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Introductory Remarks by Cora True-Frost

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2019

Cora True-Frost*
Affiliation:
Syracuse University College of Law.

Extract

Good afternoon, and welcome! Before we opened this panel, in an informal survey, a few of our audience members shared that they have had experience working with disability issues. The central inquiry of this panel is how disability currently is integrated into international law, and what changes are underway.

Type
International Disability Law and The Experience of Marginality
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law

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Footnotes

This panel was convened at 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2019, by its moderator, Cora True-Frost of Syracuse University College of Law, who introduced the panelists: Jane Buchanan of Human Rights Watch; Judith Heumann of the Ford Foundation; and Siobhán Mullally of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at Galway. Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor at World Bank Group, was slated to attend, but unable to join.

The moderator is grateful to the excellent research assistance of Grace Mandry in preparing this summary.