Annex V WEB SOURCES ON MINORITY ISSUES Minority Rights Group International: http://www.minorityrights.org/ (Minority Rights Group International (MRG) campaigns worldwide with around 130 partners in over 60 countries to ensure that disadvantaged minorities and indigenous peoples, often the poorest of the poor, can make their voices heard. Through training and education, legal cases, publications and the media, MRG supports minority and indigenous people as they strive to maintain their rights to the land they live on, the languages they speak, to equal opportunities in education and employment, and to full participation in public life). World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: http://www.minorityrights.org/3/home/ mrg-directory-homepage.html (The World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples is the internet’s leading information resource on minorities around the globe. The Directory is produced and updated by MRG. It also provides contact details for minority CSOs). Minorities at Risk project based at the University of Maryland, USA: http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/ (The Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project is a university-based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politicallyactive communal groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000. The project is designed to provide information in a standardized format that aids comparative research and contributes to the understanding of conflicts involving relevant groups. Selected project materials are available on more than 284 groups). International Crisis Group: http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm (The International Crisis Group is an independent NGO with some 135 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict). MINELRES – Minority Electronic Resources: http://www.minelres.lv/ (A directory of resources on minority human rights and related problems of the transition period in Eastern and Central Europe). Minority Rights Information System: http://dev.eurac.edu:8085/mugs2/index. jsp?TopBarItem=Home (The aim of the Minority Rights Information System (MIRIS) database is to promote the development of minority rights standards by providing easily accessible information about the implementation of minority rights. The MIRIS database includes the most important legal texts relating to minority rights by concentrating upon relevant national legislation and case-law. The MIRIS System is bilingual with texts provided in both English and the official language of the State concerned. Geographically, all member States of the Council of Europe are included). ANNEXES 205