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Entries in Refugee law (2)

Friday
Apr112014

Jay Williams

Jay Williams is the barrister appearing for some of the asylum seekers on Manus Island ... He's been representing them before a court of inquiry into alleged human rights abuses ... Deported by the PNG government ... Further proceedings pending ... From Melbourne to the Sydney bar via Arnhem Land with Immanuel Kant in his back pocket ... Now he's on Justinian's couch 

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Tuesday
Nov122013

Jane McAdam

Professor Jane McAdam is on Justinian's couch ... Shedding light on her job as director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law ... What's a nice lass from the north shore doing mixed up in refugee policy and the human displacement consequences of climate change? 

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