The provisions of the 1951 Convention provide a limited set of factors that define who qualifies for refugee status. As a consequence, many vulnerable individuals and groups who are forced to abandon their home countries, but whose displacement is caused by agents or phenomena not contemplated by the Convention, struggle to find effective protection. Displacement caused by the indiscriminate effects of generalized violence, climate change and natural disasters, and economic hardship is generally thought to fall beyond the scope of the Convention, creating normative challenges to the international protection framework. This discussion will consider how various forms of displacement can and should be addressed through national, regional, and international frameworks. Panelists: Alice Thomas, Bacon Center for the Study of Climate Displacement at Refugees International; Alexander Betts, Director, Global Migration Governance Project at University of Oxford; Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Associate Professor of Law, Beasley School of Law at Temple University Facilitator: David Baluarte, Practitioner-in-Residence, International Human Rights Law Clinic