In the latest issue of AJIL, I unpack the implied non-refoulement obligation in the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women & analyse asylum complaints to the #CEDAW Committee involving return to #GBV and other serious forms of discrimination against women

At #kaldor23 , Aarathi Krishnan (she/her) encourages us to shake off the lethargy and apathy, and dare to imagine a radically different status quo…

We are in an age of global “polycrisis”: Aarathi Krishnan (she/her) delivers an arresting keynote at #Kaldor23 , laying the groundwork for a day of foresight for the next decade of forced migration.

Are our decisions today resilient enough for tomorrow?

The 2023 UNSW Kaldor Centre conference is underway! Learning from the future: Foresight for the next decade of forced migration #kaldor23

Australia’s offshore processing policy, shipped to the UK, ‘offers the false promise of tough-but-necessary policies that, in practice, are neither sustainable nor as effective as claimed’, says Madeline Gleeson UNSW Kaldor Centre thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/…

Clear and intelligent analysis by ⁦⁦Madeline Gleeson⁩ ⁦from UNSW Kaldor Centre⁩ about how the UK has copied the worst aspects of Australia’s policies on #asylum - and why they’re unsustainable 7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/how-a…

Line up our latest #Podcast for your weekend listening! Madeline Gleeson and Natalie Hodgson explain recent #UK developments, including #offshore processing, in ‘Courts, Channel crossings and the #Rwanda plan: A conversation about UK asylum policy’. #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/fzFvu

Parliament House today for the launch of the first-ever Parliamentary Friends of Refugees Group.
Moving to hear Fatima Yousufi
‘I can tell the story, I can share the pain of women like me all around the world..that have to flee..Being in Australia is a second chance to be alive’

It’s 2024. Exhausted, traumatised, aching and lonely, you’ve just arrived in the UK hoping to claim asylum.

What happens now? 1/thread

A final thought: however difficult the last few days have been, it simply doesn’t compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away. It’s heartwarming to have seen the empathy towards their plight from so many of you. 3/4

“There is no such thing as taking a “neutral” approach to racism, the marginalisation of groups, hate speech, violence and a descent into treating people like animals. Human rights, which are independent of any party… provide us with the only true neutrality.” Well said 👏🏽⚽️🕊️

'Mom, I just won an OSCAR!!! ... My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp...'
Congratulations to Ke Huy Quan 🏅!
#Oscars2023 #AcademyAwards UNSW Kaldor Centre
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What a beautiful story… abc.net.au/news/2023-03-0…

‘The latest cyclones which have ravaged Vanuatu, as well as an earthquake, in the four days from March 1-4th, should drive home the vulnerability and the responsibility we all bear for the global climate crisis and its impact on small island developing states’: Chair Pacific Islands Forum