| Gerard Quinn | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Galway Harvard Law School |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law |
| Institutions | University of Galway |
Gerard Quinn is a professor of law at the University of Leeds and at the Wallenberg Institute in the University of Lund, Sweden. He was formerly professor of law at NUI Galway, Ireland, and Director of the university's Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the School of Law. He was appointed to the Council of State by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins in 2012.
Life
Quinn was a graduate of University College, Galway and he was called to the Irish Bar in 1983. He was awarded a masters (LLM) and doctorate in law (SJD) from Harvard Law School. He is an authority on comparative disability law and policy.
In October, 2020, Quinn was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council as the second UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He succeeded the founding rapporteur Catalina Devandas Aguilar of Costa Rica. Following Quinn's appointment, his ideas on the importance of disability law and policy have been disseminated by Open Society Foundations, the European Network on Independent Living. He was succeeded as rapporteur by the Egyptian parliamentarian Heba Hagrass.
References
- "Professor Gerard Quinn takes up a Chair at the School of Law, University of Leeds". Archived from the original on 14 August 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Council of State nominees unveiled". Irish Times. 6 January 2012.
- "Gerard Quinn - NUI Galway". www.nuigalway.ie. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- "Prof. Gerard Quinn". NUI Galway. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- "Gerard Quinn - Research Outputs - Lund University". portal.research.lu.se. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- Disability law and policy : an analysis of the UN convention. Charles O'Mahony, G. Quinn. Dublin. 2017. ISBN 978-1-905536-90-0. OCLC 962125162.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - Quinn, Gerard; Búrca, Grainne de; Waddington, Lisa; Bell, Mark; Lawson, Anna; Stein, Michael; Mattsson, Titti; Clements, Luke (2018). "Legal Memo. The Impermissibility of using the ESIF to invest monies in long term care residential institutions for persons with disabilities".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Genetic discrimination : transatlantic perspectives on the case for a European-level legal response. G. Quinn, Aisling De Paor, Peter David Blanck. Abingdon, Oxon. 2015. ISBN 978-1-135-04461-9. OCLC 896794737.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : European and Scandinavian perspectives. Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, G. Quinn. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 2009. ISBN 978-90-04-18080-2. OCLC 567512997.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - European yearbook of disability law. Volumes 1-5. Lisa Waddington, Gerard Quinn. Antwerp: Intersentia. 2010. ISBN 978-94-000-0128-2. OCLC 706776129.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - Laufey Löve & Rannveig Traustadóttir & Gerard Quinn & James Rice, 2017. "The Inclusion of the Lived Experience of Disability in Policymaking," Laws, MDPI, Open Access Journal, vol. 6(4), pages 1-16, December.
- "OHCHR | Gerard Quinn". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Current and former mandate holders (existing mandates) Valid as of 1 May 2024". OHCHR. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- "Q&A: Why Gerard Quinn Wants to "Flip the Notion of Disability"". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- "ENIL Welcomes Prof. Gerard Quinn's Appointment as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities". ENIL – European Network on Independent Living. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.