A SELECTED LIST OF GENERAL COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
RESEARCH SITES USED BY THE IMMIGRATION AND
REFUGEE BOARD OF CANADA
AS OF MAY 12, 2003
THERESA SMITH
CHIEF, DOCUMENTATION CENTRE
IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE BOARD
TORONTO
(416) 973 – 8568 (Telephone)
(416) 973 – 7149 (Fax)
AFRICA
African Centre for Democracy and Human rights (ACDHRS)
http://www.acdhrs.org
L’autre Afrique
http://www.africultures.com/partenaires/autre-afrique/autre-afrique
AFRICA – REFUGEES
National Consortium for Refugees Affairs
http://www.ncra.org.za
AFRICA - WOMEN
Federation of Women Lawyers
FIDA
http://www.fidakenya.org/main/index.csp
ARMED CONFLICTS
SIPRI
http://www.sipri.se
ARMED CONFLICT
Wart Resisters International
http://www.wri-irg.org
ARMS CONTROL
Federation of American Scientists
http://www.fas.org
Arms Control Association
http://www.armscontrol.org
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
http://www.disarmament.un.org/cab/register.htm/
ARMS TRADE
Arms Trade Resource Center
http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms
NISAT: THE NORVEGIAN INITIATIVE ON SMALL ARMS TRANSFERS
http://www.nisat.org
CHILDREN
International Save the Children Alliance
http://www.savethechildren.net/homepage
CONFLICT
International Crisis Group
http://www.intl-crisis-group-org
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTIONS
European Bureau for Conscientious Objection
http://www.eurplace.org/orga/ebco/
COUNTRY ASSESSMENTS
US Department of State
http://www.state.gov
United Kingdom. Immigration and Nationality Directorate
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/hpg.htm
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN RESEARCH
Canada Immigration and Refugee Board
http://www.irb.gc.ca
CORRUPTION
Global Corruption Report 2003
http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/
DEATH PENALTY
Death Penalty News, Amnesty/International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/
DEVELOPMENT
Canadian International Development
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm
ELECTIONS
ELECTIONWORLD. ORG
http://www.electionworld.org
Election Watch
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/election.watch
EUROPE
ECOINET
http://www..ecoi.net
European Council on Refugee and Exiles
http://www.ecre.org
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control Affiliated with the United Nations
http://www.heuni.fi
Central Europe Review
http://www.ce-review.org/
Council of Europe
http://www.coe.int
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
Reporters San Frontiėres
http://www.rsf.org
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
http://www.ifex.org
International Journalists Network
http://www.ijnet.org
GOVERNMENT – U. S. A.
CIA
http://www.odci.gov/cia
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
http://www.icrc.org
HUMAN RIGHTS
International Human Rights Law Group
http://www.hrlawgroup.org/
Transparency International
http://www.transparency.org
Freedom House
http://www.freedomhouse.org
Freedom in the World Report 2001 – 2002
http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/survey2002.htm
Human Rights Internet
http://www.hri.ca
Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org
Human Rights Without Frontiers
http://www.hrwf.net/newhrwf
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
http://www.lchr.org
Open Society Archives
http://www.osa.ceu.hu
Peace Brigades International
http://www.igc.apc.org/pbi/links
RELIEFWEB
http://www.reliefweb.int
IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
Travel Document System
http://www.traveldocs.com
IMMIGRATION AND DEPORTATION
World Immigration and Deportation
http://www.immigrationpost.com
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Centre for World Indigenous Studies
http://www.cwis.org
Indigenous Knowledge
http://www.nuffic.nl/ik-pages
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE
Global Internally Displaced People Project
http://www.idpproject.org
LABOUR
International Labour Organizations
http://www.ilo.org/public/english
LANGUAGES
Ethnologue
http://www.ethnologue.com
LAW
Asil Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law
http://www.asil.org/resource/humrts/.htm
Center for International and European Law on Immigration and Asylum
http://www.uni-konstenz.de/fuf/ueberfak/fzaa/english/index.html
Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
http://www.lcgweb2.loc.gov/glin/glinhome.html
Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases
http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/index.html
ICL – International Constitutional Law
http://www.uni-wverzburg.de/law
International Criminal Tribunal
http://www.cij.org/tribunal
Internet Law Library
http://www.lawguru.com/ilawlib/
Forintlaw
http://www.legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/forintlaw/threads.html
Journal of African Law
http://www.oup.co.uk/joflaw/contents
Jurweb: Legal Information in the Internet by Country/Continent
http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/students/clsa/jura/geo/jurweb-geo-home.html
Law Research
http://www.lawresearch.com/
Public International Law
http://www.law.ecel.uwa.edu.
Washlaw Web
http://www.lawlib.edu
World Law Guide
http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/
LIBRARIES
Emory Law Library
http://www.law/cornell/edu/directories.html
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov
MAPS
Maps.com
http://www.maps.com/cgi-bin/magellan/maps
University of Texas at Austin. Perry Castaňeda Library map collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/austin-maps.html
MEDIA
Agence France - Presse
http://www.afp.com
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk
The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com
Courrier International
http://www.expansion.tm.fm/courrier
The Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com
Liberation
http://www.liberation.com
Lexis Nexis (Subscription)
http://www.lexisnexis.com
News Index
http://www.newsindex.com
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
http://www.rferl.org/
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/news
The Times
http://www.the-times-co.uk
World News Connection (WNC) (Subscription)
http://www.wnc.fedworld.gov
World Wide News Sources on the Internet
http://www.discover.co.uk/net/news/news/news.htm/
MINORITIES
Minorities at Risk
http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/
Minority Rights
http://www.minorityrights.org
NATIONAL IDENTITY DOCUMENTS
Global Survey of Group Classification on National ID Cards
http://www.preventgenocide.org/prevent/removing-facilitating-factors/IDcards/survey/
MIGRATION
Center for Migration Studies
http://www.cmsny.org
International Organization for Migration
http://www.iom.ch
Migration News
http://www.migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/
TERRORISM
International Terrorist and Guerrilla Groups
http://www.specialoperations.com/terrorist.html
ORGANIZED CRIME
Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption
http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/default.htm
PENAL SYSTEMS
Penal Reform International (PRI)
http://www.penalreform.org
Police Foundation
http://www.policefoundation.org
POLITICAL PARTIES
Leftist Parties of the World
http://www.broadleft.org
Political Database of the Americas
http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba
Political Resources on the Net
http://www.politicalresources.net
Social Movements, Pressure Groups and Political Parties
http://www.socio.ch/movpar/index_movpar.htm
World Socialist Web Site
http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml
REFUGEES
Jesuit Refugee Service
http://www.jesref.org
Refugees International
http://www.refintl.org
Norwegian Refugee Council
http://www.nrc/no/engindex.htm
U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR)
http://www.refugees.org
REFUGEE STUDIES UNIVERSITIES
Refugee Studies Programme
http://www.geh.ox.ac.uk/rsp
York University Centre for Refugee Studies
http://www.yorku.ca/crs/
RELIGION
Center for Religious Freedom
http://www.freedomhouse.org/religion/
Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR)
http://www.cesner.org
Institute on Religion and World Affairs
http://www.bu.edu/irwa
International Christian Concern
http://www.persecution.org
Religious Tolerance.org
http://www.religioustolerance.org
(USCIRF)
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
http://www.uscirf.gov/
SEXUAL ORIENTATION
Amnesty Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered Concerns
http://www.ai-lgbt.org/general_info.htm
Gay Law News
http://www.gaylawnews.com
International Gay and Lesbian Review (USC)
http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/oneigla/onepress/pagel.html
Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
http://www.lgirtf.org
TERRORISM
International Policy Institute for Counter – Terrorism
http://www.ict.org.il/home.cfm
Appendix of Active Terrorist Organizations
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Fuji/3598/appendix.htm
Office of the Coordinator for Counter terrorism
http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/index.html
South Asia Terrorism Portal
http://www.satp.org
The Terrorism Research Center
http://www.terrorism.com
terrorism files.org
http://www.terrorismfiles.org
Terrorism Victims.org
http://www.terrorismvictims.org
Terrorist Group Profiles
Index of Groups
http://www.library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/tgpndx.htm
TRAVEL WARNINGS
US DOS, Consular Information Sheet
http://www.travel.state.gov
VISAS – U. S. A.
Visa Reprocity and Country Documents Finder
http://www.travel.state.gov/reciprocity/index.htm
UNITED NATIONS
Official Web site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
http://www.unsystem.org
UNESCO
Official Web site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations
http://www.unesco.org
UNHCR
http://www.unhcr.ch
UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org
United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention
http://www.uncjin.org
United Nations Criminal Justice
Information Network (UNCJIN)
http://www.uncjin.org
UN Documents (United Nations)
http://www.un.org/docs
United Nations Development Programme
http://www.undp.org
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.unhchr.ch/htm/
United Nations Development Funds for Women
http://www.uniferm.org
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
http://www.unpo.org
World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org
WOMEN
Win News
http://www.feminist.com/win.htm
Coalition on Violence Against Women
http://www.covaw.or.ke
Coalition To Stop The Use Of Child Soldiers
http://www.child-soldiers.org/
Center for Reproductive Rights
http://www.crlp.org
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw
Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/djglp/jtocctrl.htm
Feminist Activist Resources on the Net
http://www.igc.apc.org/women/feminist.html
Female Genital Mutilation Education and Networking Project
http://www.fgnetwork.org/
International Center for Reproductive Health
http://www.icrh.org/kop.html
International Foundation for Gender Education
http://www.ifge.org
International Women’s Rights Action Watch
http://www.iwraw.igc.org
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
http://www.wilpf.org
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