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Topia!: Society: Issues: Warfare and Conflict: War Crimes (178)
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Institute for War and Peace Reporting - An award-winning educational and development charity founded in 1991, IWPR informs the international debate on conflict and supports the independent media in regions in transition. Long-time publisher of WarReport, IWPR produces several electronic reporting and monitoring services, all available via the Web or e-mail, in up to five languages. US: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) - This section of CSCE (Helsinki Commission) is a part of the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. Government and monitors human rights in Europe. Hearings, resolutions in the US. CBC News - War Crimes - Canadian Broadcast Company's site for war crimes in Yugoslavia, Bosnia, and Rwanda. Crimes of War Project - Dedicated to raising awareness of the laws of war and war crimes among the media, policy makers, human rights and humanitarian aid workers, and the general public. Thematical bibliographies on international law of armed conflict - Resource provided by the Defense, Civil Protection and Sports Administration of Switzerland. Sentencing By International Tribunals: A Human Rights Approach - Article in the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law on relevant provisions, sentencing, circumstances, and objectives. Nikolai Tolstoy's War Crimes Letters - Letters from Count Nikolai Tolstoy concerning his claims of war crimes by the British Government following the Second World War. General William T. Sherman: Would the Georgia Campaigns of the First Commander of the Modern Era Comply with Current Law of War Standards? - From the Emory International Law Review 9.2, Fall 1995. Attempts to apply modern standards to Sherman's Atlanta Campaign in the U.S Civil War. International Criminal Tribunals: Handbook for Government Cooperation - An Amnesty International resource on improving laws and resources to combat war crimes. International Society for Military Law and the Law of War - Belgian based association to study military law and promote the law of armed conflict that respects human rights. In French and English. Crying for Justice - A Houston Chronicle special report on the failure to bring to justice the perpetrators of several war crimes is Rwanda, South Africa, El Salvador, and Guatemala. REDRESS - Seeking Reparation for Torture Survivors - Redress is a London based, internationally focused non-profit legal/human rights organisation to help torture survivors use available international, regional and national remedies to obtain reparation and to campaign for effective remedies where they do not exist. Widows of War Living Memorial - War widows from all over the world tell their stories. Inspired by Barbara Sonneborn's documentary Regret to Inform, the memorial celebrates women as an unprecedented force for peace, healing, and reconciliation. International Military Law - This Australian site explores and debates international law issues arising out of the increasing use of military personnel in circumstances below the threshold of armed conflict. War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, Including Genocide - Principal legal instruments, form the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library. Law and War: A Doctrine of Deterrence - From UN Chronicle 35 (1998), by Anthony D'Amato. White House Diamond Conference - Proceedings of the White House Diamond Conference in 2001 to identify and track diamonds, which have become a major source of funds for violent groups and regimes. Genocide Research Center - A nonprofit organization which concentrates on the study, detection, and prevention of genocides. With news, law, research, education, and links. Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide - International project aimed at highlighting the men and women who resisted crimes against humanity, inspired by Yad Vashem's Garden of the Righteous in Jerusalem. Events, background, and related links. "Crimes Against Humanity" reviewed - A book review of Geoffrey Robertson's history of modern human rights and the progress towards enforceable international laws against war crimes. Juozas Kisielaitis - Accused Nazi War Criminal - Background on accused Nazi war criminal Juozas Kisielaitis. American War Crimes - Lists American War Crimes against Humanity. Collection of articles from Vietnam War, Korea War, and Afghanistan War. Encyclopedia.com - War Crimes - Short article about the definition of war crimes, and the prosecution of past war criminals. Coalition for International Justice - International, non-profit organization that supports international war crimes tribunals and justice initiatives. The Greek Murderers - Provides photos and background information on what it sees as a Turkish genocide by Greeks from 1919-1929. No Peace Without Justice - Campaign of the Transnational Radical Party for the establishment of the ICC and support of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Humanitarianism and War Project, Archives - Reviews the experience of the international community in responding to complex emergencies around the world, examines the interaction between humanitarian action and political-military forces. Sponsored by Feinstein International Famine Center at Tufts University and initiated by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. The Laws of War - A searchable database from the Avalon Project at Yale University on universally accepted means of conflict with historical treaties and agreements from the 18th to 21st century. Ramsey Clark, The War Criminal's Best Friend - Asserts the former U.S. attorney general has become the tool of left-wing cultists who defend Slobodan Milosevic, Saddam Hussein and Rwandan torturers as anti-imperialist heroes. War Crimes Resources at Questia - Features an online library of books and journals relating to war crimes around the globe. Henry Kissinger War Crimes - Gives overview and references to several articles and essays advocating the indictment of Henry Kissenger for mass murders in Cambodia. The Project on International Courts and Tribunals - Created by New York University and the University of London to address legal, institutional and financial issues on the increase of international courts and tribunals as well as their use. Guardian Weblog Special: War crimes - Collection of news coverage from newspapers worldwide about war crimes tribunals from Nuremberg to the Hague. Human Rights Violations in Chechnya - Contains photos and archived reports from several human rights organizations on continuous killing where from 50,000 to 100,000 civilans have died or disappeared. Special Court - Includes background documents, news, and events on The Special Court for Sierra Leone to investigate and prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity there. International Humanitarian Law - Information, treaties, and legal materials, from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Includes the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols. Human Rights Watch - Organization to protect rights of people around the world, to bring offenders to justice, prevent discrimination, uphold political freedom and to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime. Frontline: The Crime of Genocide - Gives a clinical definition of genocide and what makes it the worst crime against humanity. Genocidal Acts During the Twentieth Century - Chronological list with perpetrators and approximate number of victims. From the Bloodbaths In East Timor to A Suicide in Alexandria - Article exposing evidence of U.S. intelligence passing information to Indonesian war criminals and supporting butchery. Crime Against Humanity - Sri Lanka - A petition to the international community to investigate and condemn alleged crimes against humanity perpetrated under the rule of President Chandrika Kumaratunga. Non-Turkish Crimes Against Humanity - Conflicts happen around the world; Turkey is no exception. This site presents crimes, of equal if not greater magnitude to those committed in Turkey, all around the world. Ukriane's Holocaust - The Great Famine - Paper with citations showing a Soviet cover up and imposed famine, starving to death up to 15 million people during the 1930s. From the Catholic Christian Defense League. Kissinger, Manhattans Milosevic - Opinion published in Village Voice Feature argues that the former U.S. secretary of state committed war crimes. By James Ridgeway with Ariston-Lizabeth Anderson and Sandra Bisin. Committee on Conscience - General and in-depth resources on genocide and related crimes against humanity. International Forensic Centre of Excellence for the Investigation of Genocide - The Inforce Foundation investigates war crimes, crimes against humanity and extra-judicial killings. News and information on ongoing projects, lists of advisors and supporters, upcoming conferences and recommended reading.
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