Non-governmental Organizations Search

• Custom search engine that searches through non-governmental organization sites, providing backgound and commentary on international issues
• Useful for topics such as human rights, women's rights, human trafficking, child labor, ethnic conflict, genocide, indigenous rights

Intergovernmental Organization Search Engine

• Custom search engine that searches through intergovernmental (e.g. UN, EU, WB) organization sites, providing background and commentary on international issues
• Useful for topics such as human rights, women's rights, human trafficking, child labor, ethnic conflict, genocide, indigenous rights

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Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities.  3 v. 2005

Articles written by scholars in various disciplines. Subject matter includes ethic groups, nations, and issues pertinent to minorities such as assimilation, critical race theory, diaspora, ethnic conflict, genocide, immigration, indigenous peoples, migrations, racism, refugees, religion vs. ethnicity and slavery.

Minorities at Risk Project [Center for International Development and Conflict Management at University of Maryland]

• Provides background information, chronology and risk assessment of over 284 politically significant groups worldwide from 1945 to present
• Group classifications include: ethnonationalist; indigenous; ethnoclass; communal contender; religious sect; and national minority
• Includes a dataset of 150 variables per group intended to provide insight on organizations that use a strategy of political violence
• World maps represent hot spots classified as Persecution (Political Discrimination/Repression) and Mobilization (Protests/Rebellions)
• Includes links to Web sites that monitor regional conflict and human rights and represent the interests of specific ethnic groups

Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts.  2003

Articles arranged by country. Each article includes a timeline, historical background, the conflict, management of the conflict, significance, extensive notes, and a list of suggested readings.

Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World 2002

"Articles highlighting the historical, political, social, religious, and economic evolution of the many national groups that are now emerging to claim roles in the post–Cold War world order"...from the preface

Includes appendices on date of Declarations of Independence and national organizations by nation.

International Crisis Group   

Independent, multinational organization that provides political analysis in the form of media releases, speeches, articles, and op-eds on the "most significant situations of conflict or potential conflict around the world."

Select location by country or search for key issues such as African regional security, peace & justice, gender & conflict, climate change & conflict, and responsibility to protect.

Ethnic Relations: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia.   1994

Articles on topics including ethnic cleansing, conflict, identity and nationalism, ethnocide, genocide, human rights, mixed-ancestry, racism, refugees and transnational migration.

Also covers articles on ethnic groups in conflict including Albanians and Serbs, Bosnians-Croats-Serbs, Catholics-Protestants in Northern Ireland, Chechen-Ingush in Russia, Hindus-Muslims in India, Hutu-Tutsi in Burundi and Rwanda, Israelis and Palestinians, Kashmiri, Kurds Tibetans in China and others.

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Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.  3v. 2005

Articles covering themes of crime and punishment, historical perspective, investigations, reparations, laws, international organizations, groups, individuals, and theories. Arranged alphabetically with a subject index. Brief bibliographies with each article. Includes a filmography,glossary, and section of primary sources consisting of major legal documents and decisions.

Encyclopedia of Genocide.  1999

Presents an overview of genocide including definitions, major events, intervention, prevention, and denials of genocide. Includes articles on countries that have experienced ethnic conflict from throughout the world. Extensive articles focus on Armenian genocide and the Holocaust.

Issues covered include topics relating genocide to children, dehumanization, democracy, ethnic cleansing, eugenics, role of government, prosecution of perpetrators, slavery, and war crimes.

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Human Rights and the World's Major Religions.   5v. 2005

Includes a volume on traditions in the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist religions."The purpose...is to define the meaning of human rights in a specific religious tradition and to survey its breadth and development across time and cultures." - from the introduction. Each volume is supplemented by primary documents, biographical sketches, extensive notes, annotated bibliography, chronology and index.

Includes historical background of traditions, doctrine and teachings, and modern day practices, including the issues of minorities, gender, and nationality.

Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom.   2003

"Surveys of state-church relations for all major religions and countries around the world.  Includes descriptions of major international, regional and national laws, declarations, and conventions regarding religious rights."

Articles on religious tolerance, human rights, fundamentalism and politics, jihad, religion and nationalism, religious terrorist groups, and women, religious freedom, and human rights.

Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion.   2007

Articles on major religions and countries and world regions. Topical articles on concepts such as civil society, ethnicity, freedom of religion, fundamentalism, genocide and ethnic cleansing, human rights, jihad, nationalism, prejudice, separation of church and state, violence, and war.

UNHCR: UN Refugee Agency

Publications include:

• State of the World's Refugees - In-depth analysis of of humanitarian aid over the past 50 years with regional reports includes statistics and further reading with updates at New Issues in Refugee Research
• Statistics on asylum-seekers and refugees which can be searched by country
• RefWorld - Searchable database that "contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks" on human rights.
  • Search by keyword, country, or in a topical area including refugee status determination, resettlement, migration, gender equality & women, statelessness, internally displaced persons, children, and voluntary repatriation
    
    

Migration Information Source: Refugees

Site provided by the Migration Policy Institute that "aims to provide easy access to reliable data and analysis on the world's millions of refugees, internally displaced persons, and asylum seekers."

See also A Comprehensive Approach to Refugee Protection for additional resources.

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People on the Move: An Atlas of Migration. 2010

• Sections on: Migration through the Ages; Contemporary Global Migration Patterns; and Hybrid Identities of Human Mobility, which covers issues such as: refugee return; internally displaced persons; climate change; by gender and children; migration & integration; and policy

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

Provides information on refugees by region and annual reports by country from 1997 to date.

Publications include:

• World Refugee Survey - Statistics on warehousing, refugees and asylum seekers by host country, principal sources of refugees, significant voluntary repatriations, involuntary returns & expulsions, parties & non-parties to UN refugee convention.
• Includes regional summaries with country updates.

Save the Children

International organization focusing on protecting children from exploitation and promoting equality. Search by country.