Rebel Group Characteristics

 

Website: Non-State Actor Dataset

Content: List of rebel groups in civil conflicts (1945-2010) with their military and political characteristics

Link: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/eacd.html

 

Website: Geneva Call’s “Their Words” website

Content: collection of rebel groups’ commitment to international law

Link: http://theirwords.org/

 

Civilian Killing Issue

 

Website: UCDP One-sided Violence Dataset

Content: Dataset with information of intentional attacks on civilians by governments and formally organized armed groups

Link: http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/datasets/ucdp_one-sided_violence_dataset/

 

Website: Armed Conflict and Event Data Location Project

Content: Realtime event data with detailed rebel activities

Link: http://www.acleddata.com/

 

Child Soldier Issue

 

Website: Child Soldiers International

Content: non-governmental organization that produces Child Soldier Global Report periodically

Link: http://www.child-soldiers.org/

 

Website: UN Children and Armed Conflict

Content: International Law related to children in armed conflicts
Link: http://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/virtual-library/international-law/

 

Website: Human Rights Watch

Content: child soldier use around the world

Link: http://www.hrw.org/node/105699

 

Website: War-affected children  

Content: Interactive map by the United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Link: http://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/countries/children-and-armed-conflict-interactive-world-map/

 

 

Other Human Rights Violations by Rebel Groups

 

Website: Sexual Violence by Rebel Groups

Content: dataset of rebel groups’ sexual violence

Link: http://www.sexualviolencedata.org/

 

Website: Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor

Content: information on rebel groups’ landmine use and related international law

Link: http://www.the-monitor.org/

 

Recent Developments in Rebel Groups and International Law

 

Website: Armed Groups and International Law

Content: Blog on international legal issues and recent news on armed groups around the world

Link: http://armedgroups-internationallaw.org/