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- ↑ "Council of State nominees unveiled". Irish Times . 6 January 2012.
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- ↑ "Gerard Quinn - Research Outputs - Lund University". portal.research.lu.se. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ↑ Disability law and policy : an analysis of the UN convention. Charles O'Mahony, G. Quinn. Dublin. 2017. ISBN 978-1-905536-90-0. OCLC 962125162.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Quinn, Gerard; Búrca, Grainne de; Waddington, Lisa; Bell, Mark; Lawson, Anna; Stein, Michael; Mattsson, Titti; Clements, Luke (2018). "Legal Memo. The Impermissibility of using the ESIF to invest monies in long term care residential institutions for persons with disabilities".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Genetic discrimination : transatlantic perspectives on the case for a European-level legal response. G. Quinn, Aisling De Paor, Peter David Blanck. Abingdon, Oxon. 2015. ISBN 978-1-135-04461-9. OCLC 896794737.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : European and Scandinavian perspectives. Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, G. Quinn. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. 2009. ISBN 978-90-04-18080-2. OCLC 567512997.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ European yearbook of disability law. Volumes 1-5. Lisa Waddington, Gerard Quinn. Antwerp: Intersentia. 2010. ISBN 978-94-000-0128-2. OCLC 706776129.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Laufey Löve & Rannveig Traustadóttir & Gerard Quinn & James Rice, 2017. "The Inclusion of the Lived Experience of Disability in Policymaking," Laws, MDPI, Open Access Journal, vol. 6(4), pages 1-16, December.
- ↑ "OHCHR | Gerard Quinn". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ↑ "Q&A: Why Gerard Quinn Wants to "Flip the Notion of Disability"". www.opensocietyfoundations.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ↑ "ENIL Welcomes Prof. Gerard Quinn's Appointment as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities". ENIL – European Network on Independent Living. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
