Contact Details:

Disability Discrimination Summer School
Disability Law & Policy Research Unit
Faculty of Law
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway, Ireland.
Tel: + 353 (0)91 492085 (direct line)
Fax: + 353 (0)91 495569
SMS/Text messaging: +353 (0)87 6660634
Email: disability@eusummerschool.info
Website: http://www.eusummerschool.info

Gerard Quinn, Director

Gerard Quinn is a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission and is a member of the European Committee of Social Rights (Council of Europe treaty monitoring body).  He was director of the European Commission Network of Independent Legal Experts on Disability Discrimination (Brussels) and has directed the delegation of Rehabilitation International to the UN Ad Hoc Committee drafting the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.  He co-directs the new European Commission Network of Independent Experts on Discrimination.

He is co-author of a major Study published by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the 'Current Use and Future Potential of the UN Human Rights Instruments in the Context of Disability' (2002).  He is a member of several the advisory boards including Mental Disability Advisory Centre (Budapest).  He is a professor of law at National University of Ireland (Galway) and senior research affiliate of the Law, Health Policy & Disability Centre at the Iowa College of Law. He is the director of the Disability Discrimination Summer School at NUI Galway.

Rachel Stevens, Project Manager

Rachel is the Project Manager of the Disability Discrimination Summer School 2005. She is simultaneously involved in a number of other projects which aim to combat discrimination and advance the human rights of persons with disabilities.
Rachel has worked in the private sector, but in recent years she has dedicated her time to the voluntary sector working with disadvantaged and marginalised groups.

Rachel is a business graduate. She is currently completing a Master of Laws (LL.M) in International Law and Human Rights at the Irish Centre of Human Rights.

Michael Coyne, Webmaster

Michael Coyne is a graduate of NUI, Galway where he was awarded Bachelor of Corporate Law and LL.B. degrees. He graduated with an LL.M (by Research) in 2005 after submitted his thesis on music piracy and digital rights. He has worked in NUI, Galway since March 2002, where he is a Teaching Assistant and administers the Law School website.