This is anja hilkemeijer and my piece in #TheMercury today on proposed planning reforms in Tasmania which would see merits review removed for some large proposals👇#publiclaw

If interested in forced migration, consider joining our upcoming MA in Refugee Protection webinar: Monday 11 December 14:00 - 15:00 (GMT) Learn about the programme, the subject areas and our flexible study options Sign up here: shorturl.at/qzJLT

What #Protection tools exist for people #Displaced across borders in disaster and #ClimateChange contexts? What good practices exist to apply refugee or human rights law? At the margins of #GRF2023, this NEW policy brief by PDD & UNHCR provides answers ➡️bit.ly/4atTutY

Such a pleasure to welcome Marcia Schenck to School of Law, University of Tasmania, and really looking forward to today’s workshop on the 1969 OAU Convention together with Cleo Hansen-Lohrey

How do disasters, #climatechange and environmental degradation in the MENA region affect #migration? EuroMed Rights publishes a new report highlighting the challenges and insights from climate change's impact on human mobility: euromedrights.org/publication/hu…

Thanks EuroMed Rights for inviting me to be part of the panel to launch this important report by @ChiaraScissa on human mobility, climate change and enviro degradation in the MENA region

International law applies as much to liberal democracies as to any other governments, Senator James Paterson #rnbreakfast

So sorry that this is increasingly the experience of people who’ve come here to make a new life and contribute to our community. Our leaders across the political and business spectrum need to take a stand against this. #politas abc.net.au/news/2024-03-0…

UNHCR is develop/g guidance on applying the 1969 OAU Convention to people #displaced in the context of the adverse effects of #climatechange, environmental degradation & disasters on societal instability. ICYMI by Cleo Hansen-Lohrey👇 #LossandDamage #protection refworld.org/reference/rese…

Session one of the Refocus Series (The contemporary role of the Global Refugee Regime in Africa) is now on the Refugee Law Initiative Spotify channel: open.spotify.com/episode/4peDZP…

The call for paper for the Australian Progressive Legal Studies Workshop 2024 is open! This workshop on law and political economy will be held at the UTAS Law School on 28–29 Nov in nipaluna/Hobart on the theme: "Legal entanglements between state and capital in a warming world."

Law School environmental and public law experts reviewed proposals to reform the way applications for developments in National Parks and Reserves are assessed, emphasising the importance of high standards of environmental protection and oversight of decision-making by TASCAT.

Please join the Island of Ideas Public Talk Series "Unprooted and Unprotected: 110 million displaced lives," hosted by Dr Tamara Wood, Senior Lecturer in Law, UTAS. Wed 8 May 6pm. Attend in person: events.humanitix.com/2024-red-cross… or online: utas.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Coming to the Red Cross oration this Wednesday? Find out more with me and Arad Nik discussing forced migration this morning at 9.30am with Leon Compton on ABC Hobart. School of Law, University of Tasmania University of Tasmania

The @RLINews just released a pioneering Declaration on International Protection in the context of Disasters and Climate Change, co-authored by School of Law, University of Tasmania staff Cleo Hansen-Lohrey, Tamara Wood and other leading refugee law experts #climatemobility: academic.oup.com/ijrl/advance-a…

Only peace can bring hope in Sudan, but it seems out of reach. UNHCR’s @OmerElnaiem reports from his homeland, which is now a country in ruins. The situation is getting worse every day while global attention is waning. We must #KeepEyesOnSudan.

Can’t wait to read this important contribution to the field. Congratulations Nicholas Maple!

Group #refugee recognition in Africa - Who? When? How? New research by me and Ahmed Elbasyouny just published in RefMig Working Paper series. shorturl.at/Lk1vn

This is a timely and helpful resource that focuses on both the international and regional frameworks. Congratulations Tamara Wood and all the authors on its publication.

"We are the darkest page of history" Afghan women sing in protest. This #IWD is another day of erasure for us Afghan women. Under 126 Taliban edicts, our faces are banned, our voices silenced, our dignity stolen. This is gender apartheid. Do not look away.