Refugee law pioneer Jane McAdam wins ?100,000 Gerda Henkel Prize

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2026-07-02

Dusseldorf (dpa) - Australian legal scholar and international refugee law expert Jane McAdam has been awarded the prestigious Gerda Henkel Prize 2026, worth ?100,000 ($114,096), in recognition of her pioneering work on climate-driven forced migration, the Gerda Henkel Foundation said on Thursday. The jury, led by historian Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, said McAdam was among the first to draw attention to the challenge that climate change-induced fo......

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