See for example the work by Israel Charney which provides a good summary of the literature. Israel W. Charney, 'How Can We Commit the Unthinkable?' in Genocide: The Human Cancer (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1982).
2.
Sadruddin Aga Khan. 'Question of the Violation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in any Part of the World, with Particular Reference to Colonial and Other Dependent Countries and Territories. Study on Human Rights and Massive Exodus'. United Nations Economic and Social Council, Commission on Human Rights, 38th Session. Item 12 (b). E/CN/4/1503, 31 Dec. 1981.
3.
Stephen D. Goose, 'Armed Conflicts in 1986', SIPRI Yearbook (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1987), pp. 297-233.
4.
See 'Planning for Peace Making Journal', Vol. 1 (1988), no. 1, pp. 1-4. National Peace Foundation, Washington DC.
5.
James O. C. Jonah, Assistant Secretary-General, Office for Research and the Collection of Information, 'Monitoring Factors Related to Refugee Flows and Comparable Emergencies: The Role of the Secretary-General's Office for Research and the Collection of Information' (Conference Paper). Florence, Italy, 29 January 1988.
6.
See also Kumar Rupesinghe, 'The Quest for a Disaster Early Warning System', Bulletin of Peace Proposals, Vol. 18 (1987), pp. 217-227.
7.
For further readings see Stephen Adriole and Robert A. Young, 'Toward the Development of an Integrated Crisis Warning System', International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 21 (1987 ), no. 1; and J. David Singer and Richard J. Stoll, eds, Quantitative Indicators in World Politics. Timely Assurance and Early Warning (New York: Praeger , 1984); J. David Singer & Michael D. Wallace, eds, To Augur Well. Early Warning Indicators in World Politics ( Beverly Hills/London: Sage, 1979).
8.
The literature on the ethnic revival and increased conflicts can be found in Anthony D. Smith, The Ethnic Revival in the Modern World (Cambridge University Press, 1981); and W. Conor, 'Nation Building or Nation Destroying', World Politics Vol. 24 (1972), pp. 319-355.
9.
In a recent visit to Uganda the author found that documents concerning previous violations were quite limited in the country itself. Documentation of the current situation in the North and the East is also quite weak.
10.
The potential for INTERDOC's computer communications network has been demonstrated in disseminating news of the arrests of government critics in Malaysia and facilitating swift responses from groups all over the world. For more details of this experiment see Interdoc Bulletin, Contracto, February 1988.
11.
The idea behind the use of standard formats is that through the use of similar formats by various organizations information will be recorded in a systematic way by each of them, and it will facilitate the exchange of information among them. A special task force of HURIDOCS is now preparing — with the cooperation of several documentation centers — a standard format for violations. For more information see Huridocs News, Vol. 5 (March 1988) and Vol. 6 (August 1988).
12.
There is a range of Human Rights advocacy groups which have emerged in the last few years such as the Africa Watch, Asia Watch in the USA and highly specialized NGOs for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
13.
For more details, see 'Towards an International Refugee Documentation Network' in UNHCR Brochure (Geneva , 1989).
14.
One should not assume that there is an evenness in the reporting to the Special Rapporteurs. Generally the reporting of such incidents from Latin America has improved, due to increased communication and competence, whilst reporting from Africa is still weak.
15.
A similar proposal has been advanced by others. See e.g. B.R. Reiter, M.V. Zunaunegui & Jose Quiroga, 'Guidelines for Field Reporting of Basic Human Rights Violations', Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 8 ( 1986), no. 4, pp. 628-653.
