Dr Tristan Harley
Senior Research Associate

Dr Tristan Harley

Law & Justice
A&R Kaldor Ctr Int Refugee Law

Dr Tristan Harley is dual-trained as a lawyer and historian, and is a Senior Research Associate at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law in the Faculty of Law & Justice. Tristan is recognised as an international expert in the fields of international refugee and human rights law. He has published widely in the field, including as co-author of Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility (Edward Elgar Press, 2016). He has also worked as a consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Refugee Council, the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, the Asia Pacific Network of Refugees, the Asia Pacific Network for Refugees, and Act for Peace.

Tristan's current research focuses on the international law and policy framework governing the meaningful participation of refugees in decision-making processes that affect them. He is the current recipient of a research grant on 'International Law and the Meaningful Participation of Refugees in Decision-Making' from Gerdha Henkel Stiftung. He also co-leads a research team looking at advancing refugee inclusion in the Asia Pacific region, in collaboration with several scholars with lived experience of forced displacement. Alongside this research, Tristan coordinates the Kaldor Centre's Displaced Scholars Peer Mentoring Program and the Kaldor Centre's Emerging Scholars Network.

Tristan holds a PhD from UNSW, a Juris Doctor (with First Class Honours) from UNSW, a Bachelor of Arts Advanced (with First Class Honours in History) from the University of Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Australian National University. He is also admitted as a lawyer of the High Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Location
Room 149, Centres Precinct Faculty of Law & Justice
  • Books | 2016
    Mathew P; Harley T, 2016, Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility, Edward Elgar Publishing, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782547297
  • Book Chapters | 2016
    Mathew P; Harley T, 2016, 'Lessons learned', in Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 234 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782547297.00017
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Mathew P; Harley T, 2016, 'Regionalism and refugee protection', in Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 23 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782547297.00008
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Mathew P; Harley T, 2016, 'The Common European Asylum System', in Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 189 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782547297.00015
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Mathew P; Harley T, 2016, 'The Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees', in Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 143 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782547297.00012
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Mathew P; Harley T, 2016, 'The International Conference on Central American Refugees', in Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 175 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782547297.00014
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Mathew P; Harley T, 2016, 'The International Conferences on Assistance to Refugees in Africa', in Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 162 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782547297.00013
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Mathew P; Harley T, 2016, 'The Mexico Declaration and Plan of Action and Cartagena+', in Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 217 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782547297.00016
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Harley T; Lee S; Wazefadost N, 2022, 'Not Just a Seat at the Table: Refugee Participation at the Global Refugee Forum and the Importance of Listening', Forced Migration Review, 70, pp. 25 - 28, https://www.fmreview.org/issue70/harley-lee-wazefadost
    Journal articles | 2021
    Harley T, 2021, 'Refugee Participation Revisited: The Contributions of Refugees to Early International Refugee Law and Policy', Refugee Survey Quarterly, 40, pp. 58 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdaa040
    Journal articles | 2020
    Harley T; Hobbs H, 2020, 'The meaningful participation of refugees in decision-making processes: Questions of law and policy', International Journal of Refugee Law, 32, pp. 200 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeaa010
    Journal articles | 2019
    Harley T, 2019, 'Global Compact on Refugees:Opportunities for Australian reform and leadership?', The Australian quarterly, 90, pp. 36 - 43, https://aips.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AQ-90-4-Free-Article-Global-Compact-on-Refugees-.pdf
    Journal articles | 2014
    Harley T, 2014, 'Regional cooperation and refugee protection in Latin America: A 'South-South' approach', International Journal of Refugee Law, 26, pp. 22 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeu004
  • Reports | 2023
    Bayani MB; Wall P; Harley T; Wazefadost N, 2023, In Endless Transit: Contributions and Challenges for Refugee-led Initiatives in Indonesia, Act for Peace, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/en5n-g471
    Other | 2023
    Harley T; Wazefadost N, 2023, Guidelines for Co-Produced Research with Refugees and Other People with Lived Experience of Displacement, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Asia Pacific Network of Refugees and Act for Peace, , http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/ghnc-sy80
    Reports | 2023
    Harley T, 2023, Defining refugee-led organisations: An analysis of UNHCR’s 2023 definition, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/1bpb-e684, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publication/defining-refugee-led-organisations-analysis-unhcrs-2023-definition
    Reports | 2023
    Olney J; Haque S; Barbour B; Harley T; Wazefadost N, 2023, Insecurity, Risk and Resilience: The Contributions and Challenges of Refugee-led Initiatives in Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh, Act for Peace, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/tbsc-7x61
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    Harley T, 2022, 'Meaningful refugee participation: Critical reflections and awkward conversations in the global refugee regime', presented at International Studies Convention, Nashville, 28 March 2022
    Reports | 2022
    Harley T, 2022, 'Use of the term ‘Persons-of-Concern Led Organisations', Submission to UNHCR Annual NGO Consultations
    Preprints |
    Harley T; Hobbs H, The Meaningful Participation of Refugees in Decision-Making Processes: Questions of Law and Policy, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3770319

  • Gerdha Henkel Stiftung, 'International Law and the Meaningful Participation of Refugees in Decision-Making' (2023-2024)
  • Act for Peace, 'The Leadership and Meaningful Participation of Refugees and other Affected People as part of a Whole-of-Society Approach' (2021-2024)

My Teaching

 

  • Forced Migration and Human Rights in International Law (LAWS3187/JURD7387)