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New Resources

New Collections

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Summer is a wonderful time here in the archives.  Since there are fewer instruction sessions to teach and reference questions to answer, it means that I am able to spend more time processing archival collections, and making materials available for researchers.

Here are just a couple of new collections at the Dodd Center which pertain to human rights themes: 

A DVD-ROM of Basic Documents and Case Law from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

The DVD-ROM was compiled by the ICTR legal library in 2007 and contains 4,262 searchable PDF documents, including Case Law Decisions, Orders, Indictments, and Judgements; ICTR Basic Documents, Rules of Procedure and Statutes; UN Documents on Human Rights in Rwanda, ICTR Annual Reports, and documents regarding the operation, finances, and personnel of the ICTR.

The Poras Collection of Vietnam War Memorabilia

This collection contains materials from the American Vietnam War era, including American and Vietnamese propaganda, posters from the pro-war and anti-war movements, as well as artifacts from American soldiers who served in the war.

 

New Books at Babbidge Library on War Crimes and Nuremberg

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A lot of human rights themed books have been purchased for Homer Babbidge Library in the past few months.  This entry deals with books on war crimes and Nuremberg.  Check back for lists on other topics. 

DOCUMENTS ON THE TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL: CHARTER, INDICTMENT AND JUDGMENTS, edited by Robert Cryer.  Oxford, 2008.

LAW, WAR AND CRIME: WAR CRIMES TRIALS AND THE REINVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, by Gerry J. Simpson. Cambridge, 2007.

MISSING ITALIAN NUREMBERG: CULTURAL ANMESIA AND POSTWAR POLITICS, by Michelle Battini.  Palgrave MacMillan, 2007. 

WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: THE TOKYO TRIAL AND THE NUREMBERG LEGACY, by Madoka Futamura.  Routledge, 2008.

NUREMBERG LEGACY: HOW THE NAZI WAR CRIMES TRIALS CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY, by Norbert Ehrenfreund.  Palgrave MacMillan, 2007.

PERSPECTIVES ON THE NUREMBERG TRIAL, edited by Guenael Mettraux.  Oxford, 2008. 

ATROCITIES ON TRIAL: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE POLITICS OF PROSECUTING WAR CRIMES, by Patricia Herberer.  University of Nebraska, 2008.

TOKYO INTERNATIONAL MILITARY TRIBUNAL: A REAPPRAISAL, by Neil Boister.  Oxford, 2008.

TOKYO WAR CRIMES TRIAL: THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE IN THE WAKE OF WORLD WAR II, by Yuma Totani.  Harvard East Asian Series, 2008. 

CIVIL WAR AND THE RULE OF LAW: SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, edited by Agnes Hurwitz.  Lynne Rienner, 2008.

NO EASY FIX: GLOBAL RESPONSES TO INTERNAL WARS AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, by M. Patricia Marchak.  McGill/Queens University, 2008.

HUMANITARIAN OCCUPATION, by Gregory H. Fox.  Cambridge, 2008.

I’ll be posting more new book lists in the next few days. 

 

New NGO Search Engine

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A great new resource is now available for helping with internet searches.

There are currently 1026 NGO sites indexed. The project is described on the godort wiki:

 

“The NGO Search indexes local, regional and international NGOs from sources as diverse as AARP, Earth Watch Institute, International Crisis Group, OXFAM, the World Agricultural Forum. Sites were chosen based on their consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and also collated from University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, Duke University Libraries’ NGO Research Guide, and the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).”

“Human Rights Archives and Documentation: Transforming Ideas Into Practice” — Notes and Materials

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Notes and materials from the symposium, “Human Rights Archives and Documentation:  Transforming Ideas Into Practice,” hosted by the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut in March 2008, and co-sponsored by the Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research at Columbia University Libraries and the Center for Research Libraries Global Resources Network, are now available on the Dodd Center’s website.  Click here for minutes, notes, and outcomes. 

A recurring theme of the symposium was the need for increased communication and collaboration among archivists working with human rights materials.  To help meet this need, the University of Connecticut and symposium participants have initiated several projects:

  1. A listserv designed for archivists working with human rights collections
  2. An online Human Rights Archives Information Portal, which will include information about human rights archival collections, repositories currently collecting human rights materials, resources for organizations and governments working to preserve their own records, and a calendar of upcoming conferences events pertaining to human rights library and archival collections. 

The Human Rights Archives Listserv is open to anyone working with human rights collections, or interested in human rights and archives.  The listserv is hosted by the University of Connecticut.  The link to subscribe is here. 

 

Human Rights Awareness Week at UConn, April 14-19

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Idealists United, a human rights advocacy and awareness group founded at UConn, is hosting its second annual Human Rights Awareness Week with events on campus from April 14-19, 2008. 

Each day of the week has a different theme, and events range from lectures, to concerts, to films to rallies.

Monday, April 14:  Genocide Awareness
Tuesday, April 15:  The Environment
Wednesday, April 16:  Women’s Rights
Thursday, April 17:  Labor Rights
Friday, April 18:  Anti-Discrimination
Saturday, April 19:  Human Rights Music Festival

For a full schedule and information, see the Idealists United Homepage, or join their Facebook Group.

Human Rights Book News!

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Hi Everyone!  I promised that I would be better about updating and then promptly failed to update again.  Sorry about that.  Thanks for your patience. 

A couple of book related notes:

Congratulations to UConn faculty member, Serena Parekh, on her new book, Hannah Arendt and the Challenge of Modernity:  A Phenomenology of Human Rights.  It’s on order for the library, along with a bunch of other human rights titles, which I will post about when they come in. 

Also, George Kent’s important book, Freedom from Want:  The Human Right to Adequate Food, (Georgetown Press, 2005)  is now available free online, as well as in print.

The link to the pdf is here.

 

UConn Student Activist Conference

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Idealists United has created a conference that will teach students how to move beyond charity and take a step toward advocacy. The aim of this conference is to train students in strategies that will allow them to overcome typical barriers to progress and become more effective activists, regardless of cause. Our hope is to give you, the student, the confidence and knowledge needed to create change within the societal issues you feel most passionate about.

            The conference will take place in the Dodd Center Saturday, February 23rd from 10am-6pm. For more information or to register stop by the Human Rights Institute or e-mail Idealists.united@gmail.com.

The conference will contain a keynote speaker, 3 sets of workshops, a peer-networking lunch, and a closing activity.The workshops are as follows:

Set 1:
Leading a Successful Meeting
Talking with Your Peers about Controversial Issues
Grassroots media

Set 2:
Effectively Lobbying Politicians
Getting the Media to Listen
Coalition Building

Set 3:
Running Successful Promotional Events
Leading a Direct Action Campaign
Creating a Social Movement

Conference registration will end on February 14th at 11:00pm. Students will still be able to attend the conference if they are not registered, but only registered students will be guaranteed a free lunch and have their choice of workshops.

To register drop-off a completed registration form at Human Rights Institute or send your name, workshop preference (ordered 1-3 for each set), organization name(s) if applicable, and any leadership role you hold within the organization(s) to Idealists.United@gmail.com.  Feel free to send any questions or comments to this address as well.

Human Rights Documentation Issue of “Focus on Global Resources”

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The Center for Research Libraries (CRL)’s  FOCUS on Global Resources newsletter, Winter 2007-08 issue (“Human Rights Documentation”) is now available online.

In this issue:

  • Global Resources / Columbia University conference, Human Rights Archives and Documentation.
  • A roundtable discussion sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation examines the role of research libraries in preserving human rights related documentation.
  • The newspaper Aquí and the human rights struggle in Bolivia during the 1970s and 80s.
  • CRL human-rights related collections and archives:  adjudication of World War II era crimes against humanity in Europe and Asia. 
  • CRL collections supporting human rights research on:  Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

To view this and past issues of FOCUS, visit: http://www.crl.edu/focus/toc.asp

To download FOCUS in PDF format, go to: http://www.crl.edu/PDF/pdfFocus/Winter2007-08.pdf

World Freedom Atlas

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The World Freedom Atlas is a new geo-visualization tool designed for human rights researchers, activists, and others to provide a visual map of democracy, human rights, and good governance around the world.  The maps covers the years 1990- 2006. 

It maps datasets by Cingranelli and Richards, Freedom House, Evans and Rauch, the International Country Risk Guide, and many others, and includes topics such as Civil Liberties, Women’s Rights, Amnesty International’s Political Terror Scale, Freedom of the Press, Torture, and many other variables on governance and human and civil rights. 

It’s a fantastic resource, so definitely check it out!  http://www.freedom.indiemaps.com/