Updated country priorities on ecoi.net
In November 2019, we updated our country priorities. These priorities define which sources are covered on ecoi.net, i.e. which documents you can expect to find for a country. The update is based on Austrian, European and global asylum statistics and affects what sources we cover for what countries.
EASO-ACCORD Joint Conference on COI Research Methodology
ACCORD is happy to have welcomed representatives of the COI community at the joint EASO/ACCORD conference on COI methodology in Vienna. There were two occasions for this event: The 20th anniversary of ACCORD and the publication of the revised EASO COI Report Methodology.
EASO publishes COI report on the security situation in Pakistan
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a COI report on the security situation in Pakistan.
USDOS publishes annual reports on religious freedom and on human trafficking for 2018
The US Department of State released its annual report on international religious freedom covering 2018, as well as its annual report on human trafficking (covering Aprul 2018 to March 2019).
UNHCR reports new record level of 70.8 million displaced
UNHCR released its annual Global Trends report, covering displacement that occurred during 2018. The report says the number of people forcibly displaced was 70.8 million at the end of 2018, leaving the population of forcibly displaced at another record high.
EASO COI Report Methodology 2019 and Writing and Referencing Guide
EASO published a new COI report methodology, updating the 2012 version, as well as a style guide.
The April 2019 issue of The Researcher
The Researcher is published two times a year by the Refugee Documentation Centre (RDC) in Ireland. It is a publication which combines academic papers, summaries of caselaw, guides to new legislation, reports of conferences, articles on RDC services and items of country of origin information. 
Discussion with Joel Wing (Musings on Iraq)
On 28 March, ACCORD and the Diakonie’s Refugee Service invited representatives from all actors involved in asylum procedures to a discussion with Joel Wing.
US Department of State releases the 2018 human rights reports
The US Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, covering 2018.
Joint Communication by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Austrian Red Cross
UNHCR and the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), a department of the Austrian Red Cross, are partnering up for a streamlined content division between their protection information databases, Refworld and ecoi.net.
