Anna Lawson

Anna Lawson is Professor of Law at the University of Leeds where she is also a joint director of the University’s Centre for Disability Studies. Anna is a Board member of the European Disability Expertise Network (formerly the Academic Network of European Disability Experts). She is also the joint founder of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice. Her work focuses on disability equality and human rights at international, national and local levels. Herself disabled, Anna has played active roles in a range of disabled people’s organisations and human rights organisations – including being a long-standing member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Disability Advisory Committee and patron of the National Association of Disabled Staff Networks. The picture of Anna shows her with her guide dog, Finn.

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Toward an Empowering Disability Discourse in the Justice System: The Indian Supreme Court’s Call to Action

Toward an Empowering Disability Discourse in the Justice System: The Indian Supreme Court’s Call to Action

Image description: An old woman on a wheel chair being escorted to a polling booth in India.  One of the many positive contributions of the Indian Supreme Court’s decision in Vikash Kumar v UPSC is its call for reflection or ...