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Law Conference

As part of Inclusion Ireland's 50th Anniversary Celebrations, Inclusion Ireland held a conference on 'Law and People with an Intellectual Disability' on 19th October 2011.

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This event was kindly supported by the Law Society Of Ireland and was held in the Law Society's buildings in Blackhall Place.

Presentations from the conference are available to download via the below attachments. Inclusion Ireland is very grateful to all presenters for giving their time to this event, which was a great success.

Professor Gerard Quinn, Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with particular reference to Article 12

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Patricia T. Rickard-Clarke, Law Reform Commission

Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Sexual Offences:  Capacity to Consent 

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Máirín McCartney, Solicitor & Inclusion Ireland Board Member

Reform of Capacity Legislation: Inclusion Ireland’s view on the way forward

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Teresa Blake, Barrister

Childcare proceedings and parents with an intellectual disability

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Beverly Smith, Self-Advocate, Cork Advocacy Committee

Wills and people with an intellectual disability: a Self-Advocate’s perspective

Beverly presented a DVD on making a will from a Self-Advocates perspective. If you would like a copy of this DVD, please email

advocacy@bocss.org. DVDs cost €5.



To return to the main 50th Anniversary webpage CLICK HERE

To view Inclusion Ireland's 'Capacity' webpage CLICK HERE

 

 
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