Sources regularly covered on ecoi.net for countries of priority E
The following list contains all sources regularly covered by our team for country priority E. ecoi.net covers more than 160 sources regularly. Depending on their publication cycle, some sources are covered daily (like BBC World News, IRIN or Amnesty International), others weekly (like UNHCR, Forum 18 or the International Crisis Group), and some others once a month (like CEDAW, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China or the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit). Countries of priority E, however, receive restricted coverage, with only the most important reports added, and nearly no daily coverage.
Not all sources are covered for all countries to the same extent. To learn more about or country priorities, please see: Our Country Priorities.
For more details on each source, click on "Show description". The column "Publications covered" lists all types of publications we screen for inclusion on ecoi.net. The abbreviations next to each publication type stand for the document type we file it under:
- PR = Periodical Reports (annual reports, monthly reports, daily updates, etc.)
- SR = Special and Analytical Reports
- PressR = Appeals and News Releases (usually from NGOs)
- Media = Media Reports
- Pos = Expert Opinions and Positions
- Res = Query Responses (from COI units)
- Maps = Maps
Please note that this list only contains sources regularly covered by ecoi.net. Publications from other sources are added on an ad-hoc basis, increasing the total number of sources.
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| Source | Publications covered | Countries covered | Source category | Coverage frequency | Documents from this source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amnesty International (AI) Show description |
Press Releases (PressR), Reports (SR/PR), Urgent Actions (PressR), ai-Journal (SR) | A, B1, B2, C (Annual Report also for D and E) | 3+ | Daily | Show documents |
| Asylum Research Centre (ARC, former name: Asylum Research Consultancy) Show description |
Commentaries on UKBA Guidance Notes (ExpPos), Reports (SR, PR), Query Responses (Resp) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) Show description |
Query Responses (Res), Country Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly | Show documents |
| Austrian Development Agency (ADA) Show description |
Länderinformation (SR), other relevant publications (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl - Staatendokumentation (Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum - COI unit, Austria) (BFA Staatendokumentation) Show description |
Query responses (Res), Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly (login required to access most of these reports - for details see link above) | Show documents |
| Bundesamt für Migration (BFM) (Federal Office for Migration, Switzerland) Show description |
Herkunftsländerinformationen (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, Germany) Show description |
Entscheidungen Asyl (SR), IZAM Publikationen (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons, Belgium (CGRS) (Commisariat Général aux Réfugiés et aux Apatrides, CGVS/CGRA) & CEDOCA, COI Unit, Belgium Show description |
Reports (SR), Responses (Resp), Guidance "Notes politiques" (Pos) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly |
Show documents (CEDOCA) Show documents (CGRS) |
| previously covered: Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI) Show description |
Reports (SR), Query Responses (Resp) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | previously Monthly. No longer covered (no publications since 2016). | Show documents |
| Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Show description |
Attacks on the Press (PR), Special Reports (SR) | Special Reports: A, B1, B2, C; Annual Report: also for D and E; other publications: not covered | 3+ | Monthly | Show documents |
| Council of Europe - Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CoE - GREVIO) |
Evaluation Reports (PR), State Reports (PR), Government Comments on the GREVIO report (PR) |
A, B, C (+ D if containing migration and asylum information) |
3+ | Weekly | Show documents |
| Danish Immigration Service (DIS) Show description |
Fact-finding Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly | Show documents |
| Dutch Council for Refugees (DCR) - VluchtelingenWerk Nederland Show description |
Reports (SR), Responses (Resp), Positions (Pos), other country reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| European Union Asylum Agency (EUAA, formerly: European Asylum Support Office, EASO) Show description |
COI reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| European Commission Show description |
Reports of EU Election Assistance and Observation (SR), Progress and Accession Reports (PR); European Neighbourhood Policy - Country and Progress Reports (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) Show description |
Position Papers (SR), Country Reports (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| European Parliament Show description |
Reports of Election Observation Missions (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| The Finnish Immigration Service - Country Service Show description |
Reports (SR); Responses (Resp.); | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| Freedom House Show description |
Freedom in the World (PR), Freedom of the Press (PR), Nations in Transit (PR), Countries at the Crossroads (PR), Freedom on the Net (PR), Special Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children Show description |
Country Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Health Action International (HAI) Show description |
Medicine Prices Surveys of HAI Europe (SR), Medicine Price Monitors of HAI Africa (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Human Rights Watch (HRW) Show description |
Press Releases (PressR), Reports (SR/PR) | A, B1, B2, C - Annual Report also for D and E | 3+ | Daily | Show documents |
| Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) Show description |
Reports (SR), selected other publications (PressR, Positions) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) Show description |
Issue Papers (SR), Country Fact Sheets (SR), Extended Responses to Information Requests (Res), Responses to Information Requests (Res) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly | Show documents |
| International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) Show description |
NGO Law Monitor (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Show description |
Annual Reports (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| previously covered: International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) Show description |
Reports (SR/PR), Press Releases (PressR), Statements (PressR), Open Letters (PressR) | A, B1, B2, C (Annual Report also for D and E) | 3+ |
no longer covered. The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights submitted a request of bankruptcy to the Commercial Court in Vienna to start an insolvency procedure on 27 November 2007. For more details see: http://www.ihf-hr.org/documents/doc_summary.php?sec_id=58&d_id=4447 (IHF Website, accessed on 12 December 2007); http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/12/7DE07AC5-C011-4246-8691-B6F91BD76421.html (RFE/RL Website, accessed on 12 December 2007). |
Show documents |
| International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) Show description |
Annual reports by ILGA and ILGA-Europe (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) Show description |
Missing the Target Reports (PR), other reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Swedish Migration Board - Migrationsverket landinformation Show description |
English-language Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| no longer covered: Migration Review Tribunal - Refugee Review Tribunal: Country Advice Service (Australia) (MRT-RRT) Show description |
Query Responses (Res), Country Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | previously Quarterly - note: MRT-RRT's COI section has been moved to Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) on 1 July 2013 and ceased publication of products | Show documents |
| Minority Rights Groups International (MRG) Show description |
Reports (SR), Micro Studies (SR), Macro Studies (SR), Briefing Papers (SR), State of the World's Minorities (PR) | A, B1, B2, C; Annual report: also for D and E | 3+ | Monthly | Show documents |
| The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Show description |
Ambtsbericht (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Norwegian Country of Origin Information Center (Landinfo) Show description |
English-language Fact-finding Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| Office for Foreigners (Poland), COI Unit Show description |
Reports (SR); Responses (Resp.); | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| Office Français de Protection des Réfugiés et Apatrides (OFPRA) Show description |
Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration (ORAM) Show description |
Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Refugee Research and Information Branch (New Zealand) (RRIB) Show description |
Query Responses (Resp), Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Refugee Documentation Centre, Legal Aid Board (Ireland) (RDC) Show description |
Query responses (Resp), Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly | Show documents |
| Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) Show description |
Reports (SR/PR), Press Releases (PressR) | A, B1, B2, C; Annual report: also for D and E | 3+ | Daily | Show documents |
| Royal College of Psychiatrists Show description |
International Psychiatry (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| Swiss Refugee Council (Schweizerische Flüchtlingshilfe, SFH) Show description |
Herkunftsländerinformationen (Res/SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly | Show documents |
| Still Human Still Here Show description |
Commentaries on UKBA Guidance Notes & Reports (Positions) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| Transparency International Show description |
Country-specific reports on corruption (PR,SR) | A, B1, B2, C; Annual report: also for D and E | 3+ | Quarterly | Show documents |
| previously covered: UK Department for International Development - Health Resource Centre (DFID - HRC) Show description |
Country Health Briefing Papers (SR) | A, B, C, D, E | 4 | previously covered. | Show documents |
| UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) (formerly: FCO) Show description |
Annual Human Rights Reports (PR) & Quarterly Updates (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| UK Home Office Show description |
COI Documents (SR), policy documents (Positions) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly | Show documents |
| UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Show description |
Official Documents (PR/SR), NGO Statements (PressR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) Show description |
State Reports (PR), Concluding Observations (PR), NGO reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E - NGO-reports: A,B1,B2,C | 3+ | Monthly | Show documents |
| UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Show description |
State Reports (PR), Concluding Observations (PR), NGO reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E - NGO-reports: A,B1,B2,C | 3+ | Monthly | Show documents |
| UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Show description |
State Reports (PR), Concluding Observations (PR), NGO reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C - NGO-reports: A,B1,B2,C | 3+ | Monthly | Show documents |
| UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Show description |
State Reports (PR), Concluding Observations (PR), NGO reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E - NGO-reports: A,B1,B2,C | 3+ | Monthly | Show documents |
| UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Show description |
State Reports (PR), Concluding Observations (PR), NGO reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E - NGO-reports: A,B1,B2,C | 3+ | Monthly | Show documents |
| UN Women - UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (replaces UNIFEM, DAW, INSTRAW, OSAGI) Show description |
News (Appeals & News releases); Publications (SR/PR) | News: A, B1, B2, C; other publications: A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 3+ | Quarterly | Show documents |
| UN Development Programme (UNDP) Show description |
National Human Development Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| UN General Assembly Show description |
Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Show description |
Chronologies of Events (SR), Country Reports (SR), Country & Situation Specific Position Papers (Positions), Länderinformationen (Positions/SR), Country Briefing Folders (SR), National Laws (Laws) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly | Show documents |
| UN Human Rights Committee Show description |
State Reports (PR), Concluding Observations (PR), NGO reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E - NGO-reports: A,B1,B2,C | 3+ | Monthly | Show documents |
| UN Human Rights Council (formerly UN Commission on Human Rights) (HRC) Show description |
Reports (SR), NGO Written Statements (PressR), Documents of Universal Periodic Review (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E - NGO-reports: A,B1,B2,C | 3+ | Weekly | Show documents |
| UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Show description |
Press Releases by Special Rapporteurs and Experts (PressR), Investigation Reports of OHCHR Nepal (SR), Common Core Documents forming part of state reports under international human rights treaties (SR) | A, B1, B2, C | 4 | Weekly (Common Core Documents: Quarterly) | Show documents |
| previously covered: UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Show description |
Reports (SR), NGO Written Statements (PressR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | The UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights was dissolved in 2006. | Show documents |
| US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Show description |
Asylum Resources (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly - no longer publishes reports online (since 2004). | Show documents |
| US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Show description |
Annual Reports (PR), Policy Briefs (SR), Special Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C (Annual Report also for D and E) | 3+ | Quarterly | Show documents |
| US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) Show description |
World Refugee Survey (PR) Note: no new World Refugee Surveys since 2009. | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| US Department of Labor (USDOL) - Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) Show description |
Reports on child labour (PR, SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Quarterly | Show documents |
| US Department of State (USDOS) Show description |
Trafficking in Persons Reports (PR), Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (PR), International Religious Freedom Reports (PR), Country Reports on Terrorism (PR), Background Notes (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Weekly | Show documents |
| US Social Security Administration (SSA) Show description |
Social Security Programs Throughout the World (PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| World Health Organization (WHO) Show description |
Selected reports on HIV/AIDS, mental health, access to health care, health care systems (SR/PR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Monthly | Show documents |
| WRITENET - Note: No publications since 2009. Show description |
Country Reports (SR) | A, B1, B2, C, D, E | 4 | Previously monthly | Show documents |
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For more information on how we decide what sources to cover for what countries, please see this blog post.
List is as of 10 October 2019.
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