The work of the Centre is based around a team of law scholars at UNSW Law with expertise in the international, comparative and domestic dimensions of refugee law and policy. Centre members pursue a variety of research projects on refugee law and policy in the areas listed below.
This program of research examines key challenges to the international protection regime and its domestic implementation around the world. It considers the capacity and limits of existing legal and institutional frameworks.
This timely and prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship tackles a crucial issue of our time: evacuations from crises – including disasters, climate change, conflict, pandemics and other humanitarian emergencies.
A series of projects exploring how data and technology can enhance the rights of refugees, increase access to justice, and identify and counteract bias and discrimination in the legal system.
This project explores the merits and opportunities of enhancing refugee protection at the regional level, both in Asia Pacific and other regions of the world.
A project to examine the implications of policies which see asylum seekers forcibly transferred ‘offshore’ to have their protection claims processed in the territories of States such as Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda.
