WRI books, reports, and co-publications

available on the Internet

Online books:

Bart Horeman and Marc Stolwijk Refusing to Bear Arms: A worldwide survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service (paper edition, War Resisters' International, London 1998) ISBN 0 903517 16 7. Published online by WRI/Concodoc in 2001, with updates to European countries by Quaker Council on European Affairs (QCEA) in 2005.
Bart Horeman and Marc Stolwijk Proyecto de Documentación sobre Conscripción y Objeción de Conciencia (CO law in 32 Latin American and Caribbean countries, translated from relevant reports in Refusing to Bear Arms by ROLC -- now available solely on the WRI website.)
Emily Miles A Conscientious Objector's Guide to the UN Human Rights System (WRI and QUNO, May 2000)
Brian Martin Technology for Nonviolent Struggle, War Resisters' International, London 2001. Available online in HTML and PDF format.
Brian Martin Nonviolence versus Capitalism, War Resisters' International, London 2001. Available online in HTML and PDF format.
Mitzi Bales ed. Opening Doors to Peace: a memorial to Myrtle Solomon, War Resisters' International, London 1991.
Shelley Anderson and Janet Larmore, eds. Nonviolent Struggle and Social Defence, War Resisters' International, London 1991. Papers from the 1990 Bradford conference on social defence, plus Social Defence: Arguments and actions by Brian Martin. Also available as a single download.
Chris Ney ed. Nonviolence and Social Empowerment (WRI 2001-2005). Papers from the 2001 Orissa conference on nonviolence and social empowerment. Also available as a PDF file (A5 paper size: you can print two-up to save paper but set the printer to enlarge pages to fit).

Online dossiers and reports (over 100k)

WRI staff 1994 Triennial Conference report
WRI staff 1998 Triennial Conference report
Howard Clark and IFGK Kosovo -- Vorbereitungen für die Zeit nach dem Krieg (1999)
Teresa Durán, Roberta Bacic, and Pau Pérez Muerte y Desaparición Forzada en la Araucanía: Una Aproximación Étnica Ko'aga Roñe'eta, Madrid 2000
Soldiers' Mothers of Saint Petersburg Non-Governmental Presentation (2001)
WRI staff 2002 Triennial Conference report
Dealing with the Past Project Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina, 26-30 November 2002
Right to Refuse to Kill Project The Russian Federation: Human Rights and the Armed Forces (2003)
Right to Refuse to Kill Project Briefing Paper on Conscientious Objection and Human Rights issues in the Republic of Korea Part 1 | appendix (2004)
Right to Refuse to Kill Project Israel: Conscience on Trial (2004)
Connection e.v. and WRI Eritrea: Conscientious Objection and Desertion (2005)
Right to Refuse to Kill Project Mehmet loves Bariş: Documentation on Conscientious objection in Turkey (2005)
WRI Women's Working group and IFoR Women Peacemakers' Programme Asking the Right Questions: Gender and Nonviolence conference report 2005
Reader for the seminar "Peace in North-East Asia" English | Korean (2005)
Informe sobre la situación de militarización de la sociedad colombiana (Acción Colectiva por la Objeción de Conciencia en Colombia-ACOCC, 2006)
Bericht über die Situation der Militarisierung der kolumbianischen Gesellschaft (Acción Colectiva por la Objeción de Conciencia en Colombia-ACOCC, 2006)

War Resisters' International posts shorter reports and articles on a regular basis. See the Right to Refuse to Kill, Nonviolence Programme, and Dealing with the Past homepages, as well as the 1998 Triennial Conference, 2002 Triennial Conference, and former-Yugoslavia archive pages.

Selected longer articles and occasional papers from the pre-1990 WRI archives

Theodore Olson and Lynne Shivers, Training for Nonviolent Action: a documentation of the WRI/Quaker study conference in Preston Patrick, England; June/July 1970
Devi Prasad ed., Training in Nonviolence. (WRI pamphlet, 1965).
Tony Smythe, Conscientious Objection and War Resistance. From War Resistance, Vol.2 No.21 (2nd quarter 1967).
George Lakey, A Manifesto for Nonviolent Revolution (1972).
Michael Randle, Towards Liberation. From War Resistance, Vol.3 No.9 (1st quarter 1975).

Paper copies of WRI publications 1968-present

Devi Prasad: War is a Crime against Humanity: The Story of The War Resisters' International (London, 2006: War Resisters' International). An information page, with links to the WRI shop and to reviews on external sites, is available on this site.

Several WRI titles and WRI-related publications are available through the WRI online shop. Link here for the: United Kingdom | Europe | rest of world versions of the WRI shop.

Paper and microform archives

Index to the War Resisters' International archive at the International Institute for Social History in Amsterdam.
A microfiche collection of WRI papers for the years 1923-1974 was published by Harvester Press in 1977 and can be found in various university and specialised libraries.
- Catalogue description: "The archival documents have been organized chronologically within the following categories: pamphlets, 1921-1974; Bulletin of War Resisters' International (later The War Resister and then War Resistance), 1923-1974; annual appeals and related documents, 1934-1974; minutes of council meetings and international council meetings, 1926-1974; minutes of executive committee meetings and supplementary papers, 1955-1974; secretary's report, 1947-1974; WRI Newsletter, 1962-1974; press releases, 1964-1974; and Training in Non-Violence, 1968-1973."