Country of Origin Information

Upcoming opportunity:

Country of Origin Information Training [info]
- Blended learning course that includes an e-training phase (15 April-10 May 2013) and a face-to-face meeting in Dublin on 14 May 2013.  Register by 12 April 2013.

Publications:

Anthropologists as Providers of Country of Origin Information (COI) in the British Asylum Courts, Paper presented at "Anthropology in and of the Law," London, 8-10 June 2012 [info]
- Scroll down to locate text.

"EASO Country of Origin Information Network Approach," European Asylum Support Office Newsletter (March 2013) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 2.

"Country of Origin Information: Old Problems, Modern Solutions," Forced Migration Review, no. 38 (Oct. 2011) [open access text]

"Do the Facts Speak for Themselves? Country of Origin Information in French and British Refugee Status Determination Procedures," International Journal of Refugee Law (Forthcoming, 2013) [info]
- See also earlier version presented at refugee determination workshop.

Expert Workshop on Country of Origin Information (COI) in the Context of Refugee Status Determination Process, Bucharest, 10-11 September 2012 [summary]

Organizations that provide COI reports/research support:

Asylos: Research for Asylum [access]

Asylum Research Consultancy [access]
- See, e.g., Still Human Still Here-commissioned commentaries on UKBA reports.

Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI) [access]
- See, e.g., reports commissioned by UNHCR.

"Country of Origin Research Support Project," Refugee Solidarity Network [access]

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