Cambodian Genocide Program
URL: http://www.yale.edu/cgp

The Cambodian Genocide Program (CGP) web site is supported by Yale University and other sponsors. The program aims to collect all extant information on the human rights abuses that occurred under the Khmer Rouge regime of 1975-1979 in Cambodia; it also seeks to make this information available to any tribunal prosecuting Cambodian war criminals and to foster a critical and analytical understanding of genocide to prevent such violence from occurring elsewhere. This site makes accessible the Cambodian Genocide Data Base, which is comprised of thousands of bibliographic, biographic, photographic (Tuol Sleng Prison), and geographic records. In addition, it also provides much other information such as translations, legal texts and guides, CGP publications and reports, and an overview of the activities of the Documentation Center of Cambodia. The site's introduction is available in Khmer, German, and Thai; a site map allows for easy navigation. This is a very valuable site for anyone researching this period of Cambodian history or genocide generally.

 

Death Penalty Information Center
URL: http://www.essential.org/dpic

The Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), founded in 1990, is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis including in-depth reports, press releases, and briefings on issues concerning capital punishment. The "What's New" page is kept current and is a wealth of information. The "Information Topics" page includes relatively standard links to compendiums of execution statistics such as a breakdown by year, state, methods, etc. The Topics page also includes collections of information concerning special topics such as juveniles and mental retardation. One of the most valuable and unusual parts of the site is a collection of information about the execution of foreign nationals in the United States. Also of excellent value are the many well-referenced reports created by the Center and available at the site in full-text. This site is highly recommended.

 

ELSweb
URL: http://www.unimaas.nl/~elsweb/

ELSweb is maintained by the European Law School (ELS) of Maastricht University, with the stated purpose to "provide ELS students with a collection of basic legal links for their on-line research." The site features web resources for the European Union, the Council of Europe, private international law, and fourteen European countries and the United Kingdom. The country links are typically divided into judicial, legislative, and executive sections, as well as a section of miscellaneous links. The country links are a good source for official legal information, which is frequently available in English and/or the language of the country. The site has sought to avoid linking to topical resources or those that do not deal predominantly with law. Although fairly modest in scope, it is a useful site for basic research. Information on the European Law School can also be found here.

 

First Amendment Cyber-Tribune
URL: http://w3.trib.com/FACT/

The First Amendment Cyber-Tribune (FACT) "provides information on all the liberties guaranteed by the amendment."  The site's editor is Charles Levendosky, editorial page editor and columnist for the Casper Star-Tribune. The recipient of several web awards for excellence, FACT includes sections on censorship, religious liberty, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to peaceably assemble. State freedom of information laws and First Amendment protections in state constitutions are also covered. Many sections contain extensive lists of links to related sites. Highlights of the site include the editor's columns on the First Amendment, dating back to Sept. 1994; a First Amendment bibliography; a list of famous quotations on the First Amendment; and an extensive list of other First Amendment-related web sites. While it is claimed that some sections of the site are updated weekly, this does not appear to be the case.

 

War Criminal Watch
URL: http://www.wcw.org/

War Criminal Watch (WCW) is sponsored by the Coalition for International Justice, and was created to "track and publicize" the criminal activities of indicted suspects of war crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). As part of each suspect's online dossier, WCW includes actual indictments, location information, and relevant news articles. The site also contains useful links to many international news sources, humanitarian and justice organizations, as well as governmental and military sites. A growing documents section provides full-text resources related to the ICTY and ICTR. This site provides a great deal of information on indicted suspects, although the WCW cautions that their mission is "not to convict suspects before they have had [the] chance for a fair trial," but "to promote the rule of law and justice in the international community."

InSITE contributors: C. Bynum, S. Childs, P. Court, J. Luke, J. Pajerek, D. Smith.

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