Header Left

Links & Online Resources

Programs

Back to top

Activist Organizations

Back to top

Professional Associations

Back to top

Religious Organizations

Back to top

Organizations and Institutes

Back to top

Journals and Publications

Back to top

Other Online Resources

Back to top

K-12 Resources

Back to top

Non Governmental Organizations

  • ACCORD
    A South-African conflict resolution organization established to assist with the process of shifting the paradigm from protest to negotiation. It publishes several publications focused on conflict resolution in Africa.
  • The Alliance for Conflict Transformation
    An innovative non-profit organization that is dedicated to expanding the knowledge and practice of conflict transformation within the U.S. and international communities.
  • Carter Center
    An organization that conducts initiatives on human rights and global development
  • CDR Associates
    Mediation, training, and consulting organization dedicated to provide professional facilitation/mediation services, consultation, and training.
  • Conflict Management Group
    An organization that provides strategic assistance and training in conflict management
  • Conciliation Resources
    An international resource based in London for local or national organizations pursuing peace or conflict prevention initiatives.
  • Conflict Resolution Center International
    A non-profit center that promotes non-violent conflict resolution. CRCI is home of one of the largest libraries -a membership fee is required- on conflict and dispute resolution.
  • European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation
    A network of European non-governmental organizations involved in the prevention and/or resolution of violent conflicts in the international arena. It includes a directory of more than 150 international organization web sites in conflict prevention.
  • Foundation on Prevention & Early Resolution of Conflict (PERC)
    A foundation that assists organizations to prevent conflicts from arising
  • International Alert
    A non-governmental organization based in the UK that aims to contribute to the peaceful transformation of violent internal conflict, particularly in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, West Africa, the Caucasus region of the Former Soviet Union, and Sri Lanka.
  • International Crisis Group
    An independent, non-profit, multinational organization, with over 80 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
    An institute that conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change. It includes a Publications Catalog with several books on environmental and economic negotiations.
  • Institute for World Affairs
    A non-profit international organization devoted to the peaceful resolution of conflict. The Institute provides training programs designed to enhance professional skills in conflict resolution and infrastructure development.
  • Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy
    An institute that promotes a systems approach to peacebuilding and facilitates the transformation of deep-rooted social conflict. It conducts several initiatives on conflict resolution and peacebuilding
  • Search for Common Ground
    A conflict resolution and conflict prevention non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Washington, DC, and works in partnership with the European Centre for Common Ground in Brussels.

Back to top

Inter-Governmental Organizations

Back to top

Regional Governmental Organizations

Back to top

Conflict Resolution Initiatives

  • Conflict Prevention Initiative
    An online project of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University. Launched in collaboration with the United Nations in December 2000, CPI gives policymakers easy access to information on human security and conflict prevention.
  • The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
    A World-Wide Web Virtual Library list of resources in peace and conflict resolution
  • Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity
    A joint initiative between the University of Ulster and the United Nations University. It aims to address the management and resolution of conflict via a combination of research and training. Very useful to research on the Conflict in Northern Ireland.
  • IYOCO
    A platform for international youth cooperation. Established by former IIMCR participants
  • Youthlink
    An international collaboration among youth and youth-serving organizations to share information, resources and solutions. Its purpose is to promote greater youth engagement.

Back to top

Research Resources

  • International Peace Research Association: IPRA provides a world-wide network for peace researchers seeking nonviolent ways to resolve conflict.
  • International Peace Research Association Foundation:The International Peace Research Association Foundation (IPRAF), a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1990 to further the purposes of International Peace Research Association (IPRA), seeks to enhance the processes of peace. The IPRA Foundation collects funds to support peace research and administers fellowships for peace studies and small peace research grants.
  • The University of Oklahoma College of Law
    Collection of US Historical Documents, Site has a number of full text documents important to American History.
  • Making Of America
    "Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology."
  • U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Site
    has a nation-wide catalog of documents and other sources. It also has links to presidential websites.
  • The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project
    Stanford Site has links to primary source documents of MLK and some lesson plans involving Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement.
  • Peace and Conflict:
    The Home of Peace Studies on the World Wide Web Site has a huge organized resource list.
  • Third World Traveler
    WTO Site has a number of links to resources on the World Trade Organization and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
  • Clearinghouse
    A useful site for conflict resolution publications search launched by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
  • Peace Agreements On Line
    (United States Institute of Peace Press digital collection)
  • United Nations Treaty Collection
    A useful database that contains multilateral instruments deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. It covers a range of subject matter such as Human Rights, Disarmament, Commodities, Refugees, the Environment and the Law of the Sea.

Back to top

Alternative Media

Back to top

Jobs and Internships

Back to top

Peace Makers

  • Mahatma Gandhi
    Site has comprehensive information on the life and philosophy of Gandhi.
  • Nelson Mandela
    Site is the biography of Nelson Mandela by the African National Congress. His documents can be found at The Mandela Page
  • Rigoberta Menchu Tum
    Site has a biography of Rigoberta Menchu and background information on the Guatemalan conflict.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Site is the King Center's web page. It has information on MLK and his impact today.
  • Cesar Chavez
    Site has a biography of Cesar Chavez, a timeline of his life and work, quotes, and other resources.
  • King Christian of Poland
    Site tells the story of King Christian's role in the rescue of the Danish Jews.
  • Madres de Plaza de Mayo
    Site has the history of the Mothers of the Disappeared as well as more information on this still-active group (Spanish, English Page in Progress).