Global Compact On Refugees Research Hub
Welcome to the Zolberg Institute hub for resources, documents, global initiatives and recommended reads surrounding the Global Compact on Refugees. Email us your recommendations at migration@newschool.edu

In 2017, the Zolberg Institute convened a meeting of experts on refugee law and policy to deliberate on, and to make concrete recommendations for, the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR). The Experts Group proposed language for the Compact’s Preamble, Conclusion and Programme of Action–with particular attention to rights, support for hosting states, solutions and responsibility-sharing, refugee self-reliance, accountability, and refugee participation.
In 2019, the Zolberg Institute and the Center for International Cooperation at New York University convened a second Experts Group to provide recommendations on the implementation of the GCR, which was presented at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019.
The Experts Group was convened with support from the Open Society Policy Center.
GCR 2.0
Working Papers
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Accountability and the Global Refugee System
Fen Hampson and Andrew S. Thompson; World Refugee Council
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Conflict, Disaster, and Regional Refugee Definitions
Sanjula Weerasinghe; Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney; Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
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From Theory of Change to SMART Pledges: Lessons for Pledges at the Global Refugee Forum and Beyond
Amanda Klassen and James Milner; Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN), Carleton University, Canada
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The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework: Progress in Four East African Countries
Sorcha O’Callaghan, Nicholas Crawford, Kerrie Holloway, Christy Lowe, Alemu Asfaw Nigusie, Freddie Carver, and Farah Manji; Overseas Development Institute
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The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework: Responsibility-Sharing and Self-Reliance in East Africa
Nicholas Crawford and Sorcha O’Callaghan; Overseas Development Institute

GCR 1.0
Working Papers
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Explanatory Note on the Final Conclusions of the Experts Initiative on the Global Compact on Refugees
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility, The New School, convener
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A Global Action Platform for Forced Migration: A Proposal for the Global Compact on Refugees
T. Alexander Aleinikoff
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BUILDING A LIFELINE A proposed global platform and responsibility sharing model for the Global Compact on Refugees
Sarnata Reynolds and Juan Pablo Vacatello
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Access to information, education and culture during humanitarian crisis
Patrick Weil; CNRS, Université Paris et Yale University; Chairman of Libraries Without Borders
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Advancing Refugee Mobility: A Proposal for the Global Compact on Refugees
T. Alexander Aleinikoff
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Advancing refugee self-reliance: A Proposal for the Global Compact on Refugees
Amy Slaughter; RefugePoint
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Compromises and Commitments: The normative impact of the Global Compact on Refugees
Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
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Designing an Accountability Mechanism for a Reimagined Refugee Regime
Audrey Macklin and Michael Doyle
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Development Finance: A Series of Proposals
Leah Zamore
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Making the Global Compact on Refugees Work for all Women and Girls
Women’s Refugee Commission
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Promoting Equity in Resettlement: A Proposal for the Global Compact on Refugees
Amy Slaughter; RefugePoint
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Responsibility Sharing and the Global Compact on Refugees
Michael Doyle and Audrey Macklin
UNHCR Resources
Other Resources
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GCR on the Forced Migration Forum
Please note, the Forced Migration Forum is no longer updated.
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A Trans-Border Manifesto: Five Pillars of Three-Year Change
Global Refugee-Led Network