Refugee status determination: Law and practice

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Refugee status determination: Law and practice 

A discussion with Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Emma Dunlop, chaired by Arif Hussein

Tuesday 9 November 9-10am AEDT (Australian time)
Monday 8 November 5pm EST/ 2pm PST (US time) 

To celebrate the US release of the fourth edition of The Refugee in International Law, please join us for a discussion with Guy S Goodwin-Gill and Emma Dunlop about the practice of refugee law today, with Arif Hussein of the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS).

How is refugee status determined around the world amid changing social pressures? What are the trends in protection in different jurisdictions? What legal questions arise when restrictive policies mean that access to asylum is blocked, rights are curtailed, and people cannot access fair status determination procedures?

About the speakers

Professor Guy S Goodwin-Gill is widely recognised as having established the field of international refugee law with the first edition of The Refugee in International Law in 1983. Now at the Kaldor Centre, he is Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. His distinguished career has encompassed not only a pioneering contribution to the academy, but also to practice, through his advocacy in the courts, contributions to parliamentary and international committees, and his engagement with civil society and UNHCR.

Emma Dunlop is a contributing author to the fourth edition of The Refugee in International Law. She is a PhD candidate at the Kaldor Centre, and plans to commence practice at the NSW Bar in 2022. She is a university medallist from the University of Sydney, and holds an LLM from New York University and a Master of Studies from the University of Oxford.

Arif Hussein is a Senior Solicitor at the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS). He has spent over eight years working with refugees and people seeking asylum both in Australia and in Australia’s Regional Processing Centre on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. He is the recipient of a 2020 Churchill Fellowship. 

The Refugee in International Law (4th edn, Oxford University Press, 2021) is available for purchase from the Oxford University Press website. You are invited to use the code ALAUTHC4 to receive a 30% discount.