UNHCR and Austrian Red Cross partnershipImportant notification about Country of Origin Information
As of 1 January 2019 COI managed on ecoi.net. Read more...
Country Information
The country information collection consists of a wide variety of sources selected from UN, NGOs, Governments, International Organisations and others monitoring and reporting on country situations. Country information is vital for the refugee status determination procedure, as it assists the decision maker on issues of credibility and the objective situation in a country of origin in relation to an individual's claim. The majority of the documents in the collection cover the human rights situation in a particular country of origin. The source selection takes into account global coverage, relevance and proven reliability, objectivity and timeliness.
- 28 Too Many 83
- Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) 57
- Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) 176
- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 29
- African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) 6
- African Union 11
- Amnesty International 13,239
- Argentina: Cámara Nacional Electoral 1
- Armenia: Administrative Court of Appeals 1
- Article 19 1,719
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2
- Asylum Access 7
- Asylum Aid 162
- Asylum Research Centre (ARC) 43
- Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal 101
- Australia: Department of Immigration and Citizenship 1
- Australia: Immigration Review Tribunal 1
- Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal 1,409
- Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) 4
- Austria: Federal Ministry of the Interior 4
- Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) 98
- Belgium: Comité Belge d'Aide aux Réfugiés / Belgisch Comité voor Hulp aan Vluchtelingen / (CBAR-BCHV) 4
- Belgium: Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGVS/CGRA) 11
- British Red Cross 3
- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement 59
- Burundi: Ministère de la Solidarité Nationale, du Rapatriement des Réfugiés de la Reconstruction Nationale, et de la Réintégration Sociale 1
- Canada: Federal Court of Appeal 5
- Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 42,395
- Canadian Council for Refugees 3
- Center for Gender & Refugee Studies 1
- Centre for Civil and Political Rights 5
- Child Soldiers International 594
- Committee to Protect Journalists 7,669
- Council of Europe 64
- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights 233
- Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture 691
- Council of Europe: Committee of Ministers 47
- Council of Europe: European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) 186
- Council of Europe: European Commission on Human Rights 2
- Council of Europe: European Committee of Social Rights 8
- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights 4
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings 188
- Council of Europe: Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) 2
- Council of Europe: Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) 77
- Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly 275
- Council of Europe: Secretariat of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities 393
- Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI) 52
- Country of Return Information (CRI) Project 24
- Danish Refugee Council 19
- Denmark: Danish Immigration Service 96
- Dutch Council for Refugees 1
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1
- Equal Rights Trust 42
- EurasiaNet 2,235
- Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) 21
- European Council on Refugees and Exiles 218
- European Migration Network (EMN) 26
- European Network on Statelessness 21
- European Union 8
- European Union: Council of the European Union 2
- European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union 3
- European Union: European Agency for Fundamental Rights 36
- European Union: European Asylum Support Office (EASO) 49
- European Union: European Commission 78
- European Union: European Parliament 15
- Forum 18 2,335
- France: Commission des Recours des Réfugiés (CRR) 2
- France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile 1
- France: Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA) 313
- Freedom from Torture 11
- Freedom House 8,150
- Geospatial Information Section 1
- Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum 385
- Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack 58
- Global Detention Project (GDP) 76
- Global Protection Cluster (GPC) 3
- HelpAge International 31
- Human Rights Watch 10,086
- Humanitarian Practice Network 1
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee 21
- Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) 6
- Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) 1
- Institute for Research on Public Policy 1
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting 3,332
- Inter-Agency 3
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee 5
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) 35
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) 2
- Inter-Parliamentary Union 14
- Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees 1
- International Bar Association: Human Rights Institute 7
- International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) 9
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 1
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) 129
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 1,100
- International Crisis Group (ICG) 1,642
- International Detention Coalition 5
- International Federation for Human Rights 3,017
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) 16
- International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHF) 407
- International Labour Organization (ILO) 8
- International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 56
- International Organization for Migration (IOM) 1
- International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) 7
- International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) 23
- International Trade Union Confederation 1,110
- Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre 738
- IRIN 5,914
- Jamestown Foundation 3,850
- Jesuit Refugee Service 21
- Migration Policy Group (MPG) 87
- Migration Policy Institute 3
- Minorities at Risk Project 568
- Minority Rights Group International 1,820
- National Authorities 1
- National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities 37
- National Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies 1
- Netherlands, The: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 33
- Norway: Landinfo - Country of Origin Information Centre 89
- Norwegian Refugee Council/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (NRC/IDMC) 852
- Open Society Foundations (OSF) 103
- Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration (ORAM) 10
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 24
- OutRight Action International 23
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI) 99
- Pakistan: Supreme Court 1
- Papua New Guinea: Constitutional Court 1
- Peace Agreements & Related 1
- Quaker United Nations Office 4
- Radio Free Asia 8,026
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 23,181
- REDRESS 73
- Refugee Studies Centre 56
- Refugees International 320
- Regional Treaties, Agreements, Declarations and Related 1
- Reporters Without Borders 8,134
- Rift Valley Institute (RVI) 59
- Save the Children 19
- Separated Children in Europe Programme 1
- South Africa: High Court 1
- Sphere Project 1
- Still Human Still Here 36
- Sweden: Swedish Migration Agency 1
- Swiss Refugee Council 254
- Switzerland: State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) 116
- Söderköping/Cross-Border Cooperation Process 3
- The Border Consortium (TBC) 76
- Tilburg University - Statelessness Programme 2
- UN Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Stateless Persons 8
- UN Advance Mission In Sudan 1
- UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) 143
- UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) 62
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) 168
- UN Commission on Human Rights 480
- UN Commission on the Status of Women 8
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 622
- UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 610
- UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) 43
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 742
- UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 890
- UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) 108
- UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 106
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1,371
- UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) 23
- UN Development Group (UNDG) 2
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) 39
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) 4
- UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 136
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) 106
- UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) 17
- UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) 1
- UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 8
- UN General Assembly 509
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 6,453
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 794
- UN Human Rights Council 2,422
- UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) 92
- UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) 3
- UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 3
- UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) 1
- UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) 41
- UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) 12
- UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) 52
- UN Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS) 9
- UN News Service 10,817
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) 943
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 149
- UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children Affected by Armed Conflict 1
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 45
- UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire 1
- UN Peacebuilding Commission 4
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 2
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA) 28
- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 16
- UN Secretary-General (UNSG) 61
- UN Security Council 2,454
- UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 12
- UN Support Mission in Libya 1
- UN World Food Programme (WFP) 121
- UN World Health Organization (WHO) 49
- United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 349
- United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) 1
- United Kingdom: Home Office 1,229
- United Kingdom: Parliament, House of Commons Library 12
- United Kingdom: Parliament, Joint Committee on Human Rights 1
- United Kingdom: Parliment, House of Commons All-Party Group 3
- United Kingdom: Supreme Court 1
- United Nations 30
- United Nations International Human Rights Instruments 210
- United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services 319
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 449
- United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 1,320
- United States Congressional Research Service 776
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 2
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 1
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 2
- United States Department of Labor 2,257
- United States Department of State 13,677
- United States Library of Congress 57
- University of Padua. Interdepartmental Centre on Human Rights and the Rights of Peoples 1
- Women's Refugee Commission 73
- World Organisation Against Torture 461
- WRITENET 170
- Annual Protection Reports 38
- Annual Reports 42,474
- Bilateral Treaties/Agreements 1
- Case Law 120
- Case Law Compilations/Analyses 2
- Chronologies of Events 372
- Commentaries 316
- Comments on Concluding Observations 145
- Comments on National Legislation 30
- Compilations 301
- Concluding Observations 1,708
- Conference Reports 36
- Country Briefing Folders 148
- Country News 89,161
- Country Operations Plans 462
- Country Profiles 684
- Country Reports 21,062
- Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 127
- Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae 1
- Decisions 8
- Fact Finding Reports 118
- General Comments/Recommendations 7
- Handbooks/Manuals 94
- International Legal Instruments 1
- Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 21
- Legislative History / Travaux Préparatoires 1
- Maps 2,986
- Memoranda 8
- Mission Reports 675
- Multilateral Treaties/Agreements 2
- National Decrees, Circulars, Regulation, Policy Documents 15
- National Legislation 22
- Operational Guidelines 6
- Policy/Position Papers 18
- Presidential Statements 100
- Query Responses 44,498
- Regional Reports 435
- Research, Background and Discussion Papers 191
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 164
- Sessional Reports 360
- Speeches/Statements 701
- States Parties Reports 3,346
- Static Pages 2
- Statistics 9
- Thematic Guidelines 11
- Thematic Reports 348
- UNHCR Country Updates 933
- Afghanistan 7,266
- Albania 1,109
- Algeria 1,325
- American Samoa 10
- Andorra 129
- Angola 944
- Anguilla 22
- Antigua and Barbuda 164
- Argentina 1,000
- Armenia 1,970
- Aruba 30
- Australia 737
- Austria 497
- Azerbaijan 3,200
- Bahamas 195
- Bahrain 1,174
- Bangladesh 2,337
- Barbados 193
- Belarus 2,087
- Belgium 464
- Belize 224
- Benin 372
- Bermuda 19
- Bhutan 221
- Bolivia 578
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,320
- Botswana 262
- Brazil 1,036
- British Virgin Islands 27
- Brunei Darussalam 144
- Bulgaria 1,194
- Burkina Faso 615
- Burundi 1,615
- Cambodia 2,074
- Cameroon 1,242
- Canada 840
- Cape Verde 145
- Cayman Islands 10
- Central African Republic 1,746
- Chad 1,270
- Chile 858
- China 9,355
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands 10
- Colombia 2,089
- Comoros 220
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4,445
- Congo, Republic of the 665
- Cook Islands 35
- Costa Rica 575
- Croatia 947
- Cuba 1,060
- Cyprus 507
- Czech Republic 670
- Côte d'Ivoire 1,452
- Denmark 403
- Djibouti 657
- Dominica 149
- Dominican Republic 505
- Ecuador 749
- Egypt 3,089
- El Salvador 1,231
- Equatorial Guinea 343
- Eritrea 1,109
- Estonia 532
- Eswatini 301
- Ethiopia 2,308
- Falkland Islands 22
- Fiji 368
- Finland 381
- France 1,024
- French Guiana 13
- French Polynesia 6
- Gabon 311
- Gambia 707
- Georgia 2,729
- Germany 915
- Ghana 1,446
- Gibraltar 13
- Greece 1,104
- Greenland 2
- Grenada 194
- Guadeloupe 10
- Guam 7
- Guatemala 1,253
- Guinea 935
- Guinea-Bissau 471
- Guyana 408
- Haiti 1,086
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 41
- Honduras 1,184
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 663
- Hungary 1,041
- Iceland 200
- India 3,049
- Indonesia 1,333
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 6,181
- Iraq 6,721
- Ireland 350
- Israel 2,849
- Italy 867
- Jamaica 460
- Japan 455
- Jordan 1,250
- Kazakhstan 2,721
- Kenya 2,196
- Kiribati 128
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1,154
- Korea, Republic of 627
- Kuwait 651
- Kyrgyzstan 2,628
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 659
- Latvia 544
- Lebanon 2,835
- Lesotho 227
- Liberia 960
- Libya 2,536
- Liechtenstein 150
- Lithuania 510
- Luxembourg 189
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 139
- Madagascar 328
- Malawi 407
- Malaysia 1,088
- Maldives 348
- Mali 1,484
- Malta 275
- Marshall Islands 101
- Martinique 9
- Mauritania 740
- Mauritius 223
- Mexico 2,611
- Micronesia, Federated States of 107
- Moldova, Republic of 1,167
- Monaco 131
- Mongolia 358
- Montenegro 822
- Montserrat 26
- Morocco 1,035
- Mozambique 369
- Myanmar 3,869
- Namibia 301
- Nauru 155
- Nepal 1,181
- Netherlands 574
- Netherlands Antilles 48
- New Caledonia 7
- New Zealand 249
- Nicaragua 670
- Niger 857
- Nigeria 3,738
- Niue 24
- Norfolk Island 11
- North Macedonia 995
- Northern Mariana Islands 7
- Norway 371
- Oman 321
- Pakistan 5,931
- Palau 103
- Palestine, State of 2,489
- Panama 451
- Papua New Guinea 356
- Paraguay 430
- Peru 1,117
- Philippines 1,455
- Pitcairn 7
- Poland 964
- Portugal 372
- Puerto Rico 49
- Qatar 394
- Romania 1,247
- Russian Federation 11,432
- Rwanda 1,281
- Saint Helena 13
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 134
- Saint Lucia 208
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 285
- Samoa 124
- San Marino 124
- Sao Tome and Principe 125
- Saudi Arabia 1,346
- Senegal 701
- Serbia 2,573
- Seychelles 178
- Sierra Leone 832
- Singapore 373
- Slovakia 593
- Slovenia 445
- Solomon Islands 177
- Somalia 4,230
- South Africa 903
- South Sudan 2,064
- Spain 677
- Sri Lanka 2,721
- Sudan 3,237
- Suriname 212
- Sweden 549
- Switzerland 436
- Syrian Arab Republic 7,944
- Tajikistan 1,863
- Tanzania, United Republic of 777
- Thailand 1,541
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 440
- Togo 573
- Tokelau 18
- Tonga 144
- Trinidad and Tobago 308
- Tunisia 1,301
- Turkey 4,290
- Turkmenistan 1,045
- Turks and Caicos Islands 35
- Tuvalu 114
- U.S. Virgin Islands 13
- Uganda 1,698
- Ukraine 4,907
- United Arab Emirates 582
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,175
- United States of America 3,443
- Uruguay 495
- Uzbekistan 2,200
- Vanuatu 133
- Venezuela 1,565
- Viet Nam 1,755
- Wallis and Futuna 14
- Western Sahara Territory 311
- Yemen 2,781
- Zambia 482
- Zimbabwe 1,484
Filter: