The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health established CCP in 1988 to consolidate health communication programs originating in the 1970s and early 1980s and focus attention on the central role of communication in health behavior change.

Geneva is home to a wide variety of humanitarian actors whose work spans the globe. The Geneva Humanitarian Forum (GHF) seeks to provide a platform for creative thinking, interaction, and the exchange of ideas on issues and challenges facing the humanitarian community.

The CMC is a network of around 200 civil society organisations, including NGOs, faith-based groups and professional organisations.

Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention website

HSP is an inter-university collaboration for research, communication and training in support of informed public policy regarding chemical/biological warfare (CBW). The Program links research groups at Harvard University and the University of Sussex. HSP seeks the global elimination of CBW weapons and the strengthening of constraints against hostile use of biotechnologies.

Information on plutonium threat, nuclear terrorism, India/Pakistan, bomb-grade highly enriched uranium, etc. Summary of Institute reports. Graphics related to plutonium and enriched uranium (e.g. worldwide production of plutonium between 1945 and 2000).

French-language site. Access to the Centre's documentation (reviews, reference directories, links to companies in the nuclear and defense industries), Centre publications (some on-line). Press releases. Link to the Observatoire des armes nucléaires françaises and the Observatoire des transfers d'armement.

Information on the Center (mission, organization chart, etc.). Publications (reports, brochures, bulletins, etc.). Press releases. Center projects listed by subject (economics, resources and conflicts, small arms control, surplus weapons, etc.). Conference agenda.

Information by subject (nuclear energy and nuclear accidents, nuclear weapons, security, etc.). Factual background to the hydrogen bomb. Cold War. Non-proliferation treaties. Numerous source documents: photos, international instruments, statistics and graphics. Information on the human cost and military, religious and scientific aspects of nuclear technology.

Utrecht school of law. The Netherlands institute of Human Rights (SIM) has several databases in which its collection of documentation is made accessible. Through this site, databases are made available to the public.

The Transnational and Non-State Armed Groups Project is an international and interdisciplinary initiative driven jointly by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University and the Graduate Institute on International Studies in Geneva. The project aims to examine analytically the place of non-state armed groups within the context of armed conflict, and to identify strategic options as to the legal and policy implications of the contemporary role of these actors.

The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights aims to provide instruction of a high academic standard, in French and in English, conduct and promote scientific research, organise training courses and expert meetings and provide legal expertise in the branches of international law relating to situations of armed conflicts..

Background of Centre. Details on training possibilities. Description of research projects. List of conferences organized by Centre. Links.

Projects listed by year and subject. Institute publications listed by document type (reports, periodicals, special editions). Bibliographic database containing 6,000 authors. World directory of criminological resources with 470 entries in 70 countries. News.

Information on various subjects (Iraq, dialogue with NGOs, donor behaviour and political economy, the UN and humanitarian endeavour). List of publications.

Newsletter. List of Institute publications. Activities. Information on the Military Department (spreading knowledge of IHL among military personnel). Related sites.

Calendar of Institute activities. News. Institute publications. On-line texts (international UN law, jurisprudence from the Inter-American system, constitutions, etc.). On-line library. Newsletter. Links.

French-language site. Presentation of the Centre. List of successfully defended theses since 1984 on human rights and humanitarian law. Seminars and other events. Links. Bibliographies.

Society publications (American journal of international law, international legal materials, etc.). Guide to electronic resources. Information arranged by subject (armed conflict, economic law, human rights, environment, etc.).

Presentation of organization. Annual report. Press releases. Urgent action. Programmes. Publications (many available on-line).

Projects. List of publications. Links. News. Information on courses.

Information on the Institute (activities, charter, etc.) Programmes for a Master's degree. Information on research projects. Publications (with brief descriptions). Links regarding human rights.

Publications. Calendar of conferences. Programme of registration for courses. Numerous links regarding international organizations, treaties, human rights, etc.

Latest judgments by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Documents from recent meetings of the Organization of American States. News. Presentation of the Center's activities (raising awareness and defending the law, campaign to strengthen the Inter-American system, etc.). Annual reports. On-line access to the Center's Gazette. Press releases. Texts of Inter-American legal instruments.

Link to the site of the International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative

Practical information (objectives, list of participants, links, etc.) about this competition for military cadets, students of law and political science, etc. with a view to making IHL better known.

French-language site. Background and statutes. List of theses. List of seminars and study days (with programmes). Links. Newsletters.

French-language site. Summary of the Revue belge de droit international. Publications (dictionary, collection of works on international law, etc.). Successfully defended theses and others in preparation. Projects.

Publications. Brief description of publications. List of international instruments in humanitarian law with links to the actual texts. News.

The aim of this site is to promote understanding of international humanitarian law in the belief that a wider knowledge of the legal framework governing armed conflict will lead to greater pressure to prevent breaches of the law, and to punish those who commit them.

Information on military and political developments relevant to the prospects, course, and consequences of conflict having an important military dimension and analysis of the policies to be pursued by various governments and other actors to further and maintain international peace and security.

Free public service that provides a wide range of products and resources to encourage the exchange of information among international relations and security professionals worldwide. The ISN’s mission is to promote global security and cooperation by collecting, managing, and sharing specialized information for the international relations and security community.

The Armed Groups Project is an international research network that brings together scholars, policy makers, and humanitarian actors to discuss policy-relevant research about the instruments available to the international community to curb human rights and humanitarian violations committed by armed groups.

The International Council on Human Rights Policyconducts applied policy research on issues that face organisations working in the field of human rights. The approach is international, multidisciplinary and consultative.

The International Peace Academy (IPA) is an independent, international institution dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of armed conflicts between and within states through policy research and development. IPA works closely with the United Nations, regional and other international organizations, governments, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as with parties to conflicts in selected cases.

The Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research was founded in 1998 as an organizational framework to better integrate and coordinate quantitative research initiatives investigating various aspects of complex societal conflicts.

This research project seeks to account for cross-national and cross-group variation in the outbreak, magnitude and duration of civil wars in the period from the end of World War II to 2000.

The Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research advises organizations such as the United Nations, governments and non-governmental actors and focuses on the protection of vulnerable groups, conflict prevention, strategic planning for human security, and the role of information technology in emergency response.

Summary of latest issue of two reviews published by the Institute (Security Dialogue and Journal of Peace Research). List of publications (reports, articles and books) with either summary or complete text. Research programmes. Press releases.

French-language site. Research subjects (arms trade and light weapons, conflict prevention and management, NGOs and conflicts in Africa, etc.). List of publications with on-line ordering. Presentation of background documents available at the organization’s documentation centre with list of latest acquisitions. African Francophone Association active in conflict prevention and resolution.

Guide to internet resources (media, governments, organizations, etc.) by country and subject (reporting on conflict and peace, list of organizations concerned by peace and conflict, etc.). On-line access to articles published in the Institute’s "Ethnic Conflict Research Digest".

Research projects (e.g. arms control, arms production, military technology, nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, etc.). List of publications (annotations and chapters of Institute yearbook). Library catalogue. Access to various Institute databases (e.g. data on military expenditure). Links.

Presentation of Institute research programmes. Conference calendar. On-line annual reports since 1996. Annotated list of publications. Links.

Presentation of courses organized by the Centre. Programme of activities. List of publications. Library catalogue. Links. Programmes of conferences organized by the Centre.

The Transnational and Non-State Armed Groups Project is an international and interdisciplinary initiative driven jointly by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University (HPCR) and the Graduate Institute on International Studies in Geneva (HEI).  The project aims to examine analytically the place of non-state armed groups within the context of armed conflict, and to identify strategic options as to the legal and policy implications of the contemporary role of these actors.

A working draft manual for African military practitioners.

Promoting literature, defending freedom of expression. International PEN, the worldwide association of writers exists to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere, to fight for freedom of expression and represent the conscience of world literature.