Genocide Convention at Fifty: Web Links

Below are links by topical categories to resources primarily in English providing information on genocide.

• Courts and Tribunals
• Genocide Studies/Projects
• Selected Documents and Decisions

These links complement the Institute Special Report: The Genocide Convention at Fifty.

Courts and Tribunals

• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
  Also known as the World Court, this site (in English and French) contains general information on the history and composition of the court, press releases, decisions and pending cases, and basic documents covering jurisdiction.
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
  The web site has a general overview of the court, sections for documents, cases, victims' issues, witness protection, as well as procedural information, material for the media and a video archive.
  The court was established at the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, 15 June-17 July 1998, in Rome.
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
  UN web site contains press releases and news, decisions, transcripts of hearings, rules of evidence and procedure, security council resolutions, and other links. The web site also includes the texts of indictment, trial chamber decisions, judgment, sentence and appeal chamber decisions rendered by the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda (ICTR) against Jean-Paul Akayesu on charges of genocide, September 2, 1998. An overview of ICTR achievements provides a history.
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
  UN site contains latest documents and news, press statements, tribunal publications and cases, and other links.

Genocide Studies/Projects

• Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
  Formerly the Centre for Comparative Genocide Studies at Macquarie University, the institute is now affiliated with Shalom College at the University of New South Wales. The web site lists courses, publications and links on genocide. Includes a section on Comparative Genocide Bibliographies and the Armenian genocide.
• Armenian National Institute
  "Dedicated to the study, research and affirmation of the Armenian Genocide," this site posts research materials (including photos, documents, bibliographies) and educational resources (resource guide, sample curricula, etc.) on the Armenian genocide.
• The Cambodian Genocide Program
  At Yale University, this comprehensive site includes databases of books, articles, primary documents, biographic information, maps, and photographs, as well as publications and related links. It's part of a larger web site of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale that includes the Rwandan Genocide Project, case studies, comparative research and other issues.
• Genocide: Resources for Teaching and Research
  A web site developed and maintained by the Genocide Research Project, a joint venture of programs at the University of Memphis and Pennsylvania State University. Includes a news and events section for conferences and other announcements, three online bibliographies, numerous links and a feedback section for site visitors to add to resources.
• Holocaust and Genocide Studies
  Extensive site produced by Dr. Linda Woolf, associate professor at Webster University in St. Louis. Includes recent news stories on genocide, recommended readings, a chronology of the Holocaust, course information and numerous links.
• Institute for the Study of Genocide International Association of Genocide Scholars (ISG & IAGS)
  The web site contains definitions of genocide, newsletters, issues and alerts, a list of books and journals, conferences, and links to related web sites.
• Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) Home Page
  The web site contains full-text occasional papers, book citations, Holocaust survivor memoirs, a search engine, and links to other resources, such as contemporary documents on genocide.
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  The web site of the Washington, D.C. research center and museum, this site includes information on exhibits, workshops, fellowships, Holocaust-era assets, library resources, a multimedia archive of public programs and events and a link to the Committee on Conscience web page, among others..
• Web Genocide Documentation Centre: Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killings
  A web site produced by Dr. Stuart Stein, professor at the University of the West of England, it contains numerous primary documents grouped in main categories: World War II resources, War Crimes and Criminals, the Jewish Holocaust, etc. The site also includes book reviews, biographies, and extensive annotated links.

Selected Documents and Decisions

• Bystanders to Genocide
  An investigative article by Samantha Power in the September 2001 issue of The Atlantic Monthly on U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda.
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  From the United Nations Human Rights web site, the full text of the UN Convention, approved and proposed for signature and ratification or accession by General Assembly resolution 260 A (III) of December 9, 1948; entry into force January 12, 1951, in accordance with article XIII.
• House of Lords' judgment on Augusto Pinochet's immunity, November 25, 1998
  Ruling by the UK House of Lords that the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet did not have immunity from prosecution, November 25, 1998. This ruling, however, was set aside and a new ruling issued March 24, 1999.
• House of Lords' judgment on Augusto Pinochet's immunity, March 24, 1999
  Ruling by the UK House of Lords upholding the previous ruling of November 25, 1998 that the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet did not have immunity from prosecution, but reducing the number of charges against him.
• Jean-Paul Akayesu Judgment
  Judgment rendered by the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda (ICTR) against Jean-Paul Akayesu on charges of genocide, September 2, 1998. Summary of full text also posted on the ICTR's web site.
• Judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Trial of German Major War Criminals
  Full text of the Nuremberg War Crimes trial judgment, including indictments and sentencing. The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Government is in the process of putting all the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial/International Military Tribunal proceedings and related information online as part of its 20th century documents.
• Preventing Genocide: How the Early Use of Force Might Have Succeeded in Rwanda
  An April 1998 report to the Carnegie Commission On Preventing Deadly Conflict, includes sections on the history of international involvement in Rwanda, a proposed mandate and intervention force, an alternative operational plan, and identifying military force requirements, by Scott Fell.
• Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
  Posted on the UN web site, this statute established the International Criminal Court July 17, 1998 and entered into force July 1, 2002.
• Status of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  G.A. res. 47/108, 47 U.N. GAOR Supp. (No. 49) at 191, U.N. Doc. A/47/49 (1992). Posted on the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library web server.
• The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994
  Sixteen U.S. government documents, declassified under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) concerning U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda, published August 20, 2001 on the web site of the National Security Archive at The George Washington University.
• U.S. reservations, declarations, and understandings, International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  From the Congressional Record S1355-01 (daily ed., Feb. 19, 1986) and posted on the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library web server.
• War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, Including Genocide
  Links to relevant documents posted on the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library web server.

Updated: April 6, 2004