The websites below can be helpful in researching current country conditions:

• Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org/
• European Country of Origin Information Network: http://www.ecoi.net/
• Human Rights Watch - Documents by Country: http://www.hrw.org/
• Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB), National Documentation Packages on various countries: http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/ndp/index_e.htm
• UK Home Office - Country of Origin Information Service: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/country_reports.html
• UNHCR
  • Handbook on Procedure And Criteria For Determining 
      Refugee Status
  • Gender Related Persecution, Guidelines On International 
      Protection 
  • Religion-Based Refugee Claims, Guidelines On International 
      Protection
  • Membership of a particular social group, Guidelines on 
      International Protection
  • An introduction to international protection – Protection Persons  
      Of Concern To UNHCR, Self study model 1 
  • Refugees status determination – Identifying Who is A Refugee,
       self study model 2 
  • Refworld: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refworld/rwmain
• UNHCR Country Specific Data
  • Afghanistan- UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Afghanistan
  • Iraq - UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Iraq
  • Eritrea - UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Eritrea
  • UNHCR in Syria
• US Department of State - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt
  • The most recent country reports can be found at: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/index.htm