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Edited by: Dr T.Matthew Ciolek

The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: Jan-Feb 2003
Vol. 4, No. 1(22)

07 Feb 2003

Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA)
Executive Management Solutions, Sydney, Australia
Supplied note: "From 1947-72, the Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA) trained professional officers for service in Australia's territories, including the Territory of Papua and New Guinea and the Northern Territory. This web site remembers that era and maintains links between the people who were there - kj."
Site contents: The ASOPA story; the mail; The ASOPA Files (School Days, Territory landfall, People we knew, Places we were, Lifestyle, Acts & incidents, Epilogue, Authors, ASOPA dictionary, Glossary); Toktok Gris (In the Beginning, The Teaching Staff, On the Job, The District Inspector, Classroom capers, Sports and games, Arts and culture, Fame and notoriety, Pets and animals, Transportation perils, Names and dates, Priests and oddities, Parties and libations, Sickness and health, Power of reunion, Current events); Piksa Bilong Yumi (ASOPA Days, New Guinea Days, Brisbane 2002, Port Macquarie 2002, Sydney 2002 , Brisbane 2003); Archives (The ASOPA Controversy, Forced Labour & Broken Promises, End of a Unique Institution, Pragmatics and Pedagogy).
URL http://www.asopa.com.au
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Keith Jackson (benelong@bigpond.net.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Feb 2003

International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative
Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR), Cambridge, MA, USA
Supplied note: "We are pleased to announce the launch of the International Humanitarian Law Research Portal. This portal, the fifth in a series of regional and thematic portals developed by our Program, is now available on-line at [the URL below]
The Portal provides free access to a searchable database of links to current research, reference materials, and regional and international news on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). We believe this new portal will provide essential support in these critical times in the development of IHL.
Currently, over 1,000 documents have been collected for your access and the list is growing daily. These documents include breaking news stories, reports and analysis, links to key legal instruments, resolutions and directives and judicial decisions. You can find military manuals, domestic legislation, ICJ and International Tribunal Cases related to IHL. The Portal also includes information about organizations and specialists in the field as well as IHL related events. - di."
Site contents: (Topics) * Conduct of Hostilites: Principle of Distinction, Principle of Proportionality, Defender Rights and Obligations, Attacker Rights and Obligations, Protected Objects, Weapons; * Application of IHL: Start of IHL, End of IHL, Occupation, Other Legal Regimes; * Conflict Type: International, Internal, Internationalized, Failed States, Humanitarian Intervention, New Conflict Types * Individual Status: Civilians, Combatants, POWs, Unlawful belligerents, Peacekeepers, Supporters of conflict; * Implementation of IHL: State Obligations, Non-State Actor Obligations, Monitoring and Reporting, Enforcement, Role of Non-State Institutions; * Development of IHL: Legislative Processes, Customary Law, Jurisprudence, Current Challenges, History of IHL * War Crimes: Definitions, International Tribunals, Universal Jurisdiction, Investigations, Extradition, State Immunities, Domestic Trials, Command Responsibility.
[In early Feb 2003 there were 10 documents for Oceania: 8 Reports and Analysis, 2 Organizations.]
URL http://www.ihlresearch.org/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Devorah Isaac (info@ihlresearch.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

30 Jan 2003

PASIFIKA-L@cornell.edu mailing list
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Self-description: "The PASIFIKA-L mailing list is a forum for discussion about Pacific Island Studies and Literatures. The purpose of this list is to share information about things Pasifika, including but not limited to: conferences & planning, readings, publications, events, workshops, calls for papers, announcements, relevant web sites and discussion--all contributions are welcome as long as they are directly related to the focus of the list.
To subscribe to PASIFIKA-L, send the following command to listproc@cornell.edu: SUBSCRIBE PASIFIKA-L Firstname Lastname "
URL http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/emd23/Pacific/pasifikaml.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Elizabeth DeLoughrey (emd23@cornell.edu), forwarded by pasifika-L@cornell.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

30 Jan 2003

Literature of the Pacific Islands
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Site contents: [Links collected by] Pacific Reading Group 1996-2000 at Cornell University; Jolisa Gracewood's Pacific Literature Resources links archive; Pacific Literature [links organised by the Pacific author - ed.]; Pacific Journals; Pacific Syllabi; Pacific Bibliographies [incl. 1. Kiribati Bibliography, 2. Literature of the Cook Islands, 3. Oceania Newsletter 14, Jul 1994, 4. Oceania Newsletter 16, Nov 1995, 5. Pacific Islands Literature - A Selective Reading Guide, 6. Pacific Studies Initiative, 7. Resistance in Paradise: Rethinking 100 years of U.S. Involvement in the Caribbean and the Pacific, 8. Topical and Islands Index, 9. Western Polynesian Literature - ed.]; Pacific Web Directories; Pacific Museums, Libraries, and Archives; Pacific Publishers and Book Distributors; South Seas Literature Online; Pacific Studies in the Universities; Pacific Language Dictionaries; Oceanian & Polynesian Voyagers; Pacific and Maori Visual Arts; Nuclear Testing and the Pacific; Maps and Images of Region; Pacific Newspapers and Other Online News Media; Pacific Studies Conference; Pacific Film; Legends, Stories, Religion, and Mythology; Other Postcolonial and Pacific Studies Links; Map; Join Mailing List [i.e. PASIFIKA-L@cornell.edu]
URL http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/emd23/Pacific/LPI.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Elizabeth DeLoughrey (emd23@cornell.edu), forwarded by pasifika-L@cornell.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

17 Jan 2003

Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education & Advocacy (ECREA)
ECREA, Suva, Fiji
Self-description: "[Initially called the Fiji Institute of Contextual Theology] ECREA is a Non Government Organisation (NGO) based in Suva, Fiji Islands. Founded in 1990 by the late Reverend Paula Niukula, with the aim to address the social, religious, economic and political issues that confront Fiji."
Site contents: About Us; Programmes; Resource Centre; Happenings; Glossary, Links (Organisational Founders, Project Founders, Fiji & Pacific Sites, Partners); Contact Us.
URL http://www.ecrea.org.fj
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Libby Cass (info@ecrea.org.fj), forwarded by paclib-l@libmail.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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