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03/04/2012  Centre for disability law and policy and amnesty international host conference                                                            looking Globally, legislating locally. 

On April 3rd, the Centre for Disability Law and Policy and Amnesty jointly hosted a seminar exploring how Ireland can learn from other jurisdictions on legislating for legal capacity in the Radisson Blu, Golden Lane, Dublin. This seminar examined practical and technical legislative solutions to ensure that Ireland can comply with its obligations under international human rights law, most specifically Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The Event was chaired by Colm O'Gorman from Amnesty. Speakers included:

Lana Kerzner - Canadian lawyer
Prof. Genevra Richardson - Professor of Law Kings College London
Fionn Fitzpatrick - Expert by experience
Anna Nilsson - European expert on legal capacity
Mary Kealy - CEO Brothers of Charity Clare
Nuala Coughlan  - Expert by experience
Kathleen Lynch TD, - Minister for Disability, Equality, Mental Health and Older People

Towards the close of the Conference, Prof. Gerard Quinn from the Centre for Disability Law and Policy launched the Essential Principles: Irish Legal Capacity Law, devised by 15 groups from Ireland, that must underpin the new capacity legislation. These principles are available here.


The video recording of the event is available below. To access presentations from the Event, please click here.


 

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