Jane McAdam
@profjmcadam.bsky.social
Scientia Professor of Law; Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow; Director, Evacuations Research Hub, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
Jane Alexandra McAdam is an Australian legal scholar, and expert in climate change and refugees. She is a Scientia Professor at the University of NSW, and is the inaugural Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law. She was awarded an Order of Australia in 2021 for “distinguished service to international refugee law, particularly to climate change”. .. more
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Regional advances and momentum
A decade of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda: Regional advances and momentum
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The latest post in our new Nansen Initiative +10 blog is out now! It's about how regional frameworks can drive real change for those most at risk of displacement in the context of climate change, written by @iom.int climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog/iom/
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And Australia’s experience shows why the approach is so misguided www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/...
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The UK’s new 20-year temporary protection policy for #refugees, with rolling 30-month reviews, is inefficient, costly, unsustainable and cruel. Australia’s experience shows why the approach is so misguided www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/...
Inaugural NSW Settlement Advisory Council members announced - Multicultural NSW
The Minns Labor Government has today announced the inaugural members of the NSW Settlement Advisory Council, a new expert body that will provide advice to the Minister for Multiculturalism and Multicu...
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I am honoured to have been appointed today to the inaugural NSW Settlement Advisory Council, which will provide advice to the NSW Minister for Multiculturalism and Multicultural NSW on refugee settlement policy in the state multicultural.nsw.gov.au/media-releas...
Plus 10 Blog
About the Nansen Initiative +10 blog
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Today @kaldorcentre.bsky.social, Platform on Disaster Displacement & @unhcr.org launch Nansen Initiative +10 - a new blog reflecting on a decade of the Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda. Explore how disaster displacement policy has evolved, and what’s next. climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog
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2026 Refugee Law and International Journal of Refugee Law: Online Workshop for Prospective Authors. Details here: academic-oup-com.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/ijrl/pages/a...
As Australia welcomes its millionth refugee, its hardline border policies endure. We can lead by example again
This is a moment to take pride in our history of moral national action – and demand more humane policies for those continuing to seek refuge here.
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Any day now, Australia will welcome its millionth refugee since WWII. This is a moment to celebrate – but also to lead by example by demanding more humane policies for those continuing to seek asylum. Read how in this new piece by me and Daniel Ghezelbash theconversation.com/as-australia...
FMR 76 - Climate change: Choices for displaced people - Forced Migration Review
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New issue of Forced Migration Review out now on climate change and displacement: 'responses to climate displacement must be proactive, rights-based, and human-centered, moving beyond reactive measures' www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...
Call for Abstracts: CMARN-IOM Policy Briefs Special Collection
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Call for Abstracts for a Special Collection of policy briefs on climate mobility in Africa, to be published in 2026 in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Climate Mobility Africa Research Network www.cmarnetwork.com/call-for-abs...
New RID piece by top authors argues that for those displaced by Hurricane Melissa, the real disaster has just begun. It shows why the forthcoming treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters must include "displacement, evacuation and planned relocations".
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Our latest blog is out! Thanks to @rid-networks.bsky.social for publishing our reflections on disaster displacement from Hurricane Melissa.
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New RID piece by top authors argues that for those displaced by Hurricane Melissa, the real disaster has just begun. It shows why the forthcoming treaty on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters must include "displacement, evacuation and planned relocations".
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Revisiting the 2015 Guidance on Planned Relocations: A decade of progress and future horizons - Researching Internal Displacement
This article looks back at the development and continued relevance of the 2015 Guidance on Protecting People from Disasters and Environmental Change through Planned Relocations, which established an e...
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This is an excellent overview of developments on planned relocations in the context of disasters and climate change over the last decade by Elizabeth Ferris, Erica Bower and Sanjula Weerasinghe (and brings back lots of memories!) researchinginternaldisplacement.org/short_pieces...
Jane McAdam
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· Oct 8
We Must Reaffirm not "Reform" the Refugee Convention | Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
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' ... the problem is not refugee law, it is the cynical, timeworn deployment of xenophobic and racist rhetoric to create fear and undermine democratic institutions' writes Kate Jastram @cgrsasylum.bsky.social in response to recent 'reform' proposals cgrs.uclawsf.edu/en/our-work/...
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· Oct 8
High Commissioner’s Opening Statement to the 76th plenary session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme | UNHCR
(As delivered)Mr. Chairman, Señor Presidente, Distinguished Delegates, Dear colleagues,
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'States have a shared responsibility to protect those fleeing for their lives. Sovereignty and the right to seek asylum are not incompatible. They are complementary.' Read the full speech by UN High Commissioner for Refugees here @unhcr.org www.unhcr.org/news/speeche...