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"Crimes Against Humanity" reviewed
http://dannyreviews.com/h/Crimes_Humanity.html
A book review of Geoffrey Robertson's history of modern human rights and the progress towards enforceable international laws against war crimes.
American War Crimes
http://www.islamawareness.net/WarCrimes/American/
Collection of articles about the Vietnam War, Korea War, and Afghanistan War.
Committee on Conscience
http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/
General and in-depth resources on genocide and related crimes against humanity.
Crimes of War Project
Dedicated to raising awareness of the laws of war and war crimes among the media, policy makers, human rights and humanitarian aid workers, and the general public.
Crying for Justice
http://www.chron.com/content/interactive/special/humanrights/index.html
A Houston Chronicle special report on the failure to bring to justice the perpetrators of several war crimes is Rwanda, South Africa, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
Encyclopedia.com: War Crimes
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/w1/warcrime.asp
Short article about the definition of war crimes, and the prosecution of past war criminals.
From the Bloodbaths In East Timor to A Suicide in Alexandria
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0830-05.htm
Article exposing evidence of U.S. intelligence passing information to Indonesian war criminals and supporting butchery.
Frontline: The Crime of Genocide
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/rwanda/reports/dsetexhe.html
Gives a clinical definition of genocide and what makes it the worst crime against humanity.
Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide
International project aimed at highlighting the men and women who resisted crimes against humanity, inspired by Yad Vashem's Garden of the Righteous in Jerusalem. Events, background, and related links.
General William T. Sherman: Would the Georgia Campaigns of the First Commander of the Modern Era Com
http://www.law.emory.edu/EILR/volumes/fall95/robisch.html
From the Emory International Law Review 9.2, Fall 1995. Attempts to apply modern standards to Sherman's Atlanta Campaign in the U.S Civil War.
Guardian Weblog Special: War crimes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblogindex2/0,6799,516300,00.html
Collection of news coverage from newspapers worldwide about war crimes tribunals from Nuremberg to the Hague.
Henry Kissinger War Crimes
http://www.zpub.com/un/wanted-hkiss.html
Gives overview and references to several articles and essays advocating the indictment of Henry Kissenger for mass murders in Cambodia.
Human Rights Violations in Chechnya
Contains photos and archived reports from several human rights organizations on continuous killing where from 50,000 to 100,000 civilans have died or disappeared.
Human Rights Watch
Organization to protect rights of people around the world, to bring offenders to justice, prevent discrimination, uphold political freedom and to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime.
Humanitarianism and War Project, Archives
Reviews the experience of the international community in responding to complex emergencies around the world, examines the interaction between humanitarian action and political-military forces. Sponsored by Feinstein International Famine Center at Tufts University and initiated by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.
Institute for International Criminal Investigations
IICI is an international organization of professional investigators, military officers, lawyers and academics dedicated to training and deploying professionals in the investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Institute for War and Peace Reporting
An award-winning educational and development charity founded in 1991, IWPR informs the international debate on conflict and supports the independent media in regions in transition. Long-time publisher of WarReport, IWPR produces several electronic reporting and monitoring services, all available via the Web or e-mail, in up to five languages.
International Criminal Tribunals: Handbook for Government Cooperation
http://www.web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/IOR400071996
An Amnesty International resource on improving laws and resources to combat war crimes. (August 1, 1996)
International Forensic Centre of Excellence for the Investigation of Genocide
The Inforce Foundation investigates war crimes, crimes against humanity and extra-judicial killings. News and information on ongoing projects, lists of advisors and supporters, upcoming conferences and recommended reading.
International Humanitarian Law
Information, treaties, and legal materials, from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Includes the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols.
International Society for Military Law and the Law of War
Belgian based association to study military law and promote the law of armed conflict that respects human rights. In French and English.
Juozas Kisielaitis - Accused Nazi War Criminal
Background on accused Nazi war criminal Juozas Kisielaitis.
Kissinger, Manhattan's Milosevic
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0133/ridgeway.php
Opinion published in Village Voice Feature argues that the former U.S. secretary of state committed war crimes. By James Ridgeway with Ariston-Lizabeth Anderson and Sandra Bisin. (August 3, 2001)
Law and War: A Doctrine of Deterrence
http://anthonydamato.law.northwestern.edu/Adobefiles/A982.pdf
From UN Chronicle 35 (1998), by Anthony D'Amato.
No Peace Without Justice
Campaign of the Transnational Radical Party for the establishment of the ICC and support of the ad hoc international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.