Thematic Focus: Country of Origin Information (COI)

Training:

Blended Learning Course: Researching Country of Origin Information (COI) [info]
- Includes online training from 6 Feb.-3 March 2017 and face-to-fact meeting in Vienna on 9 March 2017. Apply by 9 December 2016.

Online Course on COI (UNHCR & ACCORD) [info]
- This free course is hosted by DisasterReady.org.

"Training in the Module 'Researching Country of Origin Information'," The Researcher, vol. 11, no. 2 (Oct. 2016) [full-text]
- Scroll to p. 28.

Using COI in practice:

"Principles Corroborated by Practice? The Use of Country of Origin Information by the European Court of Human Rights in the Assessment of a Real Risk of a Violation of the Prohibition of Torture, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment," European Journal of Migration and Law, vol. 18, no. 3 (2016) [abstract]
- *See also related EDAL blog post.

"Protecting Refugees and Country of Origin Information," FOCUS, vol. 83 (March 2016) [full-text]
- Discusses the use of COI in the Asia-Pacific context.

Understanding How Asylum Lawyers and NGOs Research Information for Asylum Claims in Europe (Asylos) [info]
- New research project.

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