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Dr Daniel Ghezelbash

Dr Daniel Ghezelbash

Associate Professor

PhD (University of Sydney)

LLB (Hons I) (University of Sydney)

BA (Hons I) (University of Sydney)

Graduate Dip Legal Practice (ANU)

Law & Justice
School of Global & Public Law

Daniel is Associate Professor and the Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney, and an Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA Fellow.Ìý

He is an internationally recognised scholar of international and comparative refugee and migration law. His ARC DECRA Fellowship examines comparative practices to develop recommendations for improving the fairness and efficiency of Australia's asylum procedures.ÌýHe has also published widely on the way restrictive asylum policies have spread around the world. This is the topic of his book,ÌýRefuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent WorldÌý(Cambridge University Press, 2018). He has spent time as a Visiting Fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School, Brooklyn Law School and New York Law School.

Daniel is passionate about using technology to increase access to justice and to counter systemic discrimination and bias in the legal system. He is the founder of the Kaldor Centre Data Lab, through which he has pioneered computational and data-driven approaches to studying administrative and judicial decision-making in refugee cases.ÌýHe is one of Australia's leading experts on legal technology and generative AI. He has been involved in establishing numerous initiatives using technology to increase access to justice including Wallumatta Legal, a not-for-profit law firm which provides low-cost legal advice to family law litigants that would otherwise be unrepresented, and the Hear Me Out Complaints Platform, which aims to harness the power of complaint making to combat systemic discrimination in Australia.

Daniel was formerly the Deputy Director of the Kaldor Centre, and the co-lead of the Access to Justice and Technology Stream at the UNSW Allens Hub for Law, Technology and Innovation. In his previous role, he founded and directed the award winning Macquarie University Social Justice Clinic and led the Law and AI stream at the Macquarie AI-enabled Processes Research Centre.Ìý

Daniel is a practicing refugee lawyer. He is Special Counsel at the National Justice Project, and sits on the boards of a number of not-for-profit legal centres, including the Refugee Advice and Casework Service and Wallumatta Legal. He is also a founder and board member of the Access to Justice and Technology Network, which promotes and supports the uptake of legal technology in Australia's not-for-profit legal sector.Ìý

Daniel regularly features and published in domestic and international media outlets on refugee, migration, access to justice and legal technology issues. In 2021, he was selected for the ABC Top 5 Humanities Media Residency.

Location
Room 147 The Law Building University of New South Wales UNSW Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
  • Books | 2020
    Crock M; Bones K; Ghezelbash D; Hollands J; Kenny MA, 2020, Children and Young People in Asylum and Refugee Processes Towards Best Practice
    Books | 2018
    Ghezelbash D, 2018, Refuge lost: Asylum law in an interdependent world,
  • Book Chapters | 2022
    Crock M; Ghezelbash D; Reich S; Stevens R, 2022, 'Selective Generosity: Migration Law and Policy in Australia', in Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, Springer International Publishing, pp. 99 - 139,
    Book Chapters | 2022
    Ghezelbash D, 2022, 'Australia’s boat push-back policy: Hyper-legalism and obfuscation in action', in Refugee Externalisation Policies: Responsibility, Legitimacy and Accountability, pp. 69 - 83,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Ghezelbash D, 2021, 'Fast-track, accelerated, and expedited asylum procedures as a tool of exclusion', in Research Handbook on the Law and Politics of Migration, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 248 - 261,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Ghezelbash D, 2018, 'The rise and rise of mandatory immigration detention', in Protecting Migrant Children: In Search of Best Practice, pp. 420 - 436
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Crock M; Ghezelbash D, 2016, 'Secret immigration business: Policy transfers and the tyranny of deterrence theory', in The Ashgate Research Companion to Migration Law, Theory and Policy, pp. 617 - 638,
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Pickering S; Segrave M; Tazreiter C; Weber L, 2016, 'Migration control and human security', in The Ashgate Research Companion to Migration Law, Theory and Policy, pp. 535 - 562,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Ghezelbash D; Crock M, 2015, 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind?: The Myths and Realities of Mandatory Immigration Detention', in Global Migration: Old Assumptions, New Dynamics: Volume 1-3, pp. 23 - 45
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Ghezelbash D, 2015, 'Lessons in Exclusion: Interdiction and Extraterritorial Processing of Asylum Seekers in the United States and Australia', in International Refugee Law Series, pp. 90 - 117,
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Ghezelbash D, 2015, 'Lessons in exclusion: Interdiction and extraterritorial processing of asylum seekers in the United States and Australia', in Exploring the Boundaries of Refugee Law: Current Protection Challenges, pp. 90 - 117,
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Crock M; Ghezelbash D, 2013, 'Secret immigration business: Policy transfers and the tyranny of deterrence theory', in The Ashgate Research Companion to Migration Law, Theory and Policy, pp. 617 - 637
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Gammeltoft-Hansen T; Ghezelbash D, 2024, 'What role for law in refugee studies? Towards a transdisciplinary agenda', Journal of Refugee Studies,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Carole V; Ghezelbash D; Hinterberger KF; Heckendorn Urscherler L, 2023, 'Editorial - Special Issue on Comparative Migration Law: Methods, Debates and New Frontiers', International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 7, pp. 107 - 113,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ghezelbash D; Dorostkar K, 2023, 'Understanding the Politics of Refugee Law and Policy Making: Interdisciplinary and Empirical Approaches', Journal of Refugee Studies,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ghezelbash D, 2023, 'Legal transfers of migration law: the case for an interdisciplinary approach', International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 7, pp. 182 - 182,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ghezelbash D, 2023, 'Legal transfers of migration law: the case for an interdisciplinary approach', International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 7, pp. 182 - 196,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Viennet C; Ghezelbash D; Hinterberger KF; Urscheler LH, 2023, 'Editorial', International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 7, pp. 107 - 107,
    Journal articles | 2022
    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 IN AUSTRALIA', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 45, pp. 1085 - 1123
    Journal articles | 2022
    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 in Australia', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 45,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Ghezelbash D, 2022, 'Technology and countersurveillance: holding governments accountable for refugee externalization policies', Globalizations,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Dastyari A; Ghezelbash D, 2021, 'Asylum at sea: The legality of shipboard refugee status determination procedures', International Journal of Refugee Law, 32, pp. 1 - 27,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jefferies R; Ghezelbash D; Hirsch A, 2021, 'ASSESSING REFUGEE PROTECTION CLAIMS AT AUSTRALIAN AIRPORTS: THE GAP BETWEEN LAW, POLICY, AND PRACTICE', Melbourne University Law Review, 44, pp. 162 - 211
    Journal articles | 2020
    Ghezelbash D; Feith Tan N, 2020, 'The End of the Right to Seek Asylum? COVID-19 and the Future of Refugee Protection', International Journal of Refugee Law, 32, pp. 668 - 679,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Ghezelbash D, 2020, 'Hyper-Legalism and Obfuscation: How States Evade Their International Obligations towards Refugees', American Journal of Comparative Law, 68, pp. 479 - 516,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jefferies R; Ghezelbash D; Hirsch A, 2020, 'Assessing Refugee Protection Claims at Australian Airports: The Gap Between Law, Policy, and Practice', MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW, 44, pp. 162 - 211,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Newhouse G; Ghezelbash D; Whittaker A, 2020, 'The Experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participants in Australia’s Coronial Inquest System: Reflections from the Front Line', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 9, pp. 76 - 89,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Moreno-Lax V; Ghezelbash D; Klein N, 2019, 'Between life, security and rights: Framing the interdiction of 'boat migrants' in the central mediterranean and Australia', Leiden Journal of International Law, 32, pp. 715 - 740,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Ghezelbash D; Moreno-Lax V; Klein N; Opeskin B, 2018, 'Securitization of Search and Rescue at Sea: The Response to Boat Migration in the Mediterranean and Offshore Australia', International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 67, pp. 315 - 351,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Ghezelbash D, 2017, 'LEGAL TRANSFERS of RESTRICTIVE IMMIGRATION LAWS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 66, pp. 235 - 255,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Opeskin B; Ghezelbash D, 2016, 'Australian Refugee Policy and its Impacts on Pacific Island Countries', The Journal of Pacific Studies, 36, pp. 73 - 89,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Ghezelbash D, 2014, 'Forces of diffusion: what drives the transfer of immigration policy and law across jurisdictions?', International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 1, pp. 139 - 139,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Crock M; Ghezelbash D, 2011, 'Due process and rule of law as human rights: The High Court and the "offshore" processing of asylum seekers', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, 18,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Crock M; Ghezelbash D, 2010, 'Do loose lips bring ships? The role of policy, politics and human rights in managing unauthorised boat arrivals', Griffith Law Review, 19, pp. 238 - 287,
  • Reports | 2024
    Ghezelbash D; Dorostkar K; Bridle M, 2024, Submission to the Inquiry into the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023 (ART Bill) and the Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No.1) Bill 2023 (Consequential and Transitional Bill),
    Other | 2024
    McAdam J; Ghezelbash D; Gleeson M; Harley T, 2024, Kaldor Centre statement on new migration bill, /news/2024/03/Kaldor-Centre-statement-deportation-bill
    Other | 2024
    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,
    Other | 2024
    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, /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
    Reports | 2023
    Ghezelbash D; Dorostkar K; Bridle M, 2023, Submission to the Attorney-General’s Department responding to the Administrative Review Reform: Issues Paper,
    Reports | 2023
    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,
    Reports | 2022
    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,
    Reports | 2022
    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,
    Reports | 2021
    Ghezelbash D; Wodak S; Ross R; Dutta-Powell R; Gallagher R, 2021, Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Review of Judicial Impartiality,
    Conference Proceedings (Editor of) | 2019
    Ghezelbash D; Viennet C; Hinterberger KF; Heckendorn Urscheler L, (eds.), 2019, 'Special Issue on: Comparative Migration Law: Methods, Debates and New Frontiers', International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland, Vol. 7, presented at Comparative Migration Law: Methods, Debates and New Frontiers, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne, Switzerland, 04 December 2019,
    Preprints |
    Ghezelbash D; Dorostkar K; Walsh S, A Data Driven Approach to Evaluating and Improving Judicial Decision-Making: Statistical Analysis of the Judicial Review of Refugee Cases,
    Preprints |
    Ghezelbash D; Feith Tan N, The End of the Right to Seek Asylum? COVID-19 and the Future of Refugee Protection,
    Preprints |
    Ghezelbash D, Technology and Countersurveillance: Holding Governments Accountable for Refugee Externalisation Policies,
  • Media | 2024
    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, ,
    Media | 2023
    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, ,
    Media | 2023
    Ghezelbash D; Talbot A, 2023, High Court reasons on immigration ruling pave way for further legislation,
    Media | 2023
    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,

Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award,ÌýFast Track Asylum Procedures: Balancing Fairness and Efficiency (2022 – 2025)

NSW Government Access to Justice Innovation Fund,ÌýTech4Justice Complaints PlatformÌý(2023 – 2024) (in collaboration with the National Justice Project and Portable)

UNDP,ÌýÌýMacquarie Law School Business and Human Rights Access to Justice LabÌý(2022 - 2023) (in collaboration with Surya Deva and Ebony Birchall)

Macquarie Research Accelerator Scheme, Were We All in This Together? Sub-national border closures during Covid-19 and the shifting scales of governance and resilience (2022 – 2023, with CIs Burridge, Howitt, Lloyd)

Macquarie Research Accelerator Scheme,ÌýCounteracting Cognitive and Social Biases Experienced by First Nations People in the Legal SystemÌý(2021 – 2022, with CIs Beheshti, Ross and Levy)

Macquarie Centre for Agency and Values, Refugee Policy Messaging Project (2021 – 2022, with CIs Ross, Beheshti and Wodak)

DVCR Strategic Research Start-up Funding,ÌýMeasuring the Impact of Advocacy Work Carried out by the Not-For-Profit Legal Sector (2019 – 2022)

Queen Mary’s HSS Collaboration Fund,ÌýSearch and Rescue Observatory for the Mediterranean (SAROBMED) (2018)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Macquarie Research Development Grant,ÌýComparative Perspectives on the Search and Rescue of Migrants at Sea (2016 – 2018, with CIs Klein and Opeskin)

2022 - Financial Times Legal Innovation Award (Wallumatta Legal)

2021 - Macquarie Vice-Chancellor Research Excellence AwardÌý Ìý

2018 - Macquarie Faculty of Arts Research Excellence AwardÌý

2018 - Macquarie Faculty of Arts Learning and Teaching Award

My Research Supervision

Keyvan Dorostkar, ‘Fast-Track: At what expense? Understanding how the fast-track system has operated 8 years on’ (Phd)

Anna Talbot,Ìý‘How has regional and domestic litigation advanced responses to the issue of human displacement in the context of climate change (DICCC), and where do gaps in litigation relating to DICCC remain?’ (PhD)