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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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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 Centre as an authoritative, non-partisan voice of reason, playing a unique and valued role among those seeking a better approach to refugee issues in Australia, the region and internationally. Here McAdam shares stories from her time at the helm of UNSW's Kaldor Centre.
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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 implications of future megatrends for international refugee law. Will international refugee law still have relevance a decade from now? What role can – and should – it play as the adverse impacts of climate change, enhanced technological surveillance and increasing automation of decision-making influence who is able to move across borders, and how they are treated when they arrive? -
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, Sydney Policy Lab
Lenore Taylor, Editor, Guardian Australia
Shabnam Safa, Chairperson, National Refugee-led Advisory and Advocacy Group
Chair: Lauren Martin, Communications Manager, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
As the Kaldor Centre embarked on its 10th anniversary, our flagship conference harnessed strategic foresight to inform the agenda for the decade to come. The 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference took participants 10 years into the future, to explore the forced migration challenges we may face in the decade to come. The purpose was not to predict the future, but to help us to be better prepared to shape the future we want to see and to help us think afresh about what we might need to do today to ensure protection for displaced people in the decade to come. -
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 Kinchin, Acting Dean of Law, University of Wollongong
Edward Santow, Director, Policy & Governance, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Shahyar Roushan, Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Migration & Refugee Division
Chair: Daniel Ghezelbash, Deputy Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
As the Kaldor Centre embarked on its 10th anniversary, our flagship conference harnessed strategic foresight to inform the agenda for the decade to come. The 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference took participants 10 years into the future, to explore the forced migration challenges we may face in the decade to come. The purpose was not to predict the future, but to help us to be better prepared to shape the future we want to see and to help us think afresh about what we might need to do today to ensure protection for displaced people in the decade to come. -
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, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Australia
Adama Kamara, Deputy CEO, Refugee Council of Australia
Nikolas Feith Tan, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute of Human Rights
Chair: Madeline Gleeson, Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
As the Kaldor Centre embarked on its 10th anniversary, our flagship conference harnessed strategic foresight to inform the agenda for the decade to come. The 2023 Kaldor Centre Conference took participants 10 years into the future, to explore the forced migration challenges we may face in the decade to come. The purpose was not to predict the future, but to help us to be better prepared to shape the future we want to see and to help us think afresh about what we might need to do today to ensure protection for displaced people in the decade to come. -
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 today’s set agenda to look forward to 2033 and consider, is the international protection regime capable of providing protection amid the seismic shifts underway? How can we ready law, policy and public debate to ensure protection for those who need it?
Keynote presenter Aarathi Krishnan brought her vast experience in humanitarian and development foresight to steer us on our journey into the future – and how we can prepare for it today. A Harvard scholar, TED favourite and one of ‘100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics’, Krishnan was Strategic Foresight Advisor at the United Nations Development Programme–Asia Pacific.
Recorded 20 November 2023 by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law