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Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law

Advancing refugee protection in a divided world

Recordings from the 2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Building bridges: Advancing refugee protection in a divided world' held on 23 OctoberÌý2025.

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Refugee protection stands at a crossroads, with displacement rising, political divides deepening, and funding vanishing.Ìý TheÌý2025 Kaldor Centre ConferenceÌýbrought together policymakers, practitioners, scholars and civil society, including people with lived experience of displacement — to ask the hard questions, share ideas and build real-world solutions.ÌýThis conference focused onÌýbuilding bridges,Ìýacross sectors, communities and disciplines, to strengthen refugee protection in Australia and globally.

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2025 Kaldor Centre Conference, Director Daniel Ghezelbash
2025 Kaldor Centre Conference

Daniel Ghezelbash,ÌýDirector of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law delivers the opening address and Q&A discussion.

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2025 Kaldor Centre Conference Mohammed Naeem, Refugees International
Keynote address: Mohammed Naeem

Mohammed Naeem, Senior Director for Advocacy Strategy at Refugees International delivers the opening keynote address.

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2025 Kaldor Centre Conference
Conversations across divides: Fostering constructive public dialogue

Panel 1 speakers:

  • Basma Alawee, Community Sponsorship Hub
  • Sukhmani Khorana, 91É«ÇéƬ School of Arts & MediaÌý
  • Kylea Tink, Community Independents Project
  • Saul Wodak, Behavioural Insights Team
  • Chair: Jane McAdam AO, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
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2025 Kaldor Centre Conference
From rhetoric to reality: Centering the meaningful participation of refugee

Panel 2 speakers:

  • Dor Akech Achiek, Western Sydney Migrant Resource CentreÌý
  • Renee Dixson, Forcibly Displaced People NetworkÌý
  • Najeeba Wazefadost, Asia Pacific Network of Refugees
  • Tristan Harley, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
  • Chair: Frances Voon, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
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2025 Kaldor Centre Conference
Mobilising whole-of-society responses to international protection

Panel 3 speakers:

  • Jeff Crisp, University of Oxford
  • James Jegasothy, Multicultural NSW
  • Kate Ogg,ÌýAustralian National University
  • Hafsar Tameesuddin, Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
  • Chair: Daniel Ghezelbash, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee LawÌý

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2025 Kaldor Centre Conference
Keynote address: Hugh de Kretser

Hugh de Kretser,ÌýPresident of the Australian Human Rights Commission delivers the closing keynote address.

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