Under the guidance and influence of Professor Jane McAdam and Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill, the Centre has embarked on a number of projects to make a difference to refugees across the globe.

“The Kaldor Centre plays a critical role in facilitating dialogue, research and responses to issues related to international refugee law including issues affecting domestic law and policy within Australia,” said Kathy Bogoyev, principal solicitor of The Humanitarian Group.

“The Humanitarian Group is a regular participant in the Legal Centres Teleconference, a forum which keeps legal organisations involved with asylum and refugee issues in Australia informed on recent developments in legislation, case law and practice. This forum has assisted the various legal centres across Australia to drive coordinated responses to proposed changes in law and policy.

“The Kaldor Centre has demonstrated great leadership but also a highly collaborative approach in responding to key issues. The Centre’s expert knowledge and considered responses bring a wealth of knowledge and depth to the national dialogue.

“There are untold benefits for centres like The Humanitarian Group, who provide on the ground legal and migration advice direct to clients, to be able to work collaboratively with the Kaldor Centre and its research and policy experts.”

Mid-December will see a number of government’s from across the world adopt the 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. It is being described as the first, intergovernmentally negotiated agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner.

Within the agreement is a section which specifically touches on displacement linked to disasters, climate change and environmental degradation - achievement made possible by the Kaldor Centre’s work, according to Walter Kaelin, Envoy for the Platform on Disaster Displacement.

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“The Global Compact on Migration, to be adopted in December 2018, contains important language on protecting people moving the context of climate change and disasters,” he said.

“Much of what is reflected in the Compact would not have been possible without the conceptual work done by the Kaldor Centre.

“Jane McAdam is the leading voice when it comes to the legal analysis of displacement, migration, and planned relocation in the context of disasters and climate change… Without her work, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”