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International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog January 25th, 2008 at 16:39

After 25 years of work in the human rights arena, the IHF was forced to shut its doors in early December 2007 when the embezzlement committed by the organization's former financial manager caused the organization to file for bankruptcy. The IHF's records and documents will be transferred to the Open Society Archives (OSA) at the Central European University in Budapest where they will eventually...

Archival Collections: Human Rights, Peace Studies, Refugees via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog November 15th, 2007 at 14:16

The Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR) at Columbia University formally opened its human rights archives to the public in early October. It serves as the official repository for Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other human rights organizations. Learn more about the human rights archive collection. The Plowshares Digital Archive for Peace Studies is a...

New Periodical Issues: Archives Focus, FEX, Monday Dev., Women’s Asylum News via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog September 14th, 2007 at 14:11

Archive Focus, vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 2007) [text] - Inaugural issue from the Refugee Archives, UEL. Field Exchange, no. 31 (Sept. 2007) [text] - From the Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN). Monday Developments, vol. 25, no. 8 (Aug. 2007) [text] - From InterAction; focus is on climate change. Women's Asylum News, no. 69 (Sept./Oct. 2007) [text] - From the Refugee Women's Resource Project......