.
url: http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/DOJ+Internet/Home/The+Justice+System/Disputes/Mediation/JUSTICE+-+Online+Alternative+Dispute+Resolution+-+Research+(PDF)
United Nations Organisations
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Current missions, documentation, deployment maps, Glossary, Publications & history of UN peacekeeping
Review of Operations1991-2000
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/ops.htm/
UNIDIR: United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Collaborative project of the United Nations and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
bringing together databases relating to disarmament research. Databases include research institutes, projects, publications, documentation, articles & conferences.
url: http://www.unidir.org/
International & Overseas Websites
Stockholm International Peace research Institute
Organisational information and goals, outlines, history and in some cases documentation on
of major research areas:- arms transfers & production, military
expenditure & technology, chemical and biological weapons and European security, factsheets,
abstracts from major publications including chapter summaries from the SIPRI Yearbook ( held Fisher Ref )
and searchable Library catalogue and Library article databaseA collection of searchable databases providing
factual data on many subjects relating to Peace and Conflict studies is also available from this web site..
url: http://www.sipri.org/
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD).
News, programme, conference and publication information.
url: http://www.accord.org.za/web/home.htm
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Funded by the Carnegie Corporation the Commissions goal is to advance ideas on conflict prevention.
This websites includes the full-text of many CCPDC publications including the final report of a three year study on
preventing conflict.
url: http://www.ccpdc.org/
Peace and Justice Studies Association
COPRED is a community of educators, activists and researchers working on alternatives to violence and war. Website includes publication, conference and membership information.
url: http://www.peacejusticestudies.org/index.php
Conciliation Resources
United Kingdom non-profit organisation publishes the journal Accord: an International Review of
Peace Processes. Key articles are available on the websites. Conciliation resources publishes an Occasional Papers Series.
Papers are available in full-text.
url: http://www.c-r.org/
International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC)
"The ICRC acts to help all victims of war and internal violence, attempting to ensure implementation of humanitarian
rules restricting armed violence" Includes organisations mission, programmes & projects, operations throughout the world in maps, facts, figures, reports and online
publications. A thematic approach to major issues provides documentation and project information in areas such as
landmines, laser weapons, effects of weapons, water & war, children & war, women & war and humanitarian action
in armed conflict. The official publication of the organisation International review of the Red Cross and a
database on International Humanitarian Law are available on this website.
url: http://www.icrc.org/eng
International Crisis Group - Conflict prevention and resolution
The International Crisis Group (Crisis Group) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, with some 145 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
url: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm
Arms Control Association
"Is a national nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public
understanding of and support for effective arms control policies. Through its public education and media programs and its magazine, Arms
Control Today, ACA provides policy-makers, the press and the interested public with authoritative information, analysis and commentary on
arms control proposals, negotiations and agreements, and related national security issues. In addition to the regular press briefings ACA holds
on major arms control developments, the Association's staff provides commentary and analysis on a broad spectrum of issues for journalists and
scholars both in the United States and abroad." Includes organisations mission statement, online memoranda, fact sheets, backgound papers & ACT fact files and the journal
Arms Control Today. The journal includes an index.
url: http://www.armscontrol.org/
Yale University Peacekeeping Webpage
Part of the Yale University UN Scholars' Workstation
Provides quick access to key documentation relating to peacekeeping.
url: http://www.library.yale.edu/un/un3b7.htm
Peacenet
Part of the Institute for Global Communications provides a news and information service on regional conflicts
and peace iniatives.
url: http://www.igc.org/igc/peacenet/
War, Peace and Security WWW Server
Website created by Presented by the Information Resource Centre, Canadian Forces College, Toronto, Canada.
This website includes Canadian Defence documents and bibliographies aon Peace and security.
The database is "...is a bilingual index to books, reports, speeches, conference proceedings, staff papers and periodicals held by the
Canadian Forces College Information Resource Centre."
url: http://wps.cfc.dnd.ca/
United States Institute for Peace.
"The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution
created and funded by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the
peaceful resolution of international conflict." This website includes a newsroom, publications, events directory, research and
educational & training programmes and the full-text of special reports.
url: http://www.usip.org/
The Chemical Weapons Convention Homepage.
Documentation and fact files for the Chemical Weapons Convention.
url: http://www.opcw.nl/
Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centre.
The mission of this organisation is to "... support and enhance the Canadian contribution to international peace,
security, and stability. The Centre conducts research and provides advanced training and educational programmes."
url: http://www.cdnpeacekeeping.ns.ca/
INCORE: A Global Centre for the Study and Resolution of Conflict.
"INCORE, the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity, is a joint initiative of the University of Ulster and the United
Nations University. The INCORE Internet Service is a central resource on the internet for those in the area of conflict resolution and ethnic conflict. It
is intended to serve not only academic researchers but also policy-makers and practitioners." An outstanding website which includes the full-text of occasional papers, conference reports,
research reports and the Ethnic Conflict Research Digest. A number of guides to Internet resources in specific areas of research are also available topics include;
women in conflict, children in conflict, truth and reconciliation, Landmines, refugees and religion and conflict. This website is well organised and can be searched by keyword.
CAIN a website which focuses on conflict in Northern Ireland can also be accessed via INCORE.
url: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/
PeaceWeb
Quaker Web page on peace and social concerns. Includes the text of historic documents
and links to academic programmes and research.
url: http://www.web.net/~peaceweb/
International Affairs Network, Peace and Conflict Resolution
Annotated list of Websites on Peace & Conflict Studies
url: http://www.pitt.edu/~ian/resource/conflict.htm
The Network: Interaction for Conflict Resolution.
Canadian source for Conflict Resolution information and resources.
url: http://www.nicr.ca/
Peace Studies Resources
Collection of Links to Research Institutes and Organisations. Part of a commercial website
"Creative Response to Conflict"
url: http://members.aol.com/Altdisres/Peace.html
Peace Research Institute- Dundas.
Website of Canadian based non-profit Institute "devoted to
international peace advocacy and research. The Institute has several ongoing initiatives, from collecting abstracts of peace
literature, to research, education, and publishing books and journals."
url: http://www.acp-cpa.ca/PRID.htm
Non-violence Resources
Nonviolence International
Non-profit organisation which "...assists
individuals, organizations, and governments striving to utilize nonviolent methods to bring
about changes reflecting the values of justice and human development on personal, social,
economic, and political levels." Website is hosted by the Institute for Global Communications and contains an excellent
bibliography for trainers in the areas of conflict resolution and nonviolence.
url: http://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/
The Nonviolence Web
Coalition of US based Peace Organisations.Excellent source for news relating to Peace initiatives.
url: http://www.nonviolence.org/
PANDA: Protocol for the Assessment of Nonviolent Direct Action
PANDA is an initiative of "The Program on Nonviolent Sanctions and Cultural Survival (PONSACS),
housed at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard
University, studies situations of conflict in order to better understand their
nature and the capabilities of nonviolent actions in support of human rights and
civil liberties."
url: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/ponsacs/research/PANDA_IDEA.htm
Terrorism
Federation of American Scientists: Terrorism Background and Threat Assesments
Links to resources on September 11 and the Aftermath; Middle East Terror; Chemical and Biological Weapons; Patterns of Global Terrorism (US State Department); Foreign Terrorist Organizations Designations; Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans;
Documents, Articles and Papers
url: http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror.htm
America's War against terrorism.
University of Michigan Documents Center comprehensive collection of links on September 11 and it's aftermath includes news resources and other documentation and publications.
url: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html
American Society of International Law
Society's collection of resources forTerrorist Attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Includes links to legal resources and International conventions.
url: http://www.asil.org/terrorind.htm
United Nations Djag Hammarskjold Library resources for International Terrorism
Resolutions, conventions, UN resources; Non-UN resources and related internet resources.
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resources/terrorism/
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV)
St. Andrews University Scotland
"The centre is the only independent academic research institute in the United Kingdom dedicated to the study of terrorism and related forms of political violence. Its major aims are to:
investigate the roots of political violence;
develop a body of theory spanning its various and disparate elements; and
recommend policy and organisational initiatives that the government and private sectors might adopt to better predict, detect, and respond to the threats and challenges of the post-cold war era.
to create an academic forum for debate of these issues."
url: http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_sem/IR/research/cstpv/
US Government Information on World Terrorism
Illinois Institute of Technology. Paul V. Galvin Library links to government information of terrorism including Country and group information; counterterrorism; disaster assistance, intelligence, legislation, military and maps.
url: http://www.gl.iit.edu/govdocs/terrorism.htm
Reference Sources
Glossary of UN Peacekeeping Terms
Compilation of terms used in UN peacekeeping missions throughout the world.
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/glossary/
Peace-keeping operations: a bibliography.
United Nations Dag Hammarskjšld Library bibliography on Peace-keeping and related areas
of research covering the years 1945-1996.
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pkeep.htm
INCORE: Conflict Data Service
"INCORE's Information Bank in Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity on the Internet" includes bibliographies,
training resources, Internet resources, organisational and academic programme directory.
url: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/metadata/index.html
Islam-Peace-Nonviolence: A Select Bibliography
Compiled by Karim Douglas Crow, CoordinatorĐ Islam and Peace.
Copyright Nonviolence International , September 1998.
url: http://www.igc.apc.org/nonviolence/islambib.htm
International Boundary News database.
Database compiled and maintained by containing "...over 10,000 boundary-related
reports from a wide range of news sources around the world dating from 1991 to approximately six months before the current
date." The database is compiled and maintained by the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) at the University of Durham (UK).
url: http://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/resources/newsarchive/
Peace Operations Resource Site Bibliographic Database
"The bibliographic database (with search engine) contains over 2,000 post-1989 peace operations publications. Various entries also contain brief
summaries of publications. Among other search possibilities, publications can be scanned by category, such as theoretical/conceptual literature,
international law, preventive diplomacy, state decisionmaking, etc."
url: http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/peacekpg/biblio/bibliog.htm
Full-text Documents
Publications of The Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
Reports covers topics including education & conflict resolution, thr role of the United Nations,
regional and sectarian conflict, complex emergencies, power sharing and International mediation.
url: http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/frpub.htm
Conciliation Resources. Occasional Papers.
Full-text of papers covering, regional conflicts, impact of conflict on women and children, role
of International NGOs and reports an various peace iniatives.
url: http://www.c-r.org/occ_papers/index.htm
Online Journal of Peace & Conflict Resolution
Supported by the Tabula Rasa Institute for Peace, Justice, and Cooperation the journal provides
a resource for students, teachers and practitioners in fields relating to the reduction and elimination of conflict.
url: http://www.trinstitute.org/ojpcr/
Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Occasional Papers
Full-text for many occasional papers covering many aspects conflict resolution and peace studies.
url: http://www.nd.edu/%7Ekrocinst/ocpapers/index.html
Arms Control Association Full-text documents.
Mainly documents from 1997-98 covering arms control.
url: http://www.armscontrol.org/subject/
Boundary and Security Bulletin.
Full-text of this publication from the the International Boundaries Research Unit (IBRU) at the University of Durham (UK).
Available for downloading in PDF format.
url: http://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/publications/bulletin/