Gerard Quinn

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'''Gerard Quinn''' is a professor of law at the University of Leeds and at the Wallenberg Institute in the University of Lund, Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.essl.leeds.ac.uk/law/news/article/248/professor-gerard-quinn-takes-up-a-chair-at-the-school-of-law |title=Professor Gerard Quinn takes up a Chair at the School of Law, University of Leeds. |access-date=30 September 2019 |archive-date=14 August 2023 |archive-url=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 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/council-of-state-nominees-unveiled-1.691190| work=Irish Times| title=Council of State nominees unveiled | date=6 January 2012}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gerard Quinn - NUI Galway|url=https://www.nuigalway.ie/centre-disability-law-policy/staff/staff-listing/gerardquinn/|access-date=2021-08-10|website=www.nuigalway.ie}}</ref> He is an authority on comparative disability law and policy.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/staff/gerard_quinn.html| work=NUI Galway| title=Prof. Gerard Quinn| access-date=17 January 2016| archive-date=16 January 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116144803/http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/staff/gerard_quinn.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gerard Quinn - Research Outputs - Lund University|url=https://portal.research.lu.se/portal/en/persons/gerard-quinn(675fdf56-904c-4bf2-840c-ba0888af56d6)/publications.html|access-date=2021-08-10|website=portal.research.lu.se|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Disability law and policy : an analysis of the UN convention|date=2017|others=Charles O'Mahony, G. Quinn|isbn=978-1-905536-90-0|location=Dublin|oclc=962125162}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Quinn|first1=Gerard|last2=Búrca|first2=Grainne de|last3=Waddington|first3=Lisa|last4=Bell|first4=Mark|last5=Lawson|first5=Anna|last6=Stein|first6=Michael|last7=Mattsson|first7=Titti|last8=Clements|first8=Luke|date=2018|title=Legal Memo. The Impermissibility of using the ESIF to invest monies in long term care residential institutions for persons with disabilities.|url=https://portal.research.lu.se/portal/en/publications/legal-memo-the-impermissibility-of-using-the-esif-to-invest-monies-in-long-term-care-residential-institutions-for-persons-with-disabilities(54bedf59-428c-4801-938b-ab0f852a3ca4).html|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Genetic discrimination : transatlantic perspectives on the case for a European-level legal response|date=2015|others=G. Quinn, Aisling De Paor, Peter David Blanck|isbn=978-1-135-04461-9|location=Abingdon, Oxon|oclc=896794737}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : European and Scandinavian perspectives|date=2009|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|others=Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, G. Quinn|isbn=978-90-04-18080-2|location=Leiden|oclc=567512997}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=European yearbook of disability law. Volumes 1-5|date=2010|publisher=Intersentia|others=Lisa Waddington, Gerard Quinn|isbn=978-94-000-0128-2|location=Antwerp|oclc=706776129}}</ref><ref>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.</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=OHCHR {{!}} Gerard Quinn|url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disability/SRDisabilities/Pages/GerardQuinn.aspx|access-date=2021-08-10|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref> He succeeded the founding rapporteur Catalina Devandas Aguilar of Costa Rica.<ref name=explist>{{Cite web |date=1 May 2024 |title=Current and former mandate holders (existing mandates) Valid as of 1 May 2024 |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures-human-rights-council/current-and-former-mandate-holders-existing-mandates |access-date=20 June 2024 |website=OHCHR}}</ref> Following Quinn's appointment, his ideas on the importance of disability law and policy have been disseminated by Open Society Foundations,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Q&A: Why Gerard Quinn Wants to "Flip the Notion of Disability"|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/q-and-a-a-different-approach-to-disability|access-date=2021-08-10|website=www.opensocietyfoundations.org|language=en}}</ref> the European Network on Independent Living.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-07|title=ENIL Welcomes Prof. Gerard Quinn's Appointment as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities|url=https://enil.eu/news/enil-welcomes-prof-gerard-quinns-appointment-as-the-un-special-rapporteur-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/|access-date=2021-08-10|website=ENIL – European Network on Independent Living}}</ref> He was succeeded as rapporteur by the Egyptian parliamentarian Heba Hagrass.<ref name=explist/>

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==External links== *[https://www.president.ie Website of the President of Ireland]

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