Both US Department of State and Amnesty International released their annual reports on human rights, covering 2023.

ACCORD will publish a revised edition of the training manual “Researching Country of Origin Information”, updating the 2013 edition. Register for its online launch event on 14 March.

We published a new feeatured topic on Syria (in German language).

ACCORD published a COI compilation on Guinea, commissioned by UNHCR.

The report on the Russian Federation covers political protests and dissidence in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. The report on the Democratic Republic of the Congo covers the situation of the Banyamulenge from 2020 to March 2022 (South Kivu: security situation and armed groups; attacks agains Banyamulenge; humanitarian situation; North Kivu and Ituri: situation of Banyamulenge)

The ACCORD training manual “Researching Country of Origin Information” is now available in Korean. It was translated by UNHCR Korea.

We published a new feeatured topic on Afghanistan and updated a report on Côte d'Ivoire.

The report covers the following topics: background information, legal framework, treatment by state actors and by non-state actors.

The COI podcasts (in German language), a cooperation between ACCORD and the University of Heidelberg, talk about backgrounds that can help to better understand country of origin information.

The report covers the following topics: political situation; inter-communal violence; freedom of speech; women; children; persons with disabilities; sexual orientation and gender identity; rule of law.