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Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD)

The Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) is an independent country of origin information centre affiliated with the Austrian Red Cross and co-funded by the European Refugee Fund, UNHCR, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior and the Austrian refugee organizations. ACCORD's activities include researching individual information requests, publishing country reports and managing the country of origin information website www.ecoi.net. Between 1999 and 2002, and again in 2005 and 2007, ACCORD organized workshops in the European Country of Origin Information Seminar Series.

This collection contains: Länderberichten (country reports), Länderkurzübersichten (compilation of electronic sources on a specific country), Reiseberichten (reports from fact-finding missions) and reports from the European Country of Origin Information Seminar Series.  Website: www.roteskreuz.at/accord-en/

	Armenia: Persecution of army officers: 1) Officers who disobeyed orders to shoot at protesters during manifestations on 1 March 2008 and have been subjected to disproportionate punishment; 2) Officers who have been sent to Nagorno-Karabakh as a disciplinary sanction and have possibly been killed there under unusual circumstances; 3) Armenian army officers (or officers from other former Soviet states) who have been killed abroad under unusual circumstances	17 November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	Iraq: Role of cooks, clerks and drivers in military and security apparatus of Saddam Hussein's regime	29 October 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	Liberia: Treatment of Liberian nationals who belong to the Fula ethnic group (including denial of right of entry to the country)	27 October 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	Egypt: Harassment of suspected supporters of Palestinian activities; Background information on connections of Palestinian activists (Hamas) to Syria and foreign relations between Egypt and Syria	19 October 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	Vietnam: Situation of former Vietnamese officers who collaborated with U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, and their family members	19 October 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	Iraq: Punishment for draft evasion and desertion prior to Saddam Husseins's 1994 decree (particularly Iran-Iraq war period)	19 October 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	Iraq: Treatment of prisoners of war during the Iran-Iraq war	16 October 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	Ethiopia: Information on the human rights situation of the Anuak (also: Anyuak, Anywaa, Agnwak) and Nuer populations	28 August 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	DR Congo: Situation of the minority group Twa (Batwa/Bambuti) in the Equateur province	15 July 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses
	Pakistan: honour killing of men; availability of state protection	9 July 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) | Document type: Query Responses

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