18 November 2005

New Print Encyclopedia on Minorities, Related Web Resources

Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities, 3 vols. - http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/minorities/index.html
- Includes entries for refugees, diaspora, immigration, migrations. Does not appear to cover development-induced displacement, although I have not examined a copy directly.

Other resources:

European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) - http://www.ecmi.de/
- Includes ethnopolitical map of Europe, legal resources, project descriptions, lots of publications.

Minorities (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights) -http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/minorities/index.htm
- Includes workshop reports, documents, declaration on minorities.

Minorities at Risk Project (MAR) - http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/mar/
- Includes data sets on ethnic groups, “Peace and Conflict” annual reports, hot spots, and links to other resources.

Minority Rights Group International - http://www.minorityrights.org/
- Includes international instruments, online publications (though listing is not that current), and information on MRG's activities.

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