Podcast - Cruel, costly and ineffective: the failure of offshore processing in Australia

Australia’s multi-billion-dollar offshore processing system has demonstrably failed to stop boats, save lives or break the business model of people smugglers, according to a new policy brief from UNSW’s Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law released on 12 August 2021, 'Cruel, costly and ineffective: The failure of offshore processing in Australia'. The Kaldor Centre's, Senior Research Fellow Madeline Gleeson, and international refugee lawyer and scholar Natasha Yacoub, discuss their latest policy brief with Lauren Martin.

Podcast - Opening 'The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law'

'The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law' book launch event was hosted by the Refugee Studies Centre, Hertie School for Fundamental Rights, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness and the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, on Tuesday 25 May 2021. Professor Hilary Charlesworth launched this state-of-the-art work and engaged in a lively discussion with the three editors, Professors Cathryn Costello, Michelle Foster and Jane McAdam. The event was chaired by refugee advocate and lawyer Nyadol Nyuon.

Leaving Place, Restoring Home: Enhancing the Evidence Base on Planned Relocation Cases in the context of Hazards, Disasters, and Climate Change

As hazards, disasters and climate change profoundly affect people’s lives and livelihoods, communities and authorities seek opportunities to move people permanently out of harm’s way. Planned relocation is generally considered as a measure of last resort. In this context, policymakers, practitioners and communities require refined information on how planned relocation could be undertaken to minimize negative impacts, avoid pitfalls and promote human rights and human dignity.

Podcast - Re-examining displacement in the context of disasters and climate change: A Pacific perspective

Chaired by Jane McAdam on 21 January 2021, this expert panel problematises and critiques the notion of ‘displacement’ in the context of disasters and climate change with a Pacific perspective. While the threat posed by climate change is real, its manifestations are not as straightforward as we might think. This panel explores how a more nuanced understanding of displacement in the context of disasters and climate change, and its relationship to international protection, can open up possibilities for different kinds of durable solutions.

Podcast - Kaldor Conference 2020 On racism and refugees: A conversation with E Tendayi Achiume and Nyadol Nyuon

At an extraordinary time of interconnectedness, new spirals of tribalism and discrimination are also appearing around the world. In this special session, one of the world’s most exciting thinkers and speakers, Professor E Tendayi Achiume, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, will survey the scene, in conversation with acclaimed lawyer and writer, Nyadol Nyuon. What is the impact on refugees, asylum seekers and other forced migrants? Is international law helping them, or failing to provide protection?

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