Posts tagged with “coi”
EASO publishes summary of tools and tips for online COI research
As part of the EASO Practical Guide series, the European Asylum Support Office published a guide informing about the main tools and tips for online research of country of origin information.
COI Checklist of the Austrian Federal Administrative Court
The Austrian Federal Administrative Court developed a checklist for assessing the quality of country of origin information decisions on international protection. We are publishing this checklist with kind permission.
New ACCORD training manual now also available in Japanese
The revised edition of the training manual “Researching Country of Origin Information”, published by ACCORD in 2013, is now available in Japanese. It was translated by the Project of Compilation and Documentation on Refugees and Migrants (CDR), University of Tokyo.
The April 2014 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.
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.
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.
COI and social media – a literature review by New Zealand’s Country Research Branch
The Country Research Branch of Immigration New Zealand, which is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, has published a literature review on the use of information sourced from social media in COI research.
