Professor Goodwin-Gill has been President of Refugee and Migrant Justice since 1997.

Professor Goodwin-Gill, MA, DPhil (Oxon), is a Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and Professor of International Refugee Law in the University of Oxford. He was formerly Professor of Asylum Law at the University of Amsterdam, and served as a Legal Adviser in the Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in various countries from 1976-1988.

Professor Goodwin-Gill has written extensively on refugees, migration, elections, and child soldiers. He is the Founding Editor of the International Journal of Refugee Law (Oxford University Press) and was Editor-in-Chief from 1989-2001. His numerous other publications include The Limits of Transnational Law , with Hélène Lambert, 2010; The Refugee in International Law, (with Dr Jane McAdam), 2007; and Free and Fair Elections in 2006.

Professor Goodwin-Gill has been a member of the Council of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) since 2007, and a Patron of Asylum Aid since 2008.