Guest post: COI on Eritrea

The following is a guest post by Elisa Mason, originally published on the Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.

EASO publishes COI report on Pakistan

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a COI report on Pakistan.

Style Guide of CEDOCA, Belgium

The Belgian COI unit CEDOCA published a Style Guide for its COI products.

New ACCORD report on Iran

A new COI report on Iran has been published by ACCORD.

US Department of State releases the 2014 human rights reports

The US Department of State released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, covering 2014.

USDOS publishes annual report on terrorism, Freedom House publishes Nations in Transit

The US Department of State released its annual report on terrorism and Freedom House published its annual Nations in Transit.

UNHCR reports biggest increase of forced displacement ever seen in a single year

UNHCR released its annual Global Trends report, covering displacement that occurred during 2014. The report says the number of people forcibly displaced was 59.5 million at the end of 2014, the highest level ever recorded.

USCIRF publishes annual report on religious freedom 2015

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom released its annual report on freedom of religion in 33 countries.

EASO publishes guide on researching the situation of lesbian, gay and bisexual persons

As part of the EASO Practical Guide series, the European Asylum Support Office published a guide on researching the situation of lesbian, gay and bisexual persons (LGB) in countries of origin.

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee publishes second volume of the training manual on credibility assessment in asylum procedures

As part of the CREDO project, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) published the second volume of its multidisciplinary training manual on the assessment of credibility in asylum procedures. This second volume focuses on multilingual contexts, gender-related challenges of credibility assessment and credibility assessment with children.

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