Ms Rosemary Kayess

Overview

Rosemary Kayess, has extensive disability policy experience. She has held ministerial advisory roles with both the state and federal government on disability and carer issues and was the external expert on the Australian Government delegation to the United Nations negotiations for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Rosemary has had extensive research experience working and advising on a variety of social research projects including access to justice, human rights and disability, guardianship, young people in nursing homes.

Publications

Book Chapters

Kayess, R and French, P (2008), “Deadly Currents Beneath Calm Waters: Persons with Disability and the Right to Life in Australia” in Clements L. and Read, J (eds) Disabled People and the Right to Life: The Protection and Violation of Disabled People’s Most Basic Human Rights Oxford, Routledge

Journals

Kayess, R and French, P. (2008), Out of Darkness Into Light? Introducing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Human Rights Law Review. 8:1, Oxford University Press.

Kayess, R. and Fogarty, B. (2007), The Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities: A United Nations Convention. Alternative Law Journal. Vol. 32, No. 1, March.

Kayess, R and French, P. (2007), Protecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A New Convention, Precedent, Australian Plaintiff Lawyers Association Journal. Issue 83, Nov/Dec.

Presentations

Kayess, R., ‘Protecting the Rights of Women with Disability’ Keynote address, Diverse and Inclusive Practice: Redrawing the Boundaries, Domestic Violence, Disability and Cultural Safety Forum, 8th - 9th November 2007

Kayess, R., ‘National Implementation and Monitoring: Engaging Civil Society’ Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions. 12th Annual Conference. Sydney September 25 -28, 2007.

Kayess, R., Workshop on Promoting the Ratification and Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Australia 27-28 June 2007. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.

Kayess, R. (2004) Human Rights & Disability: Monitoring and Reporting. A paper presented at Human Rights and Disability Workshops held in Sydney and Canberra March 2004. online

Kayess, R. (2004) The Draft Text for a Convention on Human Rights and Disability: A Conceptual Framework. A paper presented at Human Rights and Disability Workshops held in Sydney and Canberra March 2004. online

Kayess, R. (2004) Towards a Convention on Human Rights and Disability. Human Rights Defender. Journal of the Australian Human Rights Centre.

Kayess, R. (2003) Benchmarking Disability Rights. An issues paper produced for People with Disabilities NSW Inc.