HRW publishes World Report 2014
Human Rights Watch published its annual World Report, covering events in 2013.
Featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria and Somalia updated
The featured topics on Afghanistan (security in Kabul), Nigeria (Boko Haram), the Russian Federation (security in Dagestan) and Somalia (al-Shabaab) have been updated.
EDAL Conference 2014: Reflections on the Current Application of the EU Asylum Acquis
The Irish Refugee Council is organising a conference on the Common European Asylum System on 17 & 18 January in Dublin.
Featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria, and Somalia updated
The featured topics on Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Somalia have been updated.
[obosolete:] ecoi.net scheduled maintenance period: daily at 05:15 CET
Update 2018: With the relaunch of our system, there is no longer a daily mainenance period.
ecoi.net introduces scheduled maintenance period: each day at 05:15 CET the ecoi.net database will be deactivated. The downtimes will range from a couple of minutes to about an hour. This blog will remain usable during the maintenance periods.
USCIS training module: Researching and Using Country of Origin Information in RAIO Adjudications
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a training module on researching and using COI for their asylum adjudicators. The document contains guidelines, examples and exercises for asylum decision-makers.
Featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, Nigeria and Somalia updated
The featured topics on Afghanistan (security in Kabul), the Russian Federation (security in Dagestan), Nigeria (Boko Haram) and Somalia (al-Shabaab) have been updated.
Mapping paper on NGOs working on COI in Europe published by ARC & DCR
Asylum Research Consultancy (ARC) and the Dutch Council for Refugees (DCR) published a mapping paper on NGO actors working on Country of Origin Information in Europe.
New ACCORD training manual on “Researching Country of Origin Information” (2013 edition)
ACCORD has published a revised edition of the training manual “Researching Country of Origin Information”, updating the 2004 edition.
It is available for download and in print now.
The October 2013 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.
