Human Rights in Ireland regular contributor Dr. Eilionóir Flynn’s book entitled “From Rhetoric to Action: Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” was launched yesterday at the United Nations. The book (published by Cambridge University Press) is a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies. It(…)
Last week the Centre for Disability Law & Policy at NUI Galway and the Harvard Law School Project on Disability ran a Summer School entitled “The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – From Paper Rules to Action”. This blog post provides a brief outline of some of the themes that emerged. (…)
We are delighted to welcome this guest contribution from Charles O’Mahony of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway. This is cross posted from the Disability Law News blog. You can find out more about Charles on the guest contributors page. Safeguarding Persons with Disability from Abuse and Exploitation There is a(…)
A consortium of three leading national and international academic centers will host an inaugural colloquium for PhD candidates and post-doctoral/post-graduate researchers on disability law and policy. The three centers are: - The Centre for Disability Law and Policy (National University of Ireland, Galway) - The Burton Blatt Institute (http://bbi.syr.edu, Syracuse University) - The Richard Crossman(…)
