By Professor Daniel Ghezelbash

Reports

McAdam J; Ghezelbash D; Gleeson M; Harley T, 2023, Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into Australia's human rights framework, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/sites/kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/files/Submission_Inquiry_Australia_Human_Rights_Framework_June_2023.pdf

Ghezelbash D; Dorostkar K; Bridle M, 2023, Submission to the Attorney-General’s Department responding to the Administrative Review Reform: Issues Paper, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/sites/kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/files/Submission_Administrative_Review_Reform.pdf

Gleeson M; Ghezelbash D; Pillai S, 2022, Torture and cruel treatment in Australia’s refugee protection and immigration detention regimes: Submission to the UN Committee Against Torture’s sixth periodic review of Australia, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/sites/kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/files/20221003_HRLC_RCOA_Kaldor_Centre_Submission_Committee_Against_Torture.pdf

Hirsch A; Ghezelbash D; Dorostkar K; Walsh S, 2022, Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry: The performance and integrity of Australia’s administrative review system, https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2021-AAT-Inquiry-RCOA.pdf

Ghezelbash D; Wodak S; Ross R; Dutta-Powell R; Gallagher R, 2021, Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Review of Judicial Impartiality, https://www.alrc.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/29.-Macquarie-University-Behavioural-Insights-Team-Public.pdf

Jefferies R; Ghezelbash D; Hirsch A, 2020, Assessing Protection Claims at Airports: Developing procedures to meet international and domestic obligations, The Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27960, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publication/policy-brief-9-airports

Media

Ghezelbash D; Wodak S, 2025, Misinformation on refugees and migrants is rife during elections. We found 6 ways it spreads – and how to stop it, https://theconversation.com/misinformation-on-refugees-and-migrants-is-rife-during-elections-we-found-6-ways-it-spreads-and-how-to-stop-it-251035

Ghezelbash D; Talbot A, 2024, Another rushed migration bill would give the government sweeping powers to deport potentially thousands of people, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/another-rushed-migration-bill-would-give-the-government-sweeping-powers-to-deport-potentially-thousands-of-people-243365

McAdam J; Ghezelbash D; Gleeson M; Harley T, 2024, The Consequences of the Government’s New Migration Legislation Could Be Dire – For Individuals and for Australia, https://theconversation.com/the-consequences-of-the-governments-new-migration-legislation-could-be-dire-for-individuals-and-for-australia-226713

Ghezelbash D; Talbot A, 2023, High Court reasons on immigration ruling pave way for further legislation, https://theconversation.com/high-court-reasons-on-immigration-ruling-pave-way-for-further-legislation-218699

Ghezelbash D; McAdam J, 2023, Why the Government’s Plan to Overhaul the Asylum System is a Smart Use of Resources – and Might Just Work, https://theconversation.com/why-the-governments-plan-to-overhaul-the-asylum-system-is-a-smart-use-of-resources-and-might-just-work-215061

McAdam J; Barbour B; Higgins C; Ghezelbash D; Gleeson M; Harley T, 2023, Our cruel and costly offshore processing system was a failure. We have a better solution on asylum policy, The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/our-cruel-and-costly-offshore-processing-system-was-a-failure-we-have-a-better-solution-on-asylum-policy-210378?mc_cid=f96ddce084&mc_eid=ba540188ba

Preprints

Ghezelbash D; Dorostkar K; Walsh S, 2022, A Data Driven Approach to Evaluating and Improving Judicial Decision-Making: Statistical Analysis of the Judicial Review of Refugee Cases, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4179044

Ghezelbash D; Tan NF, 2020, The End of the Right to Seek Asylum? COVID-19 and the Future of Refugee Protection, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3689093

Ghezelbash D; Burridge A; Kashyap T, Accelerated Asylum Procedures: Comparing International Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5213618

Moutopoulos D; Newhouse G; Dozer A; Ghezelbash D; Thomas L, AI-Powered Platforms for Access to Justice: The Case of Hear Me Out, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5213638

Bridle M; Ghezelbash D, Fairness And Efficiency In The Review Of Asylum Decisions: Data-Driven Insights And Lessons From Australia’s Failed Fast Track Process, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5213650

Ghezelbash D, Technology and Countersurveillance: Holding Governments Accountable for Refugee Externalisation Policies, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4420423

Other

Ghezelbash D; Dorostkar K, 2026, Submission to the Inquiry into the Administrative and Judicial Review Legislation Amendment Bill 2026, https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/law/kaldor/submissions/2026-07-senate-admin-judicial-review.pdf

Ghezelbash DANIEL; McAdam J, 2025, ‘As Australia Welcomes Its Millionth Refugee, Its Hardline Border Policies Endure. We Can Lead by Example Again’, http://dx.doi.org/10.64628/AA.gn7agmuqh

Ghezelbash D; Talbot A; McAdam J; Gleeson M; Harley T, 2024, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Migration Amendment Bill 2024, https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/law/kaldor/submissions/2024-11-migration-bill-cth.pdf

McAdam J; Ghezelbash D; Gleeson M; Harley T, 2024, Written evidence to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Response to Questions on Notice from Senator Paul Scarr, https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/law/kaldor/resources/2024-04-submission/2024-04-answers-to-questions-on-notice-senator-paul-scarr-migration-amendment-removal-and-other-measures-Bill.pdf

McAdam J; Ghezelbash D; Gleeson M; Harley T, 2024, Submission No 11 to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Migration Amendment (Removals and Other Measures) Bill 2024, https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=8b212e6c-9d87-4966-bf48-64f157fa446d&subId=754147

McAdam J; Ghezelbash D; Gleeson M; Harley T, 2024, Kaldor Centre statement on new migration bill, https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2024/03/Kaldor-Centre-statement-deportation-bill

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