Law Prof @WindsorLaw| Disability, Human Rights #AdministrativeJustice| Founder, Law Disability&Social Change Project- @LawDisabilitySC| UN CRPD Committee member
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17 Jun 2025
20 years of UNCRPD: Addressing multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination and stigma against women and girls with disabilities. Proud to have been part of the organizing team of this #COSP18 event. Stay tuned to UNCRPD for next steps.
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13 Jun 2025
Congratulations to all of our graduates from @WindsorLaw! And a special congrats to graduating students who were in my seminar UN CRPD-Research,Theory & Practice. It was a pleasure to teach and learn from you this year. All the best! #humanrights #Disability #pwd #UNCRPD
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20 May 2025
Truly thrilled for this upcoming webinar on disabled youth advocacy with four amazing panellists, and excited that @ItsCarlyFox is collaborating with us at @LawDisabilitySC ! Friday, May 23 at noon EDT. More info below.
14 May 2025
Join us for “Leadership in Canadian Disabled Youth Advocacy: Pathways & Intersections” May 23, 12-1:30pm EDT w/our panelists @DisabilitywAnna, Jay B, Logan W, Nicole C. Moderated by @ItsCarlyFox w/opening closing remarks by Prof @LavJacobs! tinyurl.com/2vszyeyu
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14 May 2025
so excited to finally announce that I've been working with @LavJacobs's @LawDisabilitySC on this event discussing the gap of youth representation within disability movements!
you can register for this free online event at bit.ly/3EVHaYy
ALT headshots of Nicole Canzoneri, a white woman with an invisible disability; Anna Samson, a desi, queer, disabled non-binary person; Logan Wong, a trans, bi-racial, Autistic wheelchair user; and Jay Baldwin, a proud black, queer, disabled, neurodivergent educator and activist. text reads "leadership in youth disability advocacy: pathways and intersections. Join us for a panel discussion and open Q&A on how disabled youth leaders are addressing the youth representation gap, furthering their rights, and contributing to the broader disability rights movement. Moderated by Dr. Laverne Jacobs & Carly Fox. Hosted by uWindsor’s Law, Disability, and Social Change. May 23rd 12:00pm ET via Microsoft Teams
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14 May 2025
Join us for “Leadership in Canadian Disabled Youth Advocacy: Pathways & Intersections” May 23, 12-1:30pm EDT w/our panelists @DisabilitywAnna, Jay B, Logan W, Nicole C. Moderated by @ItsCarlyFox w/opening closing remarks by Prof @LavJacobs! tinyurl.com/2vszyeyu
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28 Mar 2025
RT @WindsorLaw: 🎉 Congratulations to Professor Christopher Waters 🎉
We’re thrilled to share that Dr. Waters has been awarded the Law Socie…
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26 Feb 2025
📢25 years of Disability Rights in the EU
@OxHRH along with @BerkeleyLaw 's disability rights working group has curated a series of 8 blogposts reflecting on 25 years of the Employment Equality Directive & disability rights in the EU, the meaning & scope of this prohibition.
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26 Feb 2025
(1/8) 25 Years of Protection Against Disability-based Discrimination in EU: Evolving Understanding of Disability
Marie Spinoy, Lisa Waddington & @LavJacobs explain the evolution of disability-based discrimination in landmark cases in the CJEU
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/twenty-fiv…
ALT A flag of the EU waving before a blue sky. Credit: Christian Lue via Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/blue-and-yellow-star-flag-8Yw6tsB8tnc
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26 Feb 2025
(2/8) Disability discrimination in the EU: The Scope of Comparison
@LucyAnnBuckley analyses the Polish case before the CJEU, VL v Szpital Kliniczny, and the impact it has on a capacious understanding of disability ground.
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/disability…
ALT Image depicts an empty hospital corridor with a bed to the right hand side. Image Credit: Miguel Ausejo via Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/white-and-black-hospital-bed-vsSu0oGtLoI
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On Feb 27, 12:30-2:00pm ET, join civil society leaders and researchers to talk about the role of women, girls, and gender-diverse people with disabilities in responding to gaps in Canada’s international agreements. bit.ly/4gJqno5
@CSAHS_UoG @GuelphDHR @csaguelph
ALT University of Guelph Live Work Well Research Centre event, Countering Policy Exclusions: Canada, disability, and international commitments, on February 27, 2025, 12:30-2:00 pm ET, Virtual on Zoom.
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10 Feb 2025
Such a pleasure to spend time with my super-keen research team at the Law, Disability & Social Change Project Research Centre @WindsorLaw!
#pwd #humanrights #disability #administrativejustice #crpd #WindsorLawResearch #grateful @LawDisabilitySC
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18 Mar 2024
UN rapporteur Laverne Jacobs highlights that the UK government's benefits assessments process has led to around 600 deaths in the last 3 years #CRPD24
What answer does the government have to that?
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20 Sep 2024
Check out Professor Laverne Jacobs UNCRPD Member 2023 Newsletter on the @LawDisabilitySC website for an overview of @LavJacobs's activities during the 28th and 29th sessions of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in Geneva: bit.ly/4eydOM2 #CRPD
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#CRPDNow! Ctee and TF member Ms Laverne Jakobs asks #Mauritius on whether it plans to include protection of persons with disabilities within the 2020 Climate Change Act and in related policies and actions plans! #climatechange #art11CRPD
ALT Ctee and TF member Ms Laverne Jakobs
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19 Aug 2024
This brill article by @LavJacobs and Harry Dhaliwal in @Laws_MDPI is a must read! Prof Laverne Jacobs is also a keynote speaker at our conference in Sept. Check it out below!
mdpi.com/2909996
#mdpilaws
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17 Aug 2024
Delighted to be part of this special issue on Accessibility and Inclusion for Pedestrians with Disabilities and to be joined by recent @WindsorLaw grad Harry Dhaliwal (JD '24). Link to article below.
17 Aug 2024
"Disabled Pedestrians, Micromobility & Furthering Disability Equality Law through Consultation: A Case Study of the Toronto E-Scooter Ban" by Prof
@LavJacobs & H.Dhaliwal examines the needfor inclusive public spaces Published in Laws mdpi.com/2909996 #mdpilaws @Laws_MDPI
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#CRPDNow! Ctee and Task Force member Ms. M. Kim
asks #TheNetherlands on the reasons for delay in transposing of the European Accessibility Act into national law and on steps taken to speed up the process!
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7 Aug 2024
The 31st session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities #CPRD takes place Aug 12 to Sept 5, 2024, in Geneva.
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Ghana, Mauritius, Netherlands, & Ukraine will be reviewed.
See Provisional Agenda: bit.ly/46zVJu7
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2 Aug 2024
RT @ilija_dimeski: Had a great time giving a “Know Your Rights” workshop on employment standards and health and safety to a group of migran…
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29 Jul 2024
RT @LawDisabilitySC: ISAC_Ontario’s submission to the Social Benefit Tribunal offers recommendations on the use of recordings in de novo pr…
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