By Dr Tamara Jane Wood

Book Chapters

Wood T, 2021, 'Defining ‘Refugees’: The International and Regional Refugee Definitions Compared and Contrasted', in Costello C; Foster M; McAdam J (ed.), Oxford Handbook for International Refugee Law, Oxford University Press, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-international-refugee-law-9780198848639?lang=en&cc=be

Wood T, 2019, 'The 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa’ in Satvinder Juss', in Juss SS (ed.), Research Handbook on International Refugee Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 16 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9780857932815.00008

Wood TJ, 2014, 'The African War Refugee: Using IHL to Interpret the 1969 African Refugee Convention’s Expanded Refugee Definition', in Cantor D; Durieux J-F (ed.), Refuge from Inhumanity? War Refugees and International Humanitarian Law, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 179 - 203, http://www.brill.com/products/book/refuge-inhumanity-war-refugees-and-international-humanitarian-law

Journal articles

Cantor D; Burson B; Aycock B; Tan NF; Anastasiou T; Arnold-Fernandez E; Field C; Hansen-Lohrey C; Kälin W; Kane G; Miron S; Rao M; Sánchez Mojica B; Scissa C; Weerasinghe S; Wood T, 2024, 'International Protection, Disasters and Climate Change', International Journal of Refugee Law, 36, pp. 176 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeae012

, 2024, 'Refugee Law Initiative Declaration on International Protection in the context of Disasters and Climate Change', International Journal of Refugee Law, 36, pp. 169 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeae011

McAdam J; Wood T, 2023, 'Kaldor Centre Principles on Climate Mobility', International Journal of Refugee Law, 35, pp. 483 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeae003

Wood T; Barbour B; Hammerschmid A; Ioffe Y; Jefferies R, 2023, 'CASE LAW SUMMARIES', International Journal of Refugee Law, 35, pp. 233 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eead021

Wood T, 2022, 'The role of free movement agreements in addressing climate mobility', Forced Migration Review, 69, pp. 62 - 64, https://www.fmreview.org/climate-crisis/wood

Evans R; Baker S; Wood T, 2022, 'Expanding durable solutions for refugees: possibilities for developing education pathways in Australia', Australian Journal of Human Rights, 28, pp. 308 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2022.2131506

Gleeson M; Wood T; Barbour B; Jeffries R; Moodley R, 2022, 'Case Law Summaries', International Journal of Refugee Law, 34, pp. 82 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeac026

Wood T; Barbour B; Gleeson M; Jefferies R; Moodley R, 2021, 'Kwatra v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCA 58 (4 February 2021)', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REFUGEE LAW, 33, pp. 497 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeab048

McAdam J; Wood T, 2021, 'The Concept of “International Protection” in the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration', Interventions: international journal of postcolonial studies, 23, pp. 191 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2020.1854105

Gleeson M; Wood T; Barbour B; Jefferies R; Moodley R, 2021, 'Case Law Summaries', International Journal of Refugee Law, 33, pp. 671 - 681

Wood T, 2019, 'Who is a Refugee in Africa? A Principled Framework for Interpreting and Applying Africa’s Expanded Refugee Definition', International Journal of Refugee Law, 31, pp. 290 - 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eez026

Ndonga Githinji E; Wood T, 2019, 'Prospects for the Global Compacts in Africa: Combining International Solidarity with Home-Grown Solutions', International Journal of Refugee Law, 30, pp. 699 - 703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eey072

Wood TJ, 2015, 'Developing temporary protection in Africa', Forced Migration Review, 49, pp. 23 - 23, http://www.fmreview.org/climatechange-disasters/wood.html

Wood TJ, 2014, 'Expanding Protection in Africa? Case Studies of the Implementation of the 1969 African Refugee Convention’s Expanded Refugee Definition', International Journal of Refugee Law, 26, pp. 555 - 580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeu048

McAdam J; Wood T, 2012, 'Australian Asylum Policy All at Sea: An analysis of plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and the Australia-Malaysia arrangement', International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 61, pp. 274 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020589311000662

Conference Presentations

Wood T, 2020, 'Chair, Africa Research Group Panel', presented at Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, Emerging Scholars Network Workshop, 12 November 2020

Wood T, 2020, 'Climate change, displacement and refugee law', presented at Engaging Tales of Social Justice seminar, Global Climate Change Week, University of Tasmania, 19 October 2020

Wood T, 2020, 'Applying Africa’s regional refugee definition to people displaced in the context of disasters and climate change', presented at Climate Litigation in Africa, 26 August 2020 - 27 August 2020

Reports

Kate J; McAdam J; Gilbert G; Wood T; Felipe N, 2025, International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre, https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/law/kaldor/resource/2025-02-climate-protection-toolkit-full-eng.pdf

McAdam J; Jastram K; Gilbert G; Wood T; Navarro F, 2025, Overview: International Protection for People Displaced across Borders in the context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law and Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre, https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/law/kaldor/resource/2025-02-climate-protection-toolkit-overview-eng.pdf?mc_cid=32dabd366b&mc_eid=UNIQID

McAdam J; Wood T, 2023, Kaldor Centre Principles on Climate Mobility, Oxford University Press (OUP), https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/unsw-adobe-websites/kaldor-centre/2023-11-others/2023-11-Principles-on-Climate-Mobility_v-4_DIGITAL_Singles.pdf

Wood T; Elbasyouny A, 2023, Analysing group refugee recognition in African states’ law and practice, Working Paper No. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.48462/opus4-5577, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c58a7ee7980b36f05c944a2/t/66bb09148e634a459a8f58fc/1723533590174/Analysing+group+refugee+recognition+in+African+states%E2%80%99+law+and+practice.pdf

McAdam J; Wood T; Bower E; Weerasinghe S, 2021, Submission to the US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration on the impacts of climate change on migration, protection and resettlement, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/sites/kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/files/Submission_to_the_US_State_Dept_Climate_Migration_28.5.21.pdf

Wood T, 2020, The Role of Complementary Pathways in Refugee Protection, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/sites/kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/files/Complementary_Pathways_in_Refugee_Protection.pdf

McAdam J; Wood T; Weerasinghe S; Bower E, 2020, Submission to the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement in the context of Disasters and Climate Change, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27658, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/sites/kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/files/Submission%20to%20the%20UNSG%20High-Level%20Panel%20on%20IDPs%20FINAL%206.5.20%20(2).pdf

Wood T; Higgins C, 2018, Special humanitarian intakes: enhancing protection through targeted refugee resettlement, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW, Sydney, https://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/publication/policy-brief-7-special-humanitarian-intakes-enhancing-protection-through-targeted

Media

Mbiyozo A-N; Wood T, 2025, Turning Africa’s legal advantages into benefits for climate refugees, https://issafrica.org/iss-today/turning-africa-s-legal-advantages-into-benefits-for-climate-refugees

Wood T; Elbasyouny A, 2024, Analysing group refugee recognition in African states’ law and practice, https://rli.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/16/analysing-group-refugee-recognition-in-african-states-law-and-practice/

McAdam J; Wood T, 2023, A Different Kind of Climate Movement: The Kaldor Centre Principles on Climate Mobility, https://johnmenadue.com/a-different-kind-of-climate-movement-the-kaldor-centre-principles-on-climate-mobility-pic/

McAdam J; Wood T, 2023, A Different Kind of Climate Movement: The Kaldor Centre Principles on Climate Mobility, https://johnmenadue.com/a-different-kind-of-climate-movement-the-kaldor-centre-principles-on-climate-mobility-pic/

Wood T; Hansen-Lohrey C, 2022, New immigration detention bill could give Australia a fresh chance to comply with international law, https://theconversation.com/new-immigration-detention-bill-could-give-australia-a-fresh-chance-to-comply-with-international-law-188519?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1660251655-1

Wood T, 2020, New pact paves way for innovative solutions to disaster and climate change displacement in Africa

Wood T, 2019, Protecting people displaced by disasters and climate change: novel legal approaches in Africa

Wood T; Higgins C, 2018, Targeted resettlement is one way to implement Global Refugees Compact, https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/18/targeted-resettlement-is-one-way-to-implement-global-refugees-compact

Other

McAdam J; Wood T, 2023, Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning its Analytical Study on the Impact of Loss and Damage from the Adverse Effects of Climate Change on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rights

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