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April 2010
New Publication, CORI Country Report: Sri Lanka, April 2010, click here to view
March 2010
CORI International Conference 'Challenges and Commonalities in Providing Objective Evidence for Refugee Status Determination', 10th and 11th June 2010, click here for more information and registration.
January 2010
New Publicaton, CORI Country Report; Ethiopia, January 2010, click here to view
CORI's UNHCR commissioned research available online, click here to view
CORI launches Case Specific Research Service providing specialist support to legal representatives, for more information click here.
CORI's team of trained specialist researchers provide high quality reports documenting conditions in countries of origin to support decision making within refugee status determination.
Country of Origin Information is vital in establishing whether or not a person's fear of persecution is well-founded.
"A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.."
New Publication, CORI Country Report: Sri Lanka, April 2010, click here to view
March 2010
CORI International Conference 'Challenges and Commonalities in Providing Objective Evidence for Refugee Status Determination', 10th and 11th June 2010, click here for more information and registration.
January 2010
New Publicaton, CORI Country Report; Ethiopia, January 2010, click here to view
CORI's UNHCR commissioned research available online, click here to view
CORI launches Case Specific Research Service providing specialist support to legal representatives, for more information click here.
CORI's team of trained specialist researchers provide high quality reports documenting conditions in countries of origin to support decision making within refugee status determination.
Country of Origin Information is vital in establishing whether or not a person's fear of persecution is well-founded.
"A person who owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country; or who, not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it.."
Definition of 'Refugee', Article 1 of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees as amended by the 1967 Protocol
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