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'Seeking new ways forward: the politics, process and potential of the Global Compacts', Kaldor Centre Conference, 24 November 2017 Dr Madeline Garlick, Chief of the Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section, Division of International Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Professor Elizabeth Ferris from the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University delivered the opening keynote address at the Kaldor Centre Conference 2017. The presentation title was 'Negotiating two new Global Compacts. Processes, politics and problems'.

In his opening address to the Kaldor Centre Conference 2017, Acting Director Guy S Goodwin-Gill's year in review surveys history to remind us that providing protection and finding solutions for refugees is a perpetual struggle.

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is actively involved in international talks to develop the two Global Compacts, one for refugees and one on migration. As the Department's Head of Humanitarian, NGOs and Partnerships Division, Jamie Isbister is leading DFAT’s work toward the Global Compacts, advocating for Australia’s perspectives on better addressing refugee and displacement crises. He talks about the process and possible outcomes.

How has Australia moved from a humanitarian approach to asylum seekers – and is there a way back? How is public opinion influenced by the actions and attitudes of politicians and the media? What impact can international law and the legal profession have? On 2 November, UNSW Law Alumni’s Look who’s talking series presented a fascinating discussion with: Historian and Asylum By Boat author Dr Claire Higgins; Guardian Australia journalist Ben Doherty; Scholar, barrister and Kaldor Centre Acting Director Prof. Guy S Goodwin-Gill; and Wotton + Kearney Partner Heidi Nash-Smith Moderator: Dean of UNSW Law Professor George Williams AO As leaders around the world balance populist pressure against an unprecedented number of refugees, our panel takes a closer look at the history of Australia’s asylum policy, and how it has been shaped by governments, law, and ever-changing public opinion. Our panel of experts explored what is needed for Australia to return to a humanitarian approach, and what im

171014.0820: Origins of Australia's refugee policy by Kaldor Centre UNSW

A government under intense pressure from unprecedented numbers of asylum seekers arriving by boat, its radical policy attracting global attention; this might sound like contemporary Australia. It is in fact the Australian government of 40 years ago, facing the wave of boat people from Vietnam. Senior research associate at the Kaldor Centre, Dr Claire Higgins, speaks to The World Today about her book 'Asylum By Boat: the Origins of Australia's Refugee Policy'.

Kaldor Centre's Senior Research Associate Madeline Gleeson speaks with Clare Wright from ABC Radio National

5 Questions on safe zones with Professor Geoff Gilbert by Kaldor Centre UNSW

11 April 2017, the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law hosted a seminar by David FitzGerald of the University of California, San Diego entitled 'Remote Control of Asylum Seekers: The US Experience'. More information available: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/remote-control-asylum-seekers-us-experience-0

Hosted by the Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW and Macquarie University The movement of asylum seekers and migrants by boat has seized attention across the world. In Australia and elsewhere, governments have enacted policies to intercept and turn back asylum seekers at sea. What do we know (and not know) about these policies, and what are the legal and practical implications of turning back boats? This panel will discuss the law, policy and practice of turning back boats in Europe, the United States and Australia. Speakers: Dr Daniel Ghezelbash, Macquarie Law School Rear Admiral James Goldrick AO, CSC RAN (Retired) Dr Violeta Moreno-Lax, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Frances Voon, Executive Manager, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW The event was chaired by Professor Natalie Klein, Dean, Macquarie Law School.

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Closing keynote address Professor François Crépeau, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Chaired by Andrew Kaldor AM, Founder, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW For more: https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au%2Fevent%2Fsave-date-annual-conference

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 3 - How do law and policy shape refugees' experience of time? Sarah Dale, Principal Solicitor, Refugee Advice & Casework Service Professor Ben Saul, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney Shukufa Tahiri, Policy Assistant, Refugee Council of Australia Chaired by Professor Jane McAdam, Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSWRefugee Research, UNSW For more: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save-date-annual-conference

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 2 - Creeping Crises: From emergency to development 'A crisis of political imaginary: Categorising mobile populations and the ambivalence of a categorised life' Associate Professor Claudia Tazreiter, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW Chaired by Dr Eileen Pittaway, founding Director of the Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW For more: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save-date-annual-conference

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 2 - Creeping Crises: From emergency to development 'The notion of "crisis": Do we need to rethink the links between mobility, development and inequality?' Professor Stephen Castles, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of Sydney Chaired by Dr Eileen Pittaway, founding Director of the Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW For more: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save-date-annual-conference

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 2 - Creeping Crises: From emergency to development 'Minding the humanitarian–development gap in refugee response: Where do we stand?' Frances Voon, Executive Manager, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Chaired by Dr Eileen Pittaway, founding Director of the Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW For more: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save-date-annual-conference

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 1 - Time and refugee status determination 'Pathways to refugee trauma recovery: what does the psychological and neurobiological research tell us?' Professor Richard Bryant & Dr Belinda Liddell, School of Psychology, UNSW Chaired by Farid Varess, Special Counsel, Fragomen For more: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save-date-annual-conference

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 1 - Time and refugee status determination Time and the assessment of risk in refugee status determination Bruce Burson, New Zealand Immigration and Protection Tribunal Chaired by Farid Varess, Special Counsel, Fragomen For more: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save-date-annual-conference

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Panel 1 - Time and refugee status determination ‘It’s about time’: The role of time in protection status determination procedures under the Migration Act Linda Kirk, Migration Law Program, Australian National University Chaired by Farid Varess, Special Counsel, Fragomen For more: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save-date-annual-conference For more: www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save…conference

Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law Conference 2016 FROM REFUGEE EMERGENCY TO PROTRACTED EXILE: THE ROLE OF 'TIME' IN INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION 18 November 2016 Opening keynote address Jean-François Durieux, former Director at UNHCR Geneva For more: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/event/save-date-annual-conference