Protecting non-citizens: An Australian legal and political history, 1945-89

这个项目旨在调查澳大利亚对有关保护非公民的国际法的贡献，以及这种法律对政府政策和行政做法的影响。近一个世纪以来，数百万在法律上或事实上无国籍的人的保护需求似乎是一个棘手的全球挑战。本项目旨在分析澳大利亚对这一挑战的反应。本项目计划使用法律和历史方法，调查澳大利亚对国际上关于国家为非公民提供替代保护的权利和/或义务的讨论的贡献。它还计划分析新兴的国际法律规范对澳大利亚寻求庇护者政策和实践的影响，以及政府内部影响政策决策的利益冲突。

This project seeks to investigate Australia’s contribution to international law relating to the protection of non-citizens, and the impact such law has on government policy and administrative practice. The protection needs of millions of people who are de jure or de facto stateless have presented a seemingly intractable global challenge for close to a century. This project aims to analyse Australia’s response to that challenge. Using legal and historical methodology, this project plans to investigate Australia's contribution to international discussions about the right and/or duty of states to provide surrogate protection to non-citizens. It also plans to analyse the impact of emerging international legal norms on Australian asylum seeker policy and practice, and the conflicting interests within government that informed policy decisions.