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Public Lectures

Upcoming Public Lectures

Future speakers will include (no date yet available):

• Public Lecture: Christy Lynch, KARE – when report is published on congregated settings.
• Public Lecture: Oliver Lewis MDAC – at or around publication of Legal Capacity Hill
• Public Lecture: Anna Lawson Leeds – on a topic of her choice.

Public Lectures Given

24/03/2011 - Public Lecture by Professor Hilary Brown

Professor Hilary Brown (Professor of Social Care, Canterbury Christ Church University)

“Violence and Abuse Against People with Disabilities”

16/02/2011 - Public Lecture by Dr. Helen Carr and Prof. Caroline Hunter

Dr. Helen Carr (Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, Law School) and Professor Caroline Hunter (Barrister, University of York, Law School

“Paternalism? Risk? Contract? Rights? Are judicial approaches to adult social care in the UK at a dead-end?”

21/01/2011 - Public Lecture by Dr. Christine Linehan

Dr. Christine Linehan (Senior Research Officer, National Disability Authority)

“Developing an Indicator Set to Monitor the National Disability Strategy”

11/09/2009 - Public Lecture by Professor Oddny Arnardottir

Professor Oddny Arnardottir, Reykjavik University, Iceland, co author of 'The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – European and Scandinavian Perspectives' gave a public lecture at NUI Galway on 11/09/2009, entitled: 'What does Equality Mean for Persons with Disabilities? Lessons from the new UN Treaty on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities'. A video podcast of the event is now online.

14/04/2008 - Public Lecture by Professor Jerome Bickenbach

It was with great pleasure that the Centre for Disability Law and Policy hosted a public lecture on April 14th 2008 entitled ’The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - New Dawn or False Hopes?’. Guest Lecturer, Professor Jerome Bickenbach, kindly gave the lecture and discussed the concept of equality that underpins the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Pictured right is Professor Jerome Bickenbach and Professor Gerard Quinn (Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI Galway).

The Centre for Disability Law and Policy would like to sincerely thank all of those who attended the lecture. The materials from the event are available as follows:

• Video from the lecture, please download here: http://videostream.nuigalway.ie/disability_law
• PowerPoint presentation given by Professor Bickenbach
• Full text of The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Professor Bickenbach’s biographical details

To facilitate disability access, the lecture materials have also been prepared in audio format (Robobraille documents) and plain text versions as follows:

• Professor Bickenbach PowerPoint Presentation in Robobraille ( MP3 audio file)
• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Robobraille ( MP3 audio file)
• Plain text document of PowerPoint presentation.
• Plain text document of UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities.