Two new featured topics: on Al-Shabaab in Somalia and on sectarian violence in Pakistan

Posted on 1 February 2012 by ACCORD ecoi.net

Two new  featured topics are available: an overview on events related to the armed group Al-Shabaab in Somalia since October 2011 and an overview on sectarian violence in Pakistan since September 2011. Continue reading →

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Featured topic on Dagestan updated; Afghanistan: new ANSO website

Posted on 26 January 2012 by ACCORD ecoi.net

The featured topic on Dagestan has been updated and the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office launched its new website, making available the ANSO reports. Continue reading →

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HRW publishes World Report 2012

Posted on 23 January 2012 by ACCORD ecoi.net

Human Rights Watch published its annual World Report, covering events in 2011. The introductory essay examines the Arab Spring. Continue reading →

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Study: Country Information in Asylum Procedures – Quality as a Legal Requirement in the EU

Posted on 20 January 2012 by ACCORD ecoi.net

As a result of the ERF-funded project “COI in Judicial Practice”, in which the Austrian Red Cross/ACCORD participated, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee has published a new study on how quality standards of Country of Origin Information (COI) appear in the form of authoritative legal requirements within the present system, either as binding legal provisions or guiding judicial practice. As such, the study intends to provide a  tool and a set of concrete examples for policy- and law-makers, advocates, judges and trainers active in this field. Continue reading →

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Featured topics on Afghanistan & Syria updated

Posted on 12 January 2012 by ACCORD ecoi.net

The featured topics on Afghanistan and Syria have been updated.ecoi.net’s featured topics offer an overview on selected issues in our focus countries. The information excerpted in our featured topics all comes from sources available on ecoi.net. Continue reading →

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