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Gerard Quinn directs the Centre for Disability Law and Policy (http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/) at the National University of Ireland Galway and is a member of

https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-disability/mr-gerard-quinn
Mr. Gerard Quinn was appointed the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities by the Human Rights Council at its 45th session, in October 2020. ... He was Director of Research at the Government's Law Reform Commission (1997-1998). ... Beijing) on disability rights. Mr. Quinn has held visiting professorships and research

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Gerard Quinn is the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he founded and directed the Centre for Disability Law & Policy at the National University of Ireland for many years. He sat as a member of the Council of Europe's treaty body on social rights and served as a

https://srdisability.org/news/the-crpd-and-the-struggle-of-persons-with-disabilities-for-personhood/
Remember, the publication that launched the career of EU disability law reform was entitled 'Invisible Citizens.' The 'myth system' of our law was that each human being is a free moral agent - free to make our own way in the world, free to make our own mistakes and free to evolve. The 'operation system' ran directly counter.

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Introduction. The purpose of this paper is to survey the rise and influence of the rights-based approach to disability throughout the world. We take the equal opportunities model with its particular emphasis on non-discrimination as our key departure point. The equal opportunities model has grown in status and authority at the international

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The CRPD as an Engine of Domestic Law Reform. A Presentation by: Prof. Gerard Quinn. Centre for Disability Law & Policy, School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway. Gerard.quinn

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THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S WORK. As Special Rapporteur, Gerard works to promote the participation of persons with disabilities in the co-production of laws and policies at local, regional and international levels. This is the only way to make sure that their experiences are visible, and their rights known and respected. To do this, he consults

https://www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/fileadmin/Redaktion/PDF/Rechte_Aelterer/Presentation_20211115_Quinn.pdf
Presentation by Gerard Quinn, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights ... disability rights. At one level there is no such thing. There are just human rights, as applied to persons with ... First of all, the UN CRPD has sparked a wave of law reform throughout the world. It rests on a completely different policy imagination, based on justice and

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Gerard Quinn is the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he founded and directed the Centre for Disability Law and Po... Gerard Quinn is the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities.

https://srdisability.org/news/social-inclusion-disability-and-human-rights/
Gerard Quinn's presentation before the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability in Australia. (December 12, 2023) Contents: Evolution from the 'medical model' to the 'social model' to the 'human rights' model and the place of Inclusion. The UN CRPD - New Groundings: Personhood, Inclusion and

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Professor Gerard Quinn is a leading authority on international and comparative disability law and policy and is a professor of law at NUI Galway. Professor Quinn led the delegation of Rehabilitation International during the UN disability treaty negotiations and has recently published on the theory of intersectionality (Equal Rights Review. Vol 16).

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Title Human rights and disability : the current use and future potential of the United Nations human rights instruments in the context of disability / Gerard Quinn and Theresia Degener ; with Anna Bruce, Christine Burke, Joshua Castellino, Padraic Kenna, Ursula Kilkelly, Shivaun Quinlivan. Access English: HRDisabilityen - PDF ; Français

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Part I: Disability Anti-Discrimination Law - The State of the World. A Survey of International, Comparative and Regional Disability Law Reform Teresia Degener and Gerard Quinn. Part II: Foundational Issues in the Use of Anti-Discrimination Law. Where Prejudice, Disability and "Disabilism" Meet Silvia Yee

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Theresia Degener, Gerard Quinn. 2000 - Discrimination against people with disabilities - 266 pages. Bibliographic information. Title: A Survey of International, Comparative and Regional Disability Law Reform: Authors: Theresia Degener, Gerard Quinn: Published: 2000: Length: 266 pages : Export Citation:

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Author Degener, Theresia, 1961-. Title A survey of international, comparative and regional disability law reform / by Theresia Degener & Gerard Quinn. Added Author Quinn, G. (Gerard) Imprint [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2000] Description 133 leaves ; 28 cm. Note At head of title: From Principles to

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Ms. Heba Hagrass (Egypt) was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council as the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities from 1 November 2023. A sociologist by training, she is an advocate, an international disability consultant, and a researcher on the rights of persons with disabilities with an extensive experience in Egypt

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Quinn, Gerard and Arstein-Kerslake, Anna (2012) ' Restoring the "Human" in "Human Rights" - Personhood and Doctrinal Innovation in the UN Disability Convention ', in Gearty, C. and Douzinas, C. (eds), The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law. New York: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar

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, 'The Moral Authority for Change: Human Rights Values and the Worldwide Process of Disability Reform', in Quinn, Gerard et al. (eds.), Human Rights and Disability: The Current Use and Future Potential of United Nations Human Rights Instruments in the Context of Disability (Geneva: OHCHR 2002) 9Google Scholar

https://international-review.icrc.org/articles/interview-with-gerard-quinn-special-rapporteur-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-922
Interview with Gerard Quinn. 22 min read. Gerard Quinn is the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he founded and directed the Centre for Disability Law & Policy at the National University of Ireland for many years. He sat as a member of the Council of Europe's

https://www.disabilityrightstn.org/drt-welcomes-new-legal-director-jack-derrybery/
April 3, 2020. Disability Rights Tennessee (DRT) is excited to welcome our new Legal Director Jack W. Derryberry, Jr. starting April 13 th, 2020. Jack brings to our organization a wealth of legal knowledge and experience, as well as a deep commitment to the rights of Tennesseans with disabilities. "Disability Rights Tennessee takes our role

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The complaint form should be sent to: Executive Director. Disability Rights Tennessee. 2 International Plaza, Suite 825. Nashville, TN 37217. OR. Feedback@DisabilityRightsTN.org. The Executive Director will issue a written decision regarding the assurance grievance within15 days of receiving the complaint.

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History. Since Disability Rights Tennessee's (DRT) founding, its mission has always been guided by the values of inclusion, integration, self-determination, productivity, and independence. It was these values that spurred a small group of parents and professionals to form an organization that would become Tennessee's Protection & Advocacy

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