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UNSW Kaldor Centre
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The Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW is the world’s first research centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law. Through high-quality research feeding into public policy debate and legislative reform, the Centre brings a principled, human rights-based approach to refugee law and forced migration in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, and globally. It provides an independent space to connect academics, policymakers and NGOs, and creates an important bridge between scholarship and practice. It also provides thought leadership in the community through public engagement and community outreach.
Episodes
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Keynote: Hugh de Kretser, President, Australian Human Rights Commission, 2025 Kaldor Conference
In a world fractured by fear and misinformation, how do we rebuild trust and advance refugee protection? Hugh de Kretser delivers a powerful closing keynote on bridging divides, through truth, empathy, and collective action. This is a call to move beyond rhetoric and create systems that work for...
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All together now: Mobilising whole-of-society responses to international protection
With governments stepping back, can civil society, businesses, academics—and refugees themselves—fill the protection gap? This session reveals “whole-of-society” strategies driving real change. The panel session was recorded at the 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, Building bridges: Advancing…
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From rhetoric to reality: Centering the meaningful participation of refugees
Too often, refugee participation is symbolic. This panel flips that script—showcasing real-world leadership by refugees and how inclusive policies make systems stronger. This panel session was recorded at the 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a…
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Conversations across divides: Fostering constructive dialogue in the public square
In an era of misinformation, echo chambers, and rising polarisation, how can we bring people together for honest and respectful dialogue on refugee and migration issues? This session shines a light on proven strategies that cut through fear and foster unity, grounded in research, policy, and...
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Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world
Join us for the keynote address from the 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world' held on 23 October 2025 at UNSW Sydney. Speakers Daniel Ghezelbash, Professor of Law & Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney...
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Reflections from the frontlines: 10 years of protecting people displaced in the context of disasters
10 Years of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda (NIPA +10): Reflections from the frontlines of the Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement In October 2015, 109 states endorsed the Agenda for the Protection of Cross-Border Displaced Persons in the Context of Disasters and...
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Advancing the Responsible Use of Technology in Alternatives to Detention
Governments are increasingly turning to digital technologies such as GPS ankle monitors and tracking apps as so-called “alternatives to detention.” But a new report from UNSW Sydney’s Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, the International Detention Coalition and the Refugee Law Lab shows...
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The limits of immigration detention after NZYQ
A recording of an online seminar held on 12 June 2025, hosted by UNSW's Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, and the Australian Institute of Administrative Law (NSW). In the November 2023 case of NZYQ v Minister for Immigration, the High Court...
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Foregrounding Displacement in the Treaty on the Protection of Persons in the event of Disasters
In 2027, governments are expected to adopt the world’s first-ever global treaty on the Protection of Persons in the event of Disasters — a landmark step toward strengthening international responses in a time of intensifying climate risks. Yet, the current draft of the treaty barely mentions...
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Speed briefing - Countering misinformation about refugees and migrants: An evidence-based framework
A recording of a speed briefing held on Tuesday, 11 March 2025, to learn more about how misinformation works and what to do about it. For those who want a truthful discussion, yet may sometimes struggle to respond to false claims, a new report is designed to help you know what to do and when:...
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Speed briefing - Practical toolkit on climate and disaster displacement
Learn more about a ground-breaking new global toolkit to guide legal practitioners and decision-makers faced with refugee claims involving the impacts of climate change and disasters. 'International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the context of Climate Change and Disasters: A...
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Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination
A recording of the celebratory launch of 'Judging Refugees: Narrative and Oral Testimony in Refugee Status Determination' held on 20 November 2024. This was a hybrid panel event co-hosted by UNSW's Centre for Criminology, Law & Justice, and the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, in...
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2024 Kaldor Centre Oration
A recording of the inaugural Kaldor Centre Oration, delivered by Kate Eastman AM SC and Zaki Haidari on 21 November 2024. The Kaldor Centre Oration is a new flagship lecture hosted by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney, designed to enrich the public conversation on...
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Speed briefing - Ensuring protection in humanitarian emergencies: A framework for Australia
Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO, explains why Australia needs a new emergency visa to respond to humanitarian crises, which she and her co-author, Dr Regina Jefferies, propose as part of a broader emergency response framework in their new policy brief. Having a framework that could be activated...
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A decade of determination: Jane McAdam on the Kaldor Centre's first 10 years
UNSW's Kaldor Centre was established as the Abbott government came to power with its “stop the boats” campaign; the Centre showed the power of starting with hope, becoming the world’s first centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law. For a decade, Jane McAdam AO has steered the...
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2023 Conference Keynote: Will International law still be relevant?
A recording of the closing keynote address at the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference: 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' held on 20 November 2023. Kaldor Centre Director, Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO, reflected on the day’s discussions and the…
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2023 Conference Panel: Will refugees be welcome?
Recording of Panel Session 3 at the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' held on 20 November 2023 at UNSW Sydney. Speakers: Peter Lewis, Executive Director, Essential Media Amanda Tattersall, Associate Professor of Practice,...
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2023 Conference Panel: How will we identify people in need of protection?
Recording of Panel Session 2 at the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' held on 20 November 2023 at UNSW Sydney. Speakers: Cathryn Costello, Professor of Global Refugee & Migration Law, University College Dublin Niamh…
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2023 Conference Panel: Will people in need of protection be able to access it?
Panel session recording from the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' held on 20 November 2023 at UNSW Sydney. Speakers: Magdalena Arias Cubas, Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration Lab Louis Everuss, Centre Coordinator…
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2023 Conference Keynote: Thinking about the future of forced migration
How do we start thinking about the future of forced migration? A recording of the opening keynote address from the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration'. A dynamic day-long program that challenged participants to step out of...
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2023 Kaldor Centre Conference: Opening Remarks
A recording of the opening remarks from the 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration' to set the scene for the day long event. The conference took participants 10 years into the future, to explore the forced migration challenges…
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After NZYQ – Community Safety Orders
NZYQ v Minister for Immigration (NZYQ) changed the landscape for immigration detainees in Australia. It led to the release of at least 149 people from indefinite immigration detention where there was no real prospect of removing them from Australia in the 'reasonably foreseeable future’. It also...
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Global perspectives on resettlement and complementary pathways
As the number of displaced people around the world continues to increase, the gap between the needs and availability of durable solutions grows wider. Resettlement plays an important role in providing solutions, and there is an increasing recognition of the potential role of complementary…
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The day the Taliban overtook Kabul: An interview with Ahmad Shuja Jamal
As Shuja Jamal walked to the Presidential Palace in Kabul for work at 8.30am on 15 August 2021, ‘it was clear that this is unlike any other day … something in the air in the city ... You can actually feel it.’ Shuja is the former director-general for international relations for Afghanistan’s...
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Réponses régionales à la mobilité climatique : lancement de Climate Mobility Africa Insights
Rejoignez des chercheurs de premier plan sur la mobilité climatique en Afrique alors qu’ils discutent du lancement de la nouvelle série de publications Climate Mobility Africa Insights. Développé et publié par le Climate Mobility Africa Research Network (CMARN), avec le généreux soutien de la...
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Regional responses to climate mobility: launch of Climate Mobility Africa 'Insights'
Join leading researchers on climate mobility in Africa as they discuss they launch of the new Climate Mobility Africa Insights publication series. Developed and published by the Climate Mobility Africa Research Network (CMARN), with the generous support of Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Kaldor...
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Courts, Channel crossings and the Rwanda plan: A conversation about UK asylum policy
In June 2023, as the last refugee in Nauru was flown back to Australia, the United Kingdom's attempts to introduce an Australian-style offshore processing policy were dealt a blow in the UK courts. The UK had tried to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their claims for protection processed...
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Bhutan to Blacktown - And Beyond: A Conversation About Refugee Leadership in Australia
Forced to flee Bhutan as a refugee, Om Dhungel is today an award-winning community leader in Western Sydney and a debut author, whose new book is described by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as simply ‘a great Australian story’. This special panel event was held on 18 May 2023, with Om Dhungel…
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Asylum and Extraction in The Republic of Nauru
Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO talks to Julia Morris about her new book, 'Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru' on 23 February 2023. This book provides an extraordinary glimpse into Nauru’s offshore processing arrangement and its impact on islanders, workforces, and migrant...
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Creative resistance: Behrouz Boochani and friends on fighting a dehumanising system
UNSW’s Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) co-hosted a discussion held on 9 February 2023 with Behrouz Boochani, as he concluded his first visit to Australia. The discussion explored Behrouz’s complicated path to freedom, and the role of...
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Secrecy somewhere else: Accountability for the ‘externalised’ treatment of refugees
A panel event recording from the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 17 November 2022. As asylum processes are shifted offshore, how can governments be held accountable for the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers beyond their borders?...
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A better conversation: Changing the public discourse about refugees
A panel event recording from the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 17 November 2022. How can we create a more constructive public conversation about refugees? Join Barat Ali Batoor (Photojournalist); Tom Hashemi (Cast from Clay); Amanda...
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Is Ukraine a turning point for people seeking safety?
A panel event recording from the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 16 November 2022. Does the Global North’s response to people fleeing Ukraine signal a renewed commitment to international protection, or a turn towards more…
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Catalysing meaningful refugee participation: Next steps and ongoing challenges
A panel event recording from the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 16 November 2022. What practical actions can advance the meaningful participation of refugees in representative decision-making? Join Mustafa Alio (R-SEAT); Sana Ali...
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COVID-19’s lasting effects on refugee protection
Recording from the opening panel event at the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 15 November 2022. How has COVID-19 transformed access to protection, assistance and the lives of those already living in precarious situations – for better…
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Kaldor Centre Conference 2022, opening address by Kaldor Centre Director, Jane McAdam AO
Kaldor Centre Director, Scientia Professor Jane McAdam AO, delivers the opening keynote address entitled, 'Turning points in international protection: onwards and upwards, or u-turns and roundabouts?' at the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference held on 15 November 2022 and reflects on the major…
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The Power To Welcome: Supporting Refugee Students in our Midst
Students who have experienced displacement share their experience of university life and tips on how others can show support and solidarity. This free Diversity Fest 2022 event at UNSW Sydney was hosted by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law on 27 October 2022.
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World Refugee Day with the Refugee Advice and Casework Service and the Kaldor Centre
Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) Centre Director, Sarah Dale, and Kaldor Centre Deputy Director, Daniel Ghezelbash, in a conversation about the issues currently facing refugees in Australia. This is a recording of a seminar held on World Refugee Day 20 June 2022.
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Accounting for Australia’s refugee policy – from the Tampa to tomorrow
A livestream panel event held on 24 May 2022 in the wake of the Australian federal election. Author and journalist David Marr leads a discussion about Australia’s refugee policy, with Kaldor Centre Director Jane McAdam AO, author Abbas Nazari, and Guardian Australia journalist Ben Doherty. Abbas...
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Guy S. Goodwin-Gill on the response to Ukraine’s refugees
As war rages in Ukraine, Europe and other countries are taking unusually quick action to support the millions of civilians fleeing their now-threatened homes. UNSW Kaldor Centre Honorary Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill has been a leading voice on refugee issues since the first edition of his book,...
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Does the data on climate and disaster displacement add up?
A Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2021 key panel session held on 20 October 2021. What do we know, how do we know it, and what more do we need to know to inform policies on climate change, disasters and mobility? When the issues are as contested as climate and migration, a key challenge is…
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Should I stay or should I go? Planned relocations
A Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2021 key panel session held on 21 October 2021. Sometimes the impacts of disasters and climate change mean that whole areas may become unsafe to live in. Communities may be faced with the prospect of relocation. But who decides – to move at all, and if so…
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Moving beyond ‘climate refugees’: Readying law and practice for displacement in a warming world
A Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference key panel session held on 19 October 2021. When people are on the move from the impacts of disasters or climate change, how does the law help or hinder them? Is refugee law useful? Human rights law? Migration law? What about regional free movement agreements?…
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Refugee status determination: Law and practice
This event was held on 9 November 2021, to launch the fourth edition of 'The Refugee in International Law', by Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Jane McAdam(together with Emma Dunlop). In this podcast, Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Emma Dunlop discuss the practice of refugee law today, in a discussion with Arif...
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Today's truths: What decision-makers need to know about human mobility and climate change
This opening panel at the Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2021: 'Whose move? Addressing migration and displacement in the face of climate change', was held on Tuesday 19 October, 2021. In this panel, experts set out the key questions and principles that should guide responses to mobility in the...
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Litigating climate change displacement: Cutting-edge cases and decisions
A Kaldor Centre Conference 2021: 'Whose move? Addressing migration and displacement in the face of climate change', panel session held on 20 October 2021 AEDT. People fleeing disasters and the impacts of climate change often enter an unmapped legal landscape. Faced with legal gaps or overlaps,...
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Displacement and the Academy: Emerging scholars with lived experience talk shop
A vital, virtual discussion about the principles and practice of academic research, led by emerging scholars with lived experience of displacement. This panel event was hosted by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and the Forced Migration Research Network at UNSW, and UNHCR’s Global...
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To Glasgow and beyond: Building support for people moving away from climate change
A Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference closing panel session held on 21 October 2021. 'How can we build support for people at risk of climate and disaster displacement, at COP26 and beyond?' Speakers: Nisreen Elsaim, UN Secretary General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change; Alex Randall, Climate...
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'The Refugee in International Law': Then and Now
This is the first of two launch events to celebrate the release of the fourth edition of 'The Refugee in International Law' by the Kaldor Centre's Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Jane McAdam (together with Emma Dunlop). On 29 September 2021, authors Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Jane McAdam AO reflected on the...
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Introducing: Leaving Place, Restoring Home
The Kaldor Centre's Lauren Martin talks to co-authors and Kaldor Centre affiliates, Erica Bower and Sanjula Weerasinghe about their latest report 'Leaving Place Restoring Home: Enhancing the Evidence Base on Planned Relocation Cases in the context of Hazards, Disasters, and Climate Change'. As...
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The Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW is the world’s first research centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law. Through high-quality research feeding into public policy debate and legislative reform, the Centre brings a principled, human rights-based approach to refugee law and forced migration in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, and globally. It provides an independent space to connect academics, policymakers and NGOs, and creates an important bridge between scholarship and practice. It also provides thought leadership in the community through public engagement and community outreach.
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