Dr Sangeetha Pillai is a constitutional lawyer, an expert on Australian citizenship, migration and refugee law, and an affiliate of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law. She is particularly interested in the limits of government power over citizenship, community membership and detention, and has published widely in these areas.

Posts by Sangeetha

• The exclusion of aliens under federal law: Analysing the impact of NZYQ, Alexander and Benbrika

• Judicial agreements and disagreements in Alexander v Minister for Home Affairs

• AJL20 v Commonwealth: Non-refoulement, indefinite detention and the ‘totally screwed’

• Proportionality, rights and Australia’s COVID-19 response: Insights from the India travel ban

• The Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Act 2021: A case study in the importance of proper legislative process

• Plaintiff M96A and the elusive limits of immigration detention

• The Allegiance to Australia Bill and the Constitution: Legislative Power and Membership of the Constitutional Community