Bibliographic information:

Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation, and European Training Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. 2004. Researching Country of Origin Information: A Training Manual. Part 1: Textbook. Vienna: Austrian Red Cross. 

Abstract:

Country of origin information (COI) research is undertaken to assist in the assessment of, and to lend support to, the asylum application process.  This manual is designed to teach readers how to conduct research in order to locate "relevant, reliable, balanced, accurate and verifiable, as well as transparent, country of origin information." The text is divided into several training modules; these include an optional "refugee law and complementary protection" module, a basic module on the role and standards of country of origin information, three separate modules on relevance, reliability and balance, and accuracy and currency, and a final optional module on transparency.  The Annex includes detailed descriptions of core sources. Also available in French, German, Romanian, Russian and Spanish. 

Access:

• online text (English) = http://tinyurl.com/5wfny2;
• online text (via Refworld) = http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain?docid=42ad40184&page=search;
• other languages available at http://www.coi-training.net/content/

Category: 

Country of origin conditions

Resource type:

Report