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RESEARCH RESOURCES
   Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: A Selected Bibliography
   Other Bibliographies, Research Aids
   Book Reviews and Annotations
   Bookstores Online (Non-Profit Organizations and Universities)
   Citation
   Journals, Magazines and Newsletters
   News Services
COMMUNITY CONFLICT RESOLUTION SERVICES AND RESOURCES
   Community Dispute Resolution Services
   Lists of Mediators
EDUCATION & TRAINING
   Calendars of Conferences and Courses
   Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Education & Training
   Conflict Resolution and the Arts
   Games
   Humour, Jokes, Cartoons, Games, and Other Fun
   Music
   Starting Off in the Field: Self Study Guide
   University-Based Conflict Resolution Research or Educational Programs
RESOURCE SITES
   ADR, Conflict Resolution and Mediation
   Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
   Departments of Peace and Civilian Peace Services
   Dialogue (including Interreligious Dialogue)
   Disarmament
   Elections
   Human Rights, International Development and International Law
   International Financial Institutions (IFIs), Trade Organizations
   Media, Conflict and Society
   Nonviolence and Peace Activism
   Peace Education and Research
   Peace Organizations, Religious
   Ombudsman Organizations
   Public Policy Conflict Resolution
   Reconciliation and Restorative Justice
   Transitional Justice, Truth Commissions
STANDARDS
   Standards for Dispute Resolution
   Standards for Ombudsman and Human Rights Institutions
   Standards for Restorative Justice

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      ■ Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: A Selected Bibliography
      ■ Links to other on-line bibliographies
      ■ Journals and Newsletters
      ■ Links to book reviews, and annotations

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Community Dispute Resolution Services in Canada

See our separate page of resources on neighbourhood and community conflict resolution.

Lists of Mediators in Canada

FAQ: From the Peacemakers Trust Bulletin Board
      ■ What is mediation? How to find a mediator?

Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society
      ■ Directory of arbitrators and mediators

ADR Institute of Canada
      ■ Directory of mediators

BC Mediator Roster Society
      ■ Directory of mediators


CIIAN logo Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation
      ■ CIIAN Registered Mediators (scroll down)

Peacemakers Trust Institutional Subscriber


Conflict Resolution Saskatchewan
      ■ List of mediators (Look for "Find a Mediator" on the sidebar of the linked page.)

Family Mediation Canada
      ■ Directory of family mediators

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Conflict Resolution Websites

ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. (formerly the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada (AMIC)
      ■ ADR Institute Home Page

Alban Institute
      ■ Alban Institute resources

Alberta Government, Province of Alberta, Canada
      ■ Alberta Government Dispute Resolution Network

American Arbitration Association
      ■ AAA Home Page

American Bar Association
      ■ Section of Dispute Resolution
      ■ Ombuds Committee

Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR), Washington, DC.:
      ■ ACR Home Page

BC Arbitration and Mediation Institute, Vancouver, BC.
      ■ AMIBC Home Page

British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, Victoria, B.C.
      ■ Dispute Resolution Office

Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ
      ■ CFCJ Home Page

Canadian Foundation for Dispute Resolution
      ■ CFDR Home Page

Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
      ■ CIAJ Home page

Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London, United Kingdom
      ■ CEDR Home Page

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, United Kingdom
      ■ CIArb Home Page

Conflict Gateway
      ■ Home Page

Conflict Resolution Information Source (CRInfo)
      ■ CRInfo Home Page

Conflict Resolution Network, Australia
      ■ CRN Home Page

Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
      ■ CADRE Home Page

Department of Justice Canada, Ottawa, Canada
      ■ Dispute Presentation and Resolution

European Mediators' Network Initiative
      ■ EMNI Home Page

Fundación Instituto de Mediación, Buenos Aires, Argentina
      ■ FIM Home Page

Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
      ■ HKIAC Home Page

Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia (IAMA)
      ■ IAMA Home Page

Interarb
      ■ interarb Home Page
      ■ WWW Virtual Library: Arbitration Database

Law Central Canada
      ■ LCC Home Page

Mediate.com
      ■ Mediate.com Home Page

Mediation Northern Ireland
      ■ MNI Home Page

Saskatchewan Justice, Province of Saskatchewan, Canada
      ■ Saskatchewan Dispute Resolution Office

Scottish Mediation Network
      ■ SMN Home Page

Singapore Mediation Centre
      ■ Singapore Mediation Centre Home Page

Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding Websites

African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)
      ■ ACCORD Home Page

Alliance for Peacebuilding
      ■ AFP Home Page

Berghof Conflict Research
      ■ BCR Home page

Canadian Peacebuilding Coordinating Committee (CPCC)
      ■ CPCC Home page

Conflict, Development and Peace (CODEP) network
      ■ CODEP Home Page (includes Data base of organisations and individuals working in the fields of conflict, development and peace.

Corrymeela Community, Belfast, Northern Ireland
      ■ Corrymeela Home Page

Development and Peace, official international development agency of the Canadian Catholic Church
      ■ Main page

Diplomatic Society of St. Gabriel, faith based society of diplomats for mediation, conflict and dispute resolution, Duvall, Washington, USA.
      ■ Main page

European Center for Conflict Prevention, Utrecht, The Netherlands
      ■ ECCP Homepage

Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
      ■ GPPAC Home Page

International Conflict Research (INCORE)
      ■ INCORE Home Page

Institute for Conflict Management, New Delhi
      ■ Information page

Interchange, Toronto, Canada
      ■ community-based peacebuilders

International Alert
      ■ IA Home Page

International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
      ■ PRIO Home Page

Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, Cornwallis Park, Nova Scotia, Canada
      ■ Peace Operations NS Home page

Plattform Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung: Das Info-Portal (Platform for Peaceful Conflict Management: The Information Portal), Berlin, Germany
      ■ English language home page (also available in German)

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
      ■ PCSWA Home Page

Roots of Empathy
      ■ ROE Home Page

Saferworld, London, UK
      ■ Saferworld Home Page

Scottish Highland Institute for Peace, Scotland
      ■ SHIP Home Page

Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii
      ■ Toda Home Page

United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC.
      ■ USIP Home Page

West Africa Network for Peacebuilding
      ■ WANEP Home Page

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Departments of Peace and Civilian Peace Services

This section includes official departments of peace and movements for promotion of departments of peace or civilian peace services.

Campaign to Establish a Canadian Department of Peace (NGO)
      ■ CECDP Home Page

Civil Peace Service, Germany
      ■ CPS (Germany) Home Page

Civilian Peace Service Canada (NGO)
      ■ CPSC Home Page

Global Alliance for Ministries and Departments for Peace
      ■ GAMDP Home Page

Government of Solomon Islands
      ■ Ministry of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues, UK
      ■ APGC
      ■ Ministry for Peace organization home page (Secretariat for APGC)

Ministry for Peace, Australia (NGO)
      ■ Ministry for Peace (Australia) Home Page

Peace Alliance Campaign to Establish a US Department of Peace
      ■ PACEUDP Home Page

Public Policy and Environmental Conflict Resolution and Dialogue (see also Dialogue including Interreligious Dialogue)

Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation
      ■ CCDD Home Page

Chatham House, London UK.
      ■ Chatham House Home page
      ■ illegal-logging.info, operated by Chatham House.

Community Building Institute, Annandale, VA
      ■ Community Building Institute VA Home Page
      ■ Resources for community leaders and practitioners.

International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
      ■ IAP2 Home Page

Partners for Democratic Change
      ■ Partners for Democratic Change Home Page

Policy Consensus Institute, USA
      ■ PCI-US Home Page

Resolve: Center for Environmental and Public Policy Dispute Resolution, Washington, DC
      ■ RESOLVE Home Page

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Reconciliation, Restorative Justice Resource Websites

See a definition of restorative justice.

Centre for Restorative Justice, Australian National University
      ■ CRJANU Home Page

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Johannesburg, South Africa
      ■ CSVR Home Page

Correctional Service of Canada
      ■ Restorative Justice Resources

Corrymeela Community, Belfast, Northern Ireland
      ■ Corrymeela Home Page

Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, Australian Legal Information Institute, Sydney, Australia
      ■ Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Archive.

Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, The Hague, Netherlands
      ■ IHJR home page

Law Commission of Canada
      ■ The Government of Canada ceased to provide funding for the LCC in September 2006. Some of the LCC's valuable research reports may be found at Library and Archives Canada's Electronic Collection: A Virtual Collection of Monographs and Periodicals.

Reconciliation Australia
      ■ Reconciliation Australia Home Page

Restorative Justice Consortium, UK
      ■ RJC_UK Home Page

Restorative Justice Online, a service of PFI Centre for Justice and Reconciliation.
      ■ RJO Home Page

Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA)
      ■ VOMA Home Page

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Dialogue (including Interreligious Dialogue)

Center for Christian-Muslim Studies (CCMS), University of Balamand, Deir El-Balamand, El-Koura, North Lebanon
      ■ CCMS page (see index and click on 'development')

Centre for European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
      ■ Website Guide to Tolerance Education

Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva
      ■ HDC Home page

The Christian Study Centre 126 Murree Road P.O.Box. 529 Rawalpindi Cantt Pakistan
      ■ Write for information about CSC courses, telephone +92-51-567412; Fax +92-51-584594.

Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Syrian-Catholic monastery near Nabek, Syria.
      ■ Deir Mar Musa Home page

Deliberative Democracy Consortium, based in Washington, DC
      ■ DDC Home Page.

Democratic Dialogue, University of Ottawa
      ■ DD at U of Ottawa Home Page.

The Dialogue Institute, at Temple University
      ■ DI at Temple U Home page

Elijah School For the Study of Wisdom in World Religions, Jerusalem
      ■ Elijah School Home page

Focolare Movement
      ■ Focolare Home page

Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad, India
      ■ Henry Martyn Institute Home page

Human Development Centre, Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan
      ■ HDC Home page.

Initiatives of Change (formerly MRA, The Oxford Group), UK
      ■ Initiatives of Change UK Home page

Initiative for Policy Dialogue
      ■ IPD Home Page.

Institute for Interfaith Dialogue in Indonesia, Yogyakarta
      ■ INTERFIDEI Home page

The Dialogue Institute, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
      ■ DI Home page
      ■ Journal of Ecumenical Studies

Interfaith Relations, Presbyterian Church, USA
      ■ IRPC Home Page (projects in various locations in the world)

International Association for Public Participation
      ■ IAPP Home Page

International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, Washington, DC
      ■ ICRD Home page

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Sweden
      ■ IDEA Home Page.

International Institute for Sustained Dialogue, Washington, DC
      ■ IISD Home Page.

Islamic Christian Dialogue in Lebanon, Institute Of Islamic-Christian Studies (of St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
      ■ Hiwar.net

Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver, Canada
      ■ SFU Centre for Dialogue Home page

National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD), Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania
      ■ NCDD Home page

North American Interfaith Network
      ■ NAIN Home page

Public Conversations Project, Watertown, Ma.
      ■ PCP Home Page

Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, Amman, Jordan
      ■ RIIFS Home page

The Salam Institute for Peace and Justice, Washington DC
      ■ Salam Institute Home page
      ■ Muslim Peacebuilding Network

Search for Common Ground
      ■ SFCG Home Page

St. Columban's Mission Society, Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations, North Turramurra, NSW, Australia (CCMR)
      ■ CCMR page

Wi'am Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre, Bethlehem, West Bank
      ■ WPCR Home page

World Conference on Religion and Peace (Religions for Peace)
      ■ Religions for Peace Home page

World Council of Churches Inter-religious dialogue and cooperation
      ■ WCC Interreligious Dialogue Home page

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Nonviolence and Peace Activism

Please suggest organizations you believe would be valuably linked here. See also the Peacemakers Trust bibliographies, including a bibliography on nonviolent conflict

Canadian Friends' Service Committee (CFSC)
      ■ CFSC Home Page

Canadian Peace Alliance
      ■ Home Page

Center for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS)
      ■ CANVAS Home Page

Center for Global Nonkilling, Honolulu, Hawai'i
      ■ CGN Home Page (process created by Marshall B. Rosenberg)

Center for Christian Nonviolence, Wilmington, Delaware
      ■ CCN Home Page

Center for Nonviolent Communication™, La Crescenta, CA
      ■ CNGV Home Page

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT)
      ■ CPT Home Page

Fellowship of Reconciliation, New York, USA
      ■ FORUSA Home page

GandhiServe, Germany
      ■ GandhiServe Home page.

International Center on Nonviolent Conflict
      ■ ICNC Home Page

International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Netherlands
      ■ IFOR Home page

Nonviolence International
      ■ NI Home Page.

Global Military Spending (in US $)
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Nonviolent Peaceforce, Brussels
      ■ Nonviolent Peaceforce
      ■ Nonviolent Peaceforce Canada.

Peace Alliance Winnipeg
      ■ Home Page

Peace Brigades International
      ■ PBI Home Page

Peaceful Societies
      ■ Peaceful Societies Home Page

Peacewomen: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
      ■ WILPF Home Page

Project Ploughshares, Waterloo, Ontario
      ■ Ploughshares Home Page

Peace Pledge Union, London, UK
      ■ PPU Home page

Shomer Shalom Institute for Jewish Nonviolence
      ■ SSIJN Home page

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva
      ■ WILPF Home page

Peace Education and Research

Conflict Research Consortium, University of Colorado
      ■ Consortium portal page

Conflict Resolution Education Connection
      ■ CREC Home page

International Network of Museums for Peace
      ■ INMP Home page

International Peace Bureau, Geneva
      ■ IPB Home Page.

International Peace Research Association, Leuven, Belgium
      ■ IPRA Home Page.

Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA)
      ■ PJSA Home Page

Peaceful Schools International, Nova Scotia, Canada
      ■ PSI Home Page

Sojourners: Christians for Peace and Justice
      ■ SOJO Home Page.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden
      ■ SIPRI Home Page

Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research, Sweden
      ■ TFPFR Home Page

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Religious Peace Organizations

Please tell us about other religion-based peace organizations, and contribute information about events and publications. Also see the entries under interreligious dialogue.

Buddhist Peace Organizations

Buddhist Peace Fellowship
      ■ BPF Home Page

Christian Peace Organizations

Listings on this page are included for those interested in knowing about the diversity of organizations working on conflict resolution, nonviolence, reconciliation and interreligious dialogue from various Christian perspectives. Inclusion of an organization is not an endorsement of its theological perspective or its practical value.

Anglican
      ■ Anglican Peace and Justice Network
      ■ Episcopal Peace Fellowship.

Baptist
      ■ Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America

Brethren
      ■ Brethren Peace Fellowship, PO Box 455, New Windsor, MD 21776
      ■ On Earth Peace Assembly

Church of God
      ■ Church of God Peace Fellowship

Disciples of Christ
      ■ Disciples Peace Fellowship

Interdenominational
      ■ Christian Peacemaker Teams, founded by Mennonites, Brethren and Quakers
      ■ Inter-Religious Foundation for Community Organization/Pastors for Peace
      ■ Project Ploughshares, Canada
      ■ Sojourners, USA (see Sojourners Magazine)

Lutheran
      ■ Lutheran Peace Fellowship

Mennonite
      ■ Mennonite Central Committee
      ■ Mennonite Central Committee Canada, Peace Ministries
      ■ MennoniteCentral Committee Office on Justice and Peacebuilding (see Conciliation Quarterly;       ■ Mennonite Church USA Peace & Justice Support Network

Methodist
      ■ Methodist Federation for Social Action (MFSA)

Orthodox
      ■ Orthodox Peace Fellowship

Pentecostal
      ■ Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice

Presbyterian
      ■ Presbyterian Peace Fellowship

Quaker
      ■ American Friends Service Committee
      ■ Canadian Friends' Service Committee

Roman Catholic
      ■ Catholic Peacebuilding Network
      ■ Catholic Peace Fellowship
      ■ Caritas Internationalis
      ■ Community of Sant'Egidio
      ■ Development and Peace, Canada
      ■ Maryknoll Catholic Mission
      ■ Justice, Peace, and Human Development, National Conference of Catholic Bishops/US Catholic Conference (NCCB/USCC).
      ■ Pax Christi International
      ■ Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace

Jewish Peace Organizations

Jewish Peace Fellowship
      ■ JPF Home page

Jewish Voice for Peace
      ■ JVP Home Page

Muslim Peace Organizations

Muslim Peace Fellowship
      ■ MPF Home Page

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Disarmament

Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT), Canada
      ■ COAT Home Page

International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
      ■ ICBL Home Page

International Peace Bureau, Geneva
      ■ IPB Home page

Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
      ■ PNND Home page

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada
      ■ Pugwash Home Page

Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
      ■ SAS home page

UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, New York
      ■ UN DDA home page

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva
      ■ WILPF Home page

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Human Rights, International Development and International Law Resource Websites

Amnesty International
      ■ AI Home Page

Bar Human Rights Committee, Bar of England and Wales, UK
      ■ BHRC Home page

Bayefsky.com
      ■ The United Nations Human Rights Treaties

Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto
      ■ Women's Human Rights Resources

Canadian Council for International Cooperation, Ottawa, Canada
      ■ CCIC Home Page
      ■ Working Groups

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
      ■ Site Map: Key Development Challenges

Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, The Fletcher School at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
      ■ CHRC Home Page

Christian Peacemaker Teams
      ■ CPT Home page

The Communication Initiative
      ■ Searchable Database.

Constitution Finder, University of Richmond, Virginia
      ■ Constitution Finder

CorpWatch, Oakland, California, USA
      ■ CW Home page

The Ecological Footprint
      ■ What is an "ecological footprint"? Calculate yours.

Equitas International Centre for Human Rights Education, Montreal, Canada (formerly "Canadian Human Rights Foundation")
      ■ Equitas Home page

Free the Slaves
      ■ Free the Slaves Home Page

Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa
      ■ HRREC Home Page

Human Rights Watch
      ■ HRW Home Page

Institut für Öffentliches Recht, Bern
      ■ International Constitutional Law

International Bar Association
      ■ IBA Home Page

International Committee of the Red Cross
      ■ ICRC Home Page
      ■ International Humanitarian Law

International Commission of Jurists
      ■ ICJ home page

International Council on Human Rights Policy
      ■ Resource website

International Criminal Court (ICC)
      ■ ICC pages on the UN site

International Criminal Defence Lawyers Association (ICDLA)
      ■ ICDLA, aimed at developing a professional defence bar for persons to be tried in international tribunals

International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)
      ■ FIDH Home Page

International Justice Mission
      ■ IJM US Home Page
      ■ IJM Canada

International Service for Human Rights, Geneva
      ■ ISHR Home page

International Society of Peace and Human Rights, Calgary, Canada
      ■ ISPHR Home page

Inter Pares, Ottawa, Canada
      ■ IP Home page

Interights, London, UK
      ■ Interights Home Page

John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
      ■ JHCentre Home Page

Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, Toronto, Canada       ■ Kairos Home Page

Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada
      ■ LRWC Home Page

Lawyers Without Borders (Advocats Sans Frontières)
      ■ ASF Home Page
      ■ Lawyers Without Borders (English)

North-South Institute (NSI), Ottawa, Canada
      ■ NSI Home Page, non-partisan development research.

Physicians for Human Rights
      ■ PHR Home page

Poverty and Human Rights Centre, Canada
      ■ PHRC Home page

Project Diana
      ■ Online Human Rights Archive

Public Information Network
      ■ On-line activist research aids, including an on-line research manual, and a directory of transnational corporations including their environmental and social impacts.

Teaching Human Rights Online
      ■ THRO Home Page

Trócaire, Ireland
      ■ Trócaire Home Page
      ■ Human Rights
      ■ Climate Change, and
      ■ Governance & Human Rights.

Turtle Island Native Network, Aboriginal News and Information Network, Canada
      ■ Turtle Island Native Network Front Page

United Nations (UN)
      ■ UN Home Page
      ■ UN Development Program (UNDP) Human Development Report
      ■ UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). See UNIFEM Portal on Women, Peace and Security
      ■ UNICEF: Convention on the Rights of the Child. See What Rights? (.pdf), a youth "friendly" summary of the CRC. Also see UNICEF's Top 10 Cartoons for Children's Rights.
      ■ UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
      ■ ReliefWeb Training Database, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
      ■ UN Office for Disarmament Affairs.
      ■ Conference on Disarmament (CD).
      ■ UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDR)
      ■Human Rights Council
            ■ Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council
      ■ UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
            ■ Human Rights Issues: Portal page (links to the work of UN treaty bodies and charter bodies)
            ■ Search engine for UNHCHR Treaty Bodies Database and Charter-based Bodies Database

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
      ■ UNPO Home Page

University of Minnesota
      ■ Human Rights Library

University of Ottawa
      ■ Human Rights Research and Education Centre

University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
      ■ Native Law Centre of Canada

Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict
      ■ Watchlist Home Page

World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) network
      ■ OMCT Home Page

World Vision International
      ■ WVI Home page
      ■ justice-and-peace.org

International Financial Institutions (IFIs), Trade Organizations,

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
      ■ IMF Home Page

World Bank
      ■ WB Home Page
      ■ Alternative Dispute Resolution page

World Trade Organization (WTO)
      ■ WTO Home Page

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International Tribunals, Transitional Justice Tribunals and Institutes, and Truth Commissions

Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliaciión (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru)
      ■ CVR Home page

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed during the Period of Democratic Kampuchea
      ■ ECCC Home page
      ■ Other Peacemakers Trust resources on the ECCC and

Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Canada
      ■ IRSTRC Home Page

International Criminal Court, The Hague
      ■ ICC Home page

The Special Court for Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone
      ■ Established by an Agreement between the UN and Sierra Leone - Home page

Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone
      ■ TRC Sierra Leone report

Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa
      ■ TRC Official website

UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,
      ■ ICTR Home page

UN International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague
      ■ ICTY Home page

United States Institute of Peace
      ■ Library and Links: Truth Commissions Digital Collections
      ■ List of Truth Commissions and Reports

International Center for Transitional Justice
      ■ ICTJ home page

Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster
      ■ Transitional Justice Institute home page

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Elections

Election World (on Wikipedia)
      ■ List of Election Results by Country.

International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
      ■ Election information, dates and results

Standards for Dispute Resolution Practice and Training

ADR Institute of Canada, Inc. (Formerly the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada (AMIC) and the Canadian Foundation for Dispute Resolution (CFDR) which combined their organizations August 1, 2000.
      ■ Code of Ethics (AMIC)
      ■ CFDR's Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators which was jointly developed by the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR)

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
      ■ ADA Mediation Guidelines

Association of Family Court and Community professionals (AFCC)
      ■ AFCC Home Page
      ■ Model Standards of Practice for Divorce and Family Mediation, 2000 (pdf)

British Columbia Mediator Roster Society, B.C. Canada
      ■ Standards of Conduct for Mediators
      ■ Criteria for Assessment of Courses in Mediation and Conflict Resolution (pdf) new

Campus Conflict Resolution Resources, Wayne State University
      ■ Institutional and Program Level Guidelines for Conflict Management in Higher Education (pdf), Campus Conflict Management Guidelines Committee, Campus Conflict Resolution Resources, Wayne State University, May 2003.

Canadian Bar Association - Ontario (CBAO), ADR Section
      ■ Model Code of Conduct, April, 1998 (Code of Conduct Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program)

Canadian Council of Churches
      ■ Commission on Justice and Peace.

CPR-Georgetown Commission on Ethics and Standards of Practice in ADR
      ■ Principles for ADR Provider Organizations. May 1, 2002.
      ■ Model Rule of Professional Conduct for the Lawyer as Third Party Neutral. November, 2002.
      ■ CPRADR Home Page

European Commission (European Union)
      ■ Alternative Dispute Resolution

Family Mediation Canada
      ■ Practice, Certification and Training Standards (pdf)

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
      ■ UNCITRAL texts including model laws on international commercial arbitration and conciliation.

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Ombudsman Organizations

American Bar Association
      ■ Ombudsman Committee Home Page

The Association of Canadian College and University Ombudspersons (ACCUO)
      ■ ACCUO Home page (English/Francais)

International Ombudsman Association (IOI)
      ■ IOI Home Page

Ombuds Director, USA
      ■ ODUSA home page

Ombudsperson of British Columbia
      ■ International Ombudsman Offices Directory
      ■ Code of Administrative Justice, 2003 (pdf)
      ■ Ombudsperson Fairness Checklist.

Organization of News Ombudsmen
      ■ News Ombudsmen Home Page

United States Ombudsman Association (USOA)
      ■ USOA Home Page

Standards for Ombuds and Human Rights Institutions

American Bar Association
      ■ Standards for the Establishment and Operation of Ombudsman Office (.pdf), Revised 2004. Dispute Resolution, Business Law, and Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Sections.

Association of Canadian College and University Ombudspersons (ACCUO)
      ■ ACCUO Home page

Canadian Ombudsman Association
      ■ (No web page)

Forum of Canadian Ombudsman
      ■ FCO Home page

The International Ombudsman Association (IOA)
      ■ IOA Ethical Principles

Ombudsperson of British Columbia
      ■ Code of Administrative Justice, 2003 (pdf).
      ■ Ombudsperson Fairness Checklist

United Nations General Assembly. National institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights.
      ■ General Assembly Resolution A/RES/48/134 20 December 1993 (with 1991 "Paris Principles" annexed.)

United States Ombudsman Association (USOA)
      ■ Model Ombudsman Act for State Governments
      ■ Public Sector Ombudsman
      ■ Governmental Ombudsman Standards

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Standards for Restorative Justice

See a definition of restorative justice.

Council of Europe
      ■ Committee of Ministers Recommendation(99)19 Concerning Mediation In Penal Matters (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 15 September 1999 at the 679th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies.)

Restorative Justice Consortium, UK
      ■ Statement of Restorative Justice Principles.

United Nations, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
      ■ Basic principles on the use of restorative justice programmes in criminal matters (pdf), ECOSOC Res.2000/14, Adopted 27 July 2000. (scroll down on page)
      ■ Development and implementation of mediation and 14 (c) 72 restorative justice measures in criminal justice (pdf), ECOSOC Res.1999/26, Adopted 28 July 1999. (scroll down on page)

Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA)
      ■ VOMA Recommended Ethical Guidelines (in PDF). For other versions, scroll down on VOMA's publications page.

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Bookstores Online (Non-Profit Organizations and Universities)

Alban Institute, USA
      ■ Publications and Resources

Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR), UK
      ■ CEDR Publications and ADR Documents (click on "ADR Services" then click on "Publications and ADR Documents"

Conflict Resolution Network, Australia
      ■ Conflict Resolution Network Resources

Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, Canada
      ■ Publications (Dispute Resolution titles)

Harvard University, Program on Negotiation (PON), USA
      ■ Clearing House: Teaching Materials and Publications

Third Way Media, USA and Canada
      ■ TWM Home Page

The Art of Peacework: Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding, Music and the Arts

Please see The Art of Peacework resource portal

Games

A Force More Powerful: The Game
      ■ A Force More Powerful: A Game of Nonviolent Strategy. The game itself is not online.

Global Conflicts Series, from Serious Games
      ■ Global Conflicts: Latin America, and Global Conflicts: Palestine. Demos online

PeaceMaker
      ■ PeaceMaker. A video game to promote peace. The game itself is not online.

Humour, Jokes, Cartoons, Games, and Other Fun

The Advertising Slogan Generator
      ■ Generate a slogan here for your favourite peacemaker or mediator.

Automatic Complaint Generator by Scott Pakin
      ■ Naming, Blaming and Claiming all available here

Business Cartoons
      ■ from The Negotiation Experts at negotiations.com

Campus-ADR Tech Blog, edited by Bill Warters, Wayne State University
      ■ Fun stuff

Consensus Mediation UK
      ■ Mediation Humour.

Despair.com
      ■ Despair Home page. For pessimists only. Use the following as a prescription for protracted conflicts.
      ■ Demotivators.
      ■ About consulting

Harmony Ideology: Horses of Different Colours
      ■ Click on horses of your choice

Lost in Translation
      ■ The Babelizer

Mediate.com
      ■ Humor section

Office of Resolution Management, Department of Veterans Affairs (USA)
      ■ The Three Little Pigs Go to Mediation. A flash animation showing Wise Old Owl mediating between the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.

Peace E-Cards
      ■ free from Care2.

Peace Magazine
      ■ Crossword puzzles (scroll down).

Pushing Buttons
      ■ The Really Big Button. Get your clients to push this button when nothing else works.
      ■ Panic Button. When even the Really Big Button isn't working.

Studio Bendib
      ■ "The Pen is Funnier than the Sword: Cartoons that speak truth to power," Khalil Bendib

Stu's Views
      ■ Negotiation cartoons.

Urban Legends Reference Pages
      ■ www.snopes.com

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