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Research Resources & Links
1. International organisations
2. Regional organisations
3. Peacekeeping operations
4. Research centres, institutes and think tanks
5. Academic institutions
6. Advocacy-focused NGOs
7. Humanitarian NGOs
8. Other organisations and resource sites
9. Responsitibility to Protect and Human Security
10. DDR and Security Sector Reform
11. Women and conflict
1. International organisations
Other international organisations
- Commonwealth Secretariat
- International Criminal Court
- International Monetary Fund
- International Organisation for Migration
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Development Cooperation Directorate, Conflict and Peace Division - The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)
- The World Bank
- World Economic Forum
Global Governance Initiative - World Trade Organisation
2. Regional organisations
- African Union (AU)
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) (Arabic)
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- East African Community (EAC)
- Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
- Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
ASEAN Regional Forum (dialogue on political and security issues) - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Counter Terrorism Task Force - South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Council of Europe
- European Union (EU)
European Commission, DG 1A External Affairs
Conflict Prevention & Civilian Crisis Management
EU Checklist for root causes of conflict - Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Americas
- Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM)
- MERCOSUR (Latin American Common Market) (in Spanish or Portuguese)
- Organisation of American States
3. Peacekeeping operations
- MINURSO - United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
- MONUC - United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- MINURCAT – United Nations Mission in CAR and Chad
- BINUB – United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi
- UNAMSIL - United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
- UNMEE - United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
- UNMIL - United Nations Mission in Liberia
- UNMIS - United Nations Mission in Sudan
- UNAMID - African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur
- UNOCI - United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
- UNOGBIS - United Nations Peace-Building Support Office In Guinea-Bissau
- UNOWA - United Nations Office for West Africa
- UNPOS – United Nations Political Office for Somalia
- ISAF - NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan
- UNAMA – United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
- UNMIN – United Nations Mission in Nepal
- UNMOGIP - United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
- UNMIT – United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste
- KFOR - NATO-led security force in Kosovo
- UNMIK - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
- UNOMIG - United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia
- UNFICYP - United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
The Middle East
- UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
- UNSCOL - Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon
- UNDOF - United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (Golan Heights)
- UNTSO - United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (Middle East)
- UNSCO - Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
- UNAMI – United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
- UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations
- UN handbook on multidimensional peacekeeping operations
- Challenges of Peace Operations: Into the 21st Century
- Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping
- U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
- UN Documentation: Research Guide
4. Research centres, institutes and think tanks
- African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
- American Enterprise Institute
- Atlantic Community
- Brookings Institution
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Centre for American Progress
- Centre for Democratic Institutions (Australia)
- Centre for International Governance Innovation (Canada)
- Centre of International Relations and International Cooperation (Barcelona)
- Centre for Security Studies (CSS) (Zurich)
- Centre for Strategic and International Studies
- Chatham House (UK)
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Escola de Cultura de Pau (School of Peace Culture)
- Heritage Foundation
- Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (New Delhi)
- Institute for Security Studies (South Africa)
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (London)
IISS Armed Conflict Database (subscription) - International Peace Institute
- International Peace Research Institute (PRIO) (Norway)
- International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
- Liu Institute for Global Affairs
- Réseau francophone de recherche sur les opérations de paix (in French only)
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- Strategic Foresight Group
- United States Institute of Peace
- UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
- British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
- Bonn International Centre for Conversiom (BICC)
5. Academic institutions
- Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management
- Centre on International Cooperation (New York University)
- Centre for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland
- Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE) (Oxford University)
- Crisis States Programme, DESTIN (LSE)
- Department of Peace Studies (University of Bradford)
- Governance and Social Development Resource Centre Exchange - Conflict theme
- Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
- International Conflict Research (INCORE) (University of Ulster)
6. Advocacy-focused NGOs
- Amnesty International
- Daisy Alliance
- Enough Project
- Freedom House
- Genocide Watch
- Global Witness
- Human Rights First
- Human Rights Watch
- National Endowment for Democracy
- The Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG)
War Crimes Prosecution Watch - Publish What You Pay
- Transparency International
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7. Humanitarian NGOs
- Action Against Hunger
- Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED)
- CARE
- Caritas International
- The Carter Center
- Conciliation Resources
- GOAL
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
- International Alert
- International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Rescue Committee
- Islamic Relief
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
- Mercy Corps
- Open Society Institute
- Oxfam
- Peace Direct
- Saferworld
- Search for Common Ground
- Save the Children
8. Other organisations and resource sites
- AlertNet
- Central Africa Policy Forum
- Conflict Resolution Information Source
- e-Parliament
- International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
- International Task Force on Global Public Goods
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
- Open Democracy
- Parliamentarians for Global Action
- Ploughshares Fund
- ReliefWeb
- World Organisation Against Torture
- Election Guide
- The Institute for Economics and Peace: Global Peace Index
9. Responsibility to Protect and Human Security
- Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty
- World Federalist Movement
- Human Security Report Project, School For International Studies, SFU Vancouver
- Human Security Report 2005: War and Peace in the 21st Century, Centre for Human Security, November 2005
- Canadian Consortium on Human Security
- Human Security Gateway
- Human Security Network
10. DDR and Security Sector Reform
- Global Facilitation Network for Security Sector Reform
- GTZ Security Sector Reform
- International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
- Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers
- SmallArmsNet.org
- Stockholm Initiative on Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (SIDDR)
- OECD DAC Security System Reform and Governance
- International Alert - Security Sector Reform
- The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
11. Women and conflict
- Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace
- Amnesty International - Women's rights
- Human Rights Watch - Women's rights
- ICRC - Women and war
- PeaceWomen (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
- Women, Peace & Security Web Portal (UNIFEM)
- UN Division for the Advancement of Women
- UNIFEM toolbox
- International Alert/Women Waging Peace toolkit
- UN peacekeeping gender resource package
