UNSW Kaldor Centre

21 March 2016 - The Kaldor Centre hosted a lunchtime seminar to discuss the social and legal situations of asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia. Guest speakers Nikolas Feith Tan and Antje Missbach discussed the lack of effective protection and the day-to-day handling of asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia. They looked specifically at the case study of the Rohingya, who have been treated q...

How can we foster support for refugee inclusion and create welcoming environments in which refugees - and whole communities - can thrive? David Lubell is leading a movement of inclusive communities across America, through his groundbreaking work at the award winning NGO, Welcoming America. In a presentation at the Kaldor Centre on the 14 March 2016, David shared his in-depth experience and experti...

9 March 2016 - Panel discussion on International Law and Sea-Level Rise: Human Rights, Displacement, Maritime Zones and Biodiversity. The panel of expert speakers include: Associate Professor Stephen Humphreys, LSE: international human rights law; Professor Jane McAdam, UNSW: international law and forced migration; and, Professor Rosemary Rayfuse, UNSW: international environmental law and law of t...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference PROTECTION ELSEWHERE, BUT WHERE? National, Regional and Global Perspectives on Refugee Law 20 November 2015 Session 3: Q&A panel: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region Chaired by Frances Voon, Kaldor Centre Executive Manager Rafendi Djamin, Representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights Deepa Nambiar,...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference PROTECTION ELSEWHERE, BUT WHERE? National, Regional and Global Perspectives on Refugee Law 20 November 2015 Session 2: International comparisons Chaired by Andrew Kaldor AM, Kaldor Centre Founder Comparative regional frameworks - Professor Kate Jastram, Executive Director, Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law, Berkeley Law, Unive...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference PROTECTION ELSEWHERE, BUT WHERE? National, Regional and Global Perspectives on Refugee Law 20 November 2015 Session 1: Turnbacks and Offshore Processing Chaired by Julian Burnside AO QC Turning back the boats: Australia’s interdiction of irregular migrants at sea - Professor Andreas Schloenhardt, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensla...

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference PROTECTION ELSEWHERE, BUT WHERE? National, Regional and Global Perspectives on Refugee Law 20 November 2015 Year In Review Professor Jane McAdam, Kaldor Centre Director

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference PROTECTION ELSEWHERE, BUT WHERE? National, Regional and Global Perspectives on Refugee Law 20 November 2015 Keynote address by Ms Erika Feller Unfortunately this recording starts 5 minutes into Ms Feller's presentation.

14 September 2015 - The Kaldor Centre convened an expert panel to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis and its implications for the Middle East, Europe and Australia. Speakers: Thomas Albrecht, UNHCR Regional Representative Dr Anthony Billingsley, UNSW School of Social Sciences Prof Jane McAdam, Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Paul Power, CEO, Refugee Council of Australia

24 July 2015 - This symposium brought together academics, legal centres and social justice organisations to review existing literature on public attitudes to refugees. Participants discussed research on public opinion, discourse and framing in relation to both refugee issues and other contentious policy areas, to generate comparative insights. Organised by the Kaldor Centre for International Refug...

24 July 2015 - This symposium brought together academics, legal centres and social justice organisations to review existing literature on public attitudes to refugees. Participants discussed research on public opinion, discourse and framing in relation to both refugee issues and other contentious policy areas, to generate comparative insights. Organised by the Kaldor Centre for International Refug...

24 July 2015 - This symposium brought together academics, legal centres and social justice organisations to review existing literature on public attitudes to refugees. Participants discussed research on public opinion, discourse and framing in relation to both refugee issues and other contentious policy areas, to generate comparative insights. Organised by the Kaldor Centre for International Refug...

24 July 2015 - This symposium brought together academics, legal centres and social justice organisations to review existing literature on public attitudes to refugees. Participants discussed research on public opinion, discourse and framing in relation to both refugee issues and other contentious policy areas, to generate comparative insights. Organised by the Kaldor Centre for International Refug...

30 April 2015 - A public lecture by Tom Porteous, Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch. Mr Porteous discussed contemporary responses to the global refugee crisis and challenges to refugee protection in the current context.

4 November 2014 - The Nansen Initiative on Disaster-Induced Cross-Border Displacement aims to build consensus on the development of a protection agenda addressing the needs of people displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change. The Nansen Initiative’s work plan focuses on three types of movement – displacement, migration and planned relocation. The panel examined each o...

17 June 2015 - A panel discussion on Australian legal sector responses to changes in asylum seeker policy and funding. This event, co-hosted with the Refugee Advice & Casework Services (RACS), provided a brief overview of some of the most significant changes affecting people seeking asylum in Australia, and a discussion of how various actors in the legal sector are responding, including through in...

23 April 2015 - The Australian Human Rights Commission’s 'Forgotten Children' report on children in immigration detention caused considerable controversy, and offers a rare insight into life inside Australia’s detention centres. At this seminar, Jennifer Whelan and Madeline Gleeson spoke about the key findings of the report and some of the questions it raises. Jennifer Whelan is Senior Lecturer at...

Kaldor Centre Director, Professor Jane McAdam, and Fiona Chong’s new book 'Refugees: Why Seeking Asylum Is Legal and Australia’s Policies Are Not' (UNSW Press, 2014) was launched on 4 September 2015. Admiral Chris Barrie AC, the former Chief of Defence in Australia at the time of the 2001 'Children Overboard' affair, spoke at the launch. The book rejects spin and panic to provide a straightforward...

22 July 2014 - An expert panel on the High Court case involving 157 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers held by an Australian customs vessel on the high seas (later handed down as CPCF v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2015] HCA 1). The case raises questions of international law, constitutional law, and administrative law, all of which were the subject of the discussion. Panel members:...