Gerard Quinn Explained

Gerard Quinn is a professor of law at the University of Leeds and at the Wallenberg Institute in the University of Lund, Sweden.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] He is an authority on comparative disability law and policy.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

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.^[12] He succeeded the founding rapporteur Catalina Devandas Aguilar of Costa Rica.^[13] Following Quinn's appointment, his ideas on the importance of disability law and policy have been disseminated by Open Society Foundations,^[14] the European Network on Independent Living.^[15] He was succeeded as rapporteur by the Egyptian parliamentarian Heba Hagrass.^[13]

External links

• Website of the President of Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Gerard Quinn takes up a Chair at the School of Law, University of Leeds. . 30 September 2019 . 14 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230814220359/https://www.essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/news/article/248/professor-gerard-quinn-takes-up-a-chair-at-the-school-of-law . dead .
2. News: Council of State nominees unveiled . Irish Times. 6 January 2012.
3. Web site: Gerard Quinn - NUI Galway. 2021-08-10. www.nuigalway.ie.
4. News: Prof. Gerard Quinn. NUI Galway. 17 January 2016. 16 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160116144803/http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/staff/gerard_quinn.html. dead.
5. Web site: Gerard Quinn - Research Outputs - Lund University. 2021-08-10. portal.research.lu.se. en.
6. Book: Disability law and policy : an analysis of the UN convention. 2017. Charles O'Mahony, G. Quinn. 978-1-905536-90-0. Dublin. 962125162.
7. 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.. English.
8. Book: Genetic discrimination : transatlantic perspectives on the case for a European-level legal response. 2015. G. Quinn, Aisling De Paor, Peter David Blanck. 978-1-135-04461-9. Abingdon, Oxon. 896794737.
9. Book: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : European and Scandinavian perspectives. 2009. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, G. Quinn. 978-90-04-18080-2. Leiden. 567512997.
10. Book: European yearbook of disability law. Volumes 1-5. 2010. Intersentia. Lisa Waddington, Gerard Quinn. 978-94-000-0128-2. Antwerp. 706776129.
11. 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.
12. Web site: OHCHR Gerard Quinn. 2021-08-10. www.ohchr.org.
13. Web site: 1 May 2024 . Current and former mandate holders (existing mandates) Valid as of 1 May 2024 . 20 June 2024 . OHCHR.
14. Web site: Q&A: Why Gerard Quinn Wants to "Flip the Notion of Disability". 2021-08-10. www.opensocietyfoundations.org. en.
15. Web site: 2020-10-07. ENIL Welcomes Prof. Gerard Quinn's Appointment as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 2021-08-10. ENIL – European Network on Independent Living.