@annaarstein

Associate Professor in Law @MelbLawSchool and @NUIGLaw @IrishCentreHR, interested in Disability Rights, Legal Capacity Rights, Gender Justice, and Personhood.

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Joined January 2010
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Anna Arstein-Kerslake retweeted
Piers Gooding@P_Gooding18 Jul 2025
Details now up for the 2025 Research Conference of the Disability, Law and Society Network of Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand in Sydney, co-organised by @chrismaylea @DrLindaSteele @annaarstein and myself. 10-12 December 2025. 🔗 law.unimelb.edu.au/accountab…

Accountability, Resistance and Disruption!

Accountability, Resistance and Disruption!

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I spoke on Galway Talks this morning on Galway Bay FM about the recently leaked US Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v Wade. galwaybayfm.ie/podcasts/galw… @GalwayTalks
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On Wed April 6th we are launching the #QueerHumanRightsSeminarSeries at the Irish Centre for Human Rights! Attorneys Lucas Cameron-Vaughn and Casey Bryant will speak about 'Queer Human Rights in Practice'. All welcome, please register at bit.ly/3DsE1Kn

Queer Human Rights Seminar Series “Queer Human Rights in Practice”

Launch of a new Queer Human Rights Seminar Series “Queer Human Rights in Practice”.

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Anna Arstein-Kerslake retweeted
SpringerLaw@SpringerLaw26 Jan 2021
"Legal Capacity & Gender" @annaarstein on current interpretations of the right to #legalcapacity, theories of #personhood from critical feminist, disability and queer theory; incl. a chapter on legal capacity for women, disabled women and gender minorities bit.ly/36d51hG
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I wrote this short piece for Pursuit, the University of Melbourne's online content platform - I wanted to shed a little light on how COVID-19 is creating barriers for people with disability - "Breaking down COVID-19 barriers for people with disability" pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/artic…

Breaking down COVID-19 barriers for people with disability

COVID-19 poses particular challenges for people with disability, but a University of Melbourne expert says some aren’t the issues that people might assume.

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A new blog post from Senior Research Associate @ymaker – Care, Support and #COVID19 socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/…

Care, Support and COVID-19

Care, Support and COVID-19

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Wonderful experience being interviewed by @JaneRichardsHK for the @NewBooksNetwork podcast about my 2017 book, Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disabilities (Cambridge University Press). newbooksnetwork.com/anna-ars…

Anna Arstein-Kerslake, "Restoring Voice to People with Cognitive Disabilities" (Cambridge UP, 2017)...

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Activists, academics, people with lived experience and others explore self-determination rights #VOICESconf
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Anna Arstein-Kerslake retweeted
ERC VOICES@ercvoices26 Feb 2016
Marrying scholarship around consent/refusal to the lived experience people have will create synergies that should shed new light #VOICESconf
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Happy to be at the first conference of the VOICES Project! @ercvoices xitter.cf/sarahlennon08/status/7…
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My new study on the right of persons with disabilities to participate in decision-making is out! Read it here: ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Disabili…
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Anna Arstein-Kerslake retweeted
Bernadette McSherry@bmcsherr20 Feb 2016
New research: positive assumptions re ability of ppl with #disabilities to make own decisions absolutely essential. xitter.cf/JoWat/status/700675742…
Jo Watson@JoWat19 Feb 2016
Replying to @SueBalandin
@SueBalandin #Supporteddecisionmaking & people with severe cognitive disability @deakin_DI @bmcsherr @SueBalandin mdpi.com/2075-471X/5/1/6

Assumptions of Decision-Making Capacity: The Role Supporter Attitudes Play in the Realisation of...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) was the first legally binding instrument explicitly focused on how human rights apply to people with disability....

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Anna Arstein-Kerslake retweeted
Jo Watson@JoWat9 Feb 2016
Important article @bmcsherr @P_Gooding @annaarstein thank you xitter.cf/tami_tagged/status/697… – at Melbourne, Victoria
Teresa Iacono@Tami_Tagged9 Feb 2016
What Making a Murderer tells us about disability and disadvantage in criminal law theconversation.com/what-mak… @LIDSLaTrobe @3DN_UNSW @JoWat

What Making a Murderer tells us about disability and disadvantage in criminal law

The most shocking moments of the true crime documentary Making a Murderer depict two police officers gently coaxing a softly spoken teenager to recount his role in a vicious crime. Warning: spoilers...

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Anna Arstein-Kerslake retweeted
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo@McNhlapo4 Feb 2016
Disability & Sexual Expression: From the personal to the political a rights framework-Jax Brown #socialequity16
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We have failed if we do not bring everyone along - Katharine Annear #socialequity16
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Replying to @ymaker
Carer payment policy a double-edged sword?#disability #support #care #policy implications @ymaker #socialequity16 – at Melbourne, Victoria
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Anna Arstein-Kerslake retweeted
Piers Gooding@P_Gooding5 Feb 2016
Maker: In parliamentary debates about carer income, care referred to as a 'burden' w/ dramatic costs, ie charity & tragedy #socialequity16
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Amazing presentation by Tass Holmes (UoM) on Mental Health Healing Through Complementary Medicine #socialequity16
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Jurys represent a microcosm of society and we all have a right to participate - Ron McCallum #socialequity16
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The General Comment on Article 12 CRPD is a step forward in a process toward change. - Ron McCallum #socialequity16 @eilionoirflynn
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