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Amnesty International - A worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights. Offers an online library of documents arranged by country, covering all aspects of human rights, including those issues relating to conflict. In English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.

Care - A leading humanitarian aid organisation fighting poverty and injustice in 70 countries around the world. Offers news and documents on a variety of humanitarian issues, including conflict and peace.

Centre of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance - Promotes effective civil-military management in international humanitarian assistance, disaster response and peacekeeping through education, training, research and information programs. Offers courses in disaster management, and updates on disaster regions worldwide, including those suffering conflicts.

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue - An independent and impartial organisation whose motivation is to reduce human suffering in war. Links to a number of publications, and contains details of the Centre's mediation projects around the world.

Centre for Security Sector Management - A department of Cranfield University, the Centre exists to promote the development and effective management of security sectors for enhanced peace and security. Contains conflict related documents arranged by continent and country, regional news updates, and links to publications on a variety of issues.

Concern Worldwide - A humanitarian organisation, working towards enabling absolutely poor people to achieve major improvements in their lifestyles which are sustainable without ongoing support. Website contains background information and news on a variety of international humanitarian issues, including on-going conflicts.

Conciliation Resources - An independent NGO working to prevent violence, promote justice and transform conflict into opportunities for development. Website contains details of the organisation's projects worldwide, plus archives of their Accord publication.

Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst - A leading European development service for personnel cooperation. Contains several in-depth reports on the issues regarding civilian conflict transformation, in English and German.

European Centre for Conflict Prevention - An NGO promoting effective conflict prevention and peacebuilding strategies. Website provides an online archive of articles and surveys taken from ECCP's "Searching for Peace" publication.

European University Center for Peace Studies (EPU) - An international NGO with UNESCO status, affiliated to the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR). The organisation offers post-graduate courses in Peace Studies.

Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict - GPPAC - An international network of civil society organisations working for conflict prevention and peacebuilding worldwide. GPPAC operates conferences on conflict resolution on regional and global scales, and draws up regional and global action plans. The website links to a variety of research documents relating to peacebuilding.

Human Rights Watch - An independent NGO dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world. Offers news, publications, background information, and commentary on human rights issues in a variety of countries, including those suffering conflicts. Website available in a variety of languages.

Hunt Alternatives Fund - Hunt Alternatives advances innovative and inclusive approaches to social change at the local, national, and global levels. Their Initiative for Inclusive Security, including The Women Waging Peace Network, advocates for the full participation of all stakeholders, especially women, in peace processes.

International Conflict Research - INCORE - Part of the University of Ulster, this organisation offers post-graduate programs in Peace and Conflict Studies, links to peace-related news articles and publications, and maintains two online research resources - the Ethnic Conflict Research Digest (peer reviews of recently published books, journal articles and research papers on the dynamics and management of ethnic conflict), and the Conflict Data Service (a comprehensive and detailed database on conflicts and conflict-related issues worldwide).

Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre - A leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide. This organisation offers background information, statistics, news, analysis, and documents and publications relating to conflict and IDP's.

International Alert - An independent peacebuilding organisation working in over 20 countries and territories around the world. The website contains background information, news, and details of IA's projects in conflict areas worldwide.

International Crisis Group - An independent, non-profit, NGO working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict. This organisation offers a comprehensive source of information, news, analysis, and documents and publications on conflict and peace related issues in a variety of languages.

International Institute for Strategic Studies - A leading authority on political-military conflict, this organisation offers research documents and links to publications and journals relating to conflicts worldwide.

International Relations and Security Network - Part of the Centre for Strategic Studies Zurich, IISS is a free public service that provides a wide range of high-quality and comprehensive products and resources to encourage the exchange of information among international relations and security professionals worldwide. The website offers news, currents affairs, research and publications relating to international relations and security.

Media Diversity Institute - A charitable, non-partisan organization that mobilises the power of media to lessen inter-group conflict, advance human rights – especially minority rights – and support deeper public understanding of all types of social diversity. Offers links to news items covering a variety of topics including conflict and peace journalism.

Nonviolent Peaceforce - A federation of over 90 Member Organizations from around the world, working to protect human rights, deter violence, and help create space for local peacemakers to carry out their work. Offers news reports and updates on a variety of conflict areas, in English, Italian, and French.

Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs - OCHA - A department of the UN Secretariat, operating through a network of field offices which support UN Humanitarian Coordinators and country teams. Provides overviews and documents relating to various humanitarian issues, and offers country-specific news, publications, and documents.

Peace Brigades International - An NGO which works to protect human rights and promote nonviolent transformation of conflicts. Offers publications and reports on a variety of conflict areas, in a range of European languages.

Peace Journalism - An independent online magazine, who's mission it is to develop and disseminate information on the prevention and peaceful resolution of conflicts through written articles and research. Links to conflict-related news reports and analysis.

Peace Reporter - An online newspaper and editorial agency aimed at spreading a culture of peace and respect of human rights. This organisation offers photographs and stories, and news and reports from conflict areas, in English and Italian.

People Building Peace - A project run by GPPAC to highlight the contributions of civil society to preventing violent conflict. Contains stroies and photographs of grassroots peacebuilding.

Political Resources on the Net - Listings of political sites sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments and Media.

PRIO - International Peace Research Institute - Based in Oslo, Prio is an independent research institute, offering research, journals, and publications relating to a range of issues including conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

ReliefWeb - Administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), ReliefWeb is a global hub for time-critical humanitarian information on complex emergencies and natural disasters. Contains news updates, articles on a variety of issues, maps, and background information arranged by country.

Responding to Conflict - RTC - A not-for-profit organisation offering advice, cross-cultural training and longer-term support to people who are working for peace, development, rights and humanitarian assistance in societies which are affected or threatened by violent conflict.

Saferworld - An independent NGO working to prevent armed violence and create safer communities in which people can lead peaceful and rewarding lives. Offers news and publications on a variety of conflict-related issues.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - SIPRI - Conducts research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security. Operates the FIRST database and contains a comprehensive list of peace-related journals.

Swisspeace - A practice-oriented peace research institute in the area of conflict analysis and peacebuilding. They research the causes of wars and violent conflicts, develop tools for early recognition of tensions, and formulate conflict mitigation and peacebuilding strategies.

Transcend - A peace and development network for conflict transformation by peaceful means. Transcend operate an online university offering courses in peace studies, and link to various publications arranged by country.

United Nations Development Fund for Women - UNIFEM - Provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security. Provides country profiles and an analysis of humanitarian issues with an emphasis on women.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR - Leads and co-ordinates international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Offers news, publications, research and statistics on refugee-related issues.

United States Institute for Peace - An independent, nonpartisan institution established to help prevent and resolve violent international conflicts, promote post-conflict stability and democratic transformations, and increase peacebuilding capacity, tools, and intellectual capital worldwide. Links to various publications, documents, and resources relating to conflict transformation.

University of Uppsala Department of Peace and Conflict Research - Links to the Uppsala Conflict Data Service (UCDS), containing detailed overviews and commentary on conflict areas, and details of the University's research projects. Also offers post-graduate courses in peace and conflict related subjects.

University of York Post-war Reconstruction and Development Unit - PRDU - A leading centre for research, consultancy and learning on post-war reconstruction and development. Offers post-graduate courses in post-war recovery studies, plus research documents and publications on conflict and post-conflict related issues.

Verification Research, Training, and Information Centre - VERTIC - An independent, non-profit making NGO promoting effective and efficient verification as a means of ensuring confidence in the implementation of international and intra-national agreements with international involvement. Contains links to publications and documents relating to arms control and peace agreements.

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