The Transparency Gap
(2012) JURM02 20122Department of Law
- Abstract
- This essay examines the use and transparency of Country of Origin Information in Refugee Law case law in situations of indiscriminate or generalised violence, using primary material from RefWorld. Using criteria for international best practices, in accordance with international guidelines for COI assessment, this essay examines if COI is used and if these best practices are referred to and followed, in order to unearth if the use of COI in the case law is transparent and traceable defined by the international benchmarks. The study shows that, although COI is used in the vast majority of the cases, the international best practices are neither used nor referred to. Additionally, the use of COI is not fully transparent according to the... (More)
- This essay examines the use and transparency of Country of Origin Information in Refugee Law case law in situations of indiscriminate or generalised violence, using primary material from RefWorld. Using criteria for international best practices, in accordance with international guidelines for COI assessment, this essay examines if COI is used and if these best practices are referred to and followed, in order to unearth if the use of COI in the case law is transparent and traceable defined by the international benchmarks. The study shows that, although COI is used in the vast majority of the cases, the international best practices are neither used nor referred to. Additionally, the use of COI is not fully transparent according to the international standards in any of the cases. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/3358625
- author
- Nääf, Amanda LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- An investigation of the transparency and traceability of country of origin information in asylum law
- course
- JURM02 20122
- year
- 2012
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Country of origin information, COI, Transparency, Traceability
- language
- English
- id
- 3358625
- date added to LUP
- 2016-03-07 13:51:59
- date last changed
- 2016-03-07 13:51:59
@misc{3358625, abstract = {{This essay examines the use and transparency of Country of Origin Information in Refugee Law case law in situations of indiscriminate or generalised violence, using primary material from RefWorld. Using criteria for international best practices, in accordance with international guidelines for COI assessment, this essay examines if COI is used and if these best practices are referred to and followed, in order to unearth if the use of COI in the case law is transparent and traceable defined by the international benchmarks. The study shows that, although COI is used in the vast majority of the cases, the international best practices are neither used nor referred to. Additionally, the use of COI is not fully transparent according to the international standards in any of the cases.}}, author = {{Nääf, Amanda}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{The Transparency Gap}}, year = {{2012}}, }