Members of courts and tribunals are now faced with an almost overwhelming amount of information. The judicial practical guide provides an introduction to the use of country of origin information (COI) in international protection decisionmaking in Member States. The judicial practical guide on COI assists judges and decision-makers in ensuring that their use of COI in decision-making complies with the common criteria for qualification for international protection in the QD (recast) and the requirements for fairness and effectiveness in the recast Asylum Procedures Directive (APD (recast)).