These Principles were developed under the auspices of the Program on Forced Migration, Mailman
School of Public Health, Columbia University; the Migration and Human Rights Program, Cornell
Law School; and the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School.
This document was drafted by the following group of experts:
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, University Professor and Director, Zolberg Institute on Migration and
Mobility, The New School
Chaloka Beyani, PhD, Associate Professor, London School of Economics
Iain Byrne, Head of Refugee and Migrant Rights and Deputy Programme Director (ag.), Global
Issues Programme, Special Advisor, Strategic Litigation, Amnesty International - International
Secretariat
Francois Crépeau, Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Professor of Public International Law, Director,
McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, McGill University
Joanne Csete, PhD, Associate Professor, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health,
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, Professor, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, University of
NSW
Walter Kälin, Professor Emeritus, University of Bern
Ian M. Kysel, Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
Jane McAdam, Scientia Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law,
University of NSW
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, PhD, Senior Managing Legal Officer, Open Society Justice Initiative
Anna Shea, Legal Adviser and Researcher, Amnesty International - International Secretariat
Leah Zamore, Director, Humanitarian Crises Program, New York University
Monette Zard, Allan Rosenfield Associate Professor of Forced Migration and Health, Director of
the Forced Migration and Health Program, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family
Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
The co-conveners would also like to acknowledge the significant contributions of Catherine
McGahan (Associate Director, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School) and
Sarah Guyer (Teaching Assistant, Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of
Public Health, Columbia University) to this effort.
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