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Toolkit on best practice for health and social care professionals to respect the rights of persons with disabilities in public health emergencies
(Centre For Disability Law And Policy, University of Galway, 2023)Introduction & purpose of toolkit. The Covid-19 pandemic put health and social care services under unprecedented strain. Before the development of effective vaccines, hospitals and intensive care units were pushed to the ... -
Toolkit on best practice for states to respect the rights of persons with disabilities in public health emergencies
(Centre For Disability Law And Policy, University of Galway, 2023)Introduction & purpose of toolkit. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed the speed at which the rights of persons with disabilities can be either deprioritised or forgotten altogether in times of public health emergencies. The ... -
Towards a common standard of protection of the right to housing in Europe through the charter of fundamental rights
(Wiley, 2019-12-17)The trend towards the financialisation of housing since the 1980s and the global financial crisis exposed a dramatic lacuna in the legal protection of the right to housing. Yet, the right to housing features not only in ... -
Translating popular sovereignty as unfettered constitutional amendability
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-12-03)Popular sovereignty translated as unfettered constitutional-amendment power - Weakness of constituent power as justification for unfettered amendability - Alternative concept of sovereignty as unaccountability of constituted ... -
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities and access to Covid-specific healthcare by persons with disabilities: a comparative analysis
(University of Galway, 2023)The Covid-19 pandemic was a global public health emergency which impacted on almost every aspect of life and society. Yet the impact on persons with disabilities was particular and unique – combining as it did ... -
Vicarious liability and employment discrimination
(Oxford University Press, 1997)The issue of employer liability for discriminatory acts committed by employees is complex and contentious. In tort, the established principle is that 'every act which is done by a servant in the course of his duty is ... -
Virtual rights? property in online game objects and characters
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-07-18)The new industry of Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) brings together two sets of fictions: the interactive stories of shared computer games and the legal devices of intellectual property. In these ... -
Was it Author's Rights all the time?: Copyright as a Constitutional Right in Ireland
(Dublin University Law Journal, 2011)If property rights are “the Cinderella of the fundamental rights provisions of the Irish Constitution,” copyright may be its glass slipper, seeking its proper owner. The underlying rationale for copyright in Irish law is ... -
When is a Plan Not a Plan? The Supreme Court Decision in “Climate Case Ireland”
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Women with disabilities: Forever on the edge of #MeToo?
(Full Court Press and Fastcase, Inc.,, 2020)[No abstract available] -
Working paper on abortion and disability
(University of Galway, 2021)This paper has been prepared for the final Discussion Forum of the Re(al) Productive Justice Project. The Discussion Forum focuses on abortion and disability. This paper outlines the international and domestic legislative, ... -
Working paper on best practice to maintain states obligations under the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities during public health crises
(Centre for Disability Law And Policy, University of Galway, 2022)This working paper sets out the applicable standards for States to maintain their obligations towards persons with disabilities under international law in situations of emergency such as the Covid-19 pandemic. About 15% ... -
Working paper on disability, fertility and contraception
(University of Galway, 2020)This paper outlines the international and domestic law and policy context of fertility and contraception issues for persons with disabilities in Ireland. Throughout the world, the fertility of persons with disabilities ... -
Working paper on parenting
(University of Galway, 2020-10-01)This working paper will inform the Discussion Forum on Parenting on 1 October 2020. It will provide an overview of the Irish legal and policy landscape in which persons with disabilities experience parenting as well as the ... -
Working paper on pregnancy and childbirth
(University of Galway, 2019-09-20)This working paper is to inform the first discussion forum of the Re(al) Productive Justice Project on the topic of Pregnancy and Childbirth. It provides an overview of the Irish legal and policy landscape in which persons ...