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Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law

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Promoting legal, sustainable and humane solutions to forced migration.
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The Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney is the world's leading research centre dedicated to the study of international refugee law.
Founded in October 2013, the Kaldor Centre undertakes rigorous research on the most pressing displacement issues in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and around the world, and contributes to public policy by promoting legal, sustainable and humane solutions to forced migration.
Through outstanding research and engagement, the Kaldor Centre is recognised as an intellectual powerhouse with global impact.

Why our work is important

More than 110 million people worldwide are displaced from their homes 鈥 the highest number since the Second World War.

As world leaders grapple with this challenge, there has never been a more important time for innovative and rigorous thinking to promote solutions. The Kaldor Centre鈥檚 evidence-based research, analysis and engagement bring a crucial, independent dimension to the debate.

Our areas of focus

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Global

We lead global research on displacement issues, shaping international law, policy and practice. We are renowned for expertise in refugee law and climate-induced displacement.

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Regional

We work to strengthen refugee protection in Asia-Pacific by shaping national systems and promoting regional cooperation.

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National

We lead principled refugee law and policy reform in Australia through rigorous legal analysis, comparative approaches and proposing alternatives.

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This is a centre of excellence that makes a difference in so many ways, not only in the academic field but also down to very concrete examples of differences that are being made for refugee populations.
Thomas Albrecht
Regional Representative, UN High Commissioners for Refugees

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Research is our engine for impact. Real-world solutions to displacement cannot be developed without deep, evidence-based, long-term thinking. As we look ahead, our research agenda will be ambitious and solutions-oriented.聽

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Our people

Innovative, rigorous and forward-thinking research is central to the Kaldor Centre, where scholars are leaders in the national and international discussion about refugee law and policy.

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Advisory Committee

The Kaldor Centre is guided by outstanding thinkers who provide strategic direction, advice and oversight.

Valerii Grek 鈥淭he more i get to know people, the more I like dogs. Sometime we even limit expenses on our own food in order to feed our dogs. They feel me. When I leave, they wait for me at the gates. They are my real friends. They are my family.鈥 鈥淭he more I get to know people, the more I like dogs,鈥 says Valerii, quoting Mark Twain as he sits with his family and his dogs at a rickety table at the farm in the Eastern Ukrainian village ofNovyi Donbas. He鈥檚 lived here for the last four years, since the long and deadly conflict in the area forced him to abandon his happy life. Seven years he had been working on his perfect house in Dokuchaevsk, and welcomed the first granddaughter home. Then the conflict started. Shells rained down each evening at 5pm, and when his neighbour鈥檚 house took a direct hit he knew it was time to grab his family and go. Valerii, his wife, daughter, granddaughter and two dogs found an abandoned house: 鈥渏ust a shed really. Like he has done all his life, Valerii put his shoulder to the wheel and bit by bit he created a home. 鈥淭he house had been empty for three years, but it was the only option for us. I saved money, and got the essential services in as as I want my girls to live in comfort,鈥 he says. His income comes from some allowances from the Government of Ukraine, his market garden, and the hundreds of chickens which populate the outhouses. 鈥淚 have regular customers at the market, and I can sell my stock in half an hour at the local market. My customers are urging me to bring more,鈥 Valerii smiles. As a displaced person, he was eligible to apply for small grants, and IOM provided him with a rotary cultivator for his burgeoning garden. 鈥淚 was left with nothing, I started from scratch, and I will achieve something, as long as I have strength,鈥 says Valerii. Two of his dogs, Lyalya and Dusya follow him around the yard, apparently listening to his every word. 鈥淭hey feel my emotions. When I leave, they wait for me at the gates. They are my real friends. They are part of my family.鈥 The canine family is thriving. Lyalya鈥檚 son, Khitriwas born in Novyi Donbas. And a fourth dog, Richard, turned up one day. 鈥淗e was homeless, like we were once. So how could we walk on by?鈥

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The Andrew and Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law is a unique centre of critical importance.聽 Millions of people all around the world are being forcibly displaced from their homes.聽 All of those who seek principled, practical and humane solutions to the complex and difficult problems faced by refugees everywhere, have a wonderful resource in the Kaldor Centre.

鈥 Catherine Branson, AC KC