First published in 2004 and revised in 2013, the current volume "outlines the role and standards of COI in refugee status determination (RSD) procedures or in procedures relating to other forms of international protection. There is general consensus that COI has an integral and indispensable role in decision-making on international protection. While the core COI quality standards set out in the 2004 version of the manual are now widely recognised and accepted, there have been developments in COI research and presentation. This revised edition aims to describe these developments and explain how they apply to those using and carrying out COI research."
The publisher, the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin Information & Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), regularly holds COI trainings - check on this page for upcoming opportunities. ACCORD also manages the ecoi.net database, the principal resource for undertaking country conditions research.
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