Anthony Good and Tobias Kelly from the University of Edinburgh have published a Best Practice Guide for expert witnesses providing country evidence in asylum and immigration cases in the United Kingdom.

The featured topics on Nigeria (Boko Haram) and Somalia (al-Shabaab) have been updated.

Two important publications on Afghanistan have been released: new UNHCR eligibility guidelines and UNAMA’s mid-year report on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Both are available on ecoi.net:

The featured topics on Afghanistan, Dagestan, and Nigeria have been updated.

A new 242 pages COI report on Pakistan has been published by ACCORD. Freedom House published its annual Nations in Transit report.

UNHCR released its annual Global Trends report, covering displacement that occurred during 2012.

As part of the CREDO project, UNHCR published an extensive report on credibility assessment in EU asylum systems. The report also covers the use of COI for assessing credibility of statements of asylum seekers.

The US Department of State released its annual report on terrorism.

Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2013 (covering events of 2012) was released today.

The US Department of State released its annual report on international religious freedom covering 2012.