Justice with Jon Faine

Climate change and statelessness with Associate Professor Radha Govil

Justice with Jon Faine

Show Notes

Melbourne Law School and host Jon Faine bring you Justice: a weekly podcast about the law behind the news.

A new report by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness and UNHCR recommends nine areas for law and policy reform to avoid additional hardship for millions of stateless persons, and to prevent millions more who will risk statelessness if forced to move in the context of climate disasters. Report co-author and Associate Professor, Radha Govil, explains.

You can find the report in full below: Global recommendations on nationality and statelessness in the context of climate change

You can also watch this recent panel featuring Associate Professor Radha Govil speaking on these issues: Pre-COP31 Summit: Belonging Beyond Rising Seas: Safeguarding Nationality, Preventing Statelessness

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