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EASO publishes methodology and first COI report, on Afghanistan: Taliban Recruitment Strategies

Posted on 17 July 2012 by ACCORD ecoi.net

The first COI report produced by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has been published. It focuses on Taliban recruitment strategies in Afghanistan. Along with the report, the EASO also published its methodology for COI reports.

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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 … Continue reading →

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Structural Differences and Access to COI at European Courts Dealing with Asylum

Posted on 7 November 2011 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 study on structural differences between European courts dealing with asylum and their access to Country … Continue reading →

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Further Developing Asylum Quality in the EU: manual & summary report

Posted on 3 October 2011 by ACCORD ecoi.net

UNHCR published a summary report on its EU-funded project on quality of asylum procedures in nine EU member states. Additionally, a manual introducing to various elements necessary for a high quality asylum system provides annotated checklists as an aide to … Continue reading →

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Study on the examination of LGBTI asylum applications in the European Union

Posted on 8 September 2011 by ACCORD ecoi.net

Fleeing Homophobia, a project by COC Nederland and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, has published a report on differences in the examination of LGBTI asylum applications in member states of the European Union. The report also contains a chapter on Country … Continue reading →

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