USEFUL LINKS
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- The following are useful links for a variety of topics related to this project.
Most of them are linked into individual entries, but they also seem worth browsing
independently for their wealth of information.
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- United Nations Home Page
- The UN Home Page is the starting point for a vast amount of information on UN activities
as well as conflict around the world. They have sections on peace and security,
international law, humanitarian affairs, economic and social development, and human
rights. Their section on the "Question of Palestine " is
particularly extensive.
- The Alternative Newsletter
- This is one of the best summaries of current news in the field of Alternative Dispute
Resolution in the U.S. New books and articles are reviewed, conferences and training
programs are announced, as, is a wealth of other information about the field as it exists
in the U.S. Non-U.S. readers will find the book reviews most useful.
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- INCOR- Initiative on Conflict
Resolution and Ethnicity, a Joint Initiative of the University of Ulster and the United
Nations University
- This site is loaded with information about ethnic conflicts and conflict resolution
around the world. The publications and papers section has several good, lengthy papers on
peacekeeping, peacemaking, and preventive diplomacy, and the conflict data service has
hundreds of sources on these and related topics, organized by country and region.
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- The Public Involvement Network Library
- This has some good case studies and descriptions of strategies for involving the public
in decision making processes and avoiding or resolving conflicts with the public over the
construction of public or private facilities.
Useful ADR Sites on the World Wide
Web Collected and Annotated by James Boskey
- This is a list of useful websites on alternative dispute resolution, including a number
of non-US and non-English sites.
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- COUNSEL QUEST - a premier internet
legal resource locator
- This site has legal information for various countries world-wide, as well as extensive
information about the U.S.
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- The ABCs of ADR A Dispute
Resolution Glossary
- This site has a good overview of a wide variety of approaches which in the U.S.
are referred to as ADR, or "alternative dispute resolution." These include
mediation, arbitration, and similar processes. Descriptions of these together with a
large number of varieties are given here.
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- IGC ConflictNet
- ConflictNet is a network of people concerned about conflict and its resolution.
The site has news articles and commentary about many of the current serious conflict
situations around the world.
- US Institute of Peace - Publications
- This site has a HUGE number of full-text publications of interest. Many have been
linked to specific sections of this program, but these reports relate to so many topics,
linking them everywhere they might have gone was not possible. Check them out!
- U.S. House of Representatives - Internet Law
Library - Alternative Dispute Resolution Arbitration and Mediation
- This site has extensive full text information about U.S. mediation and arbitration
procedures.