(7) Interdisciplinary Research Program on causes on Human Rights (
PIOOM), Universidad de Leyden.
See also Harff & Gurr, Victims of the State, 7 (1)
PIOOM NEWSLETTER 24 (1995); and Harff, Rescuing Endangered People: Missed Opportunities, Social Research, Volume 62, No.
If the definition of armed conflicts is broadened to reflect today's circumstances, the numbers are much higher: the
PIOOM Foundation in The Netherlands estimates the number of "low-intensity" conflicts in recent years has increased sharply, from 106 in 1993 to 161 in 1997.