Dr Emily Kakoullis
Lecturer in Law
- kakoullise@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 5082
- 3.12, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
Overview
Dr Emily Julia Kakoullis is a Lecturer at Cardiff School of Law and Politics. She specialises in International Disability Human Rights Law focusing on the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Dr Kakoullis teaches on the LLM programme (see Teaching). Prior to taking up this role she was a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter.
Dr Kakoullis has published on the UN CRPD (see Publications), edited together with Professor Kelley Johnson a collection on the CRPD Recognising human rights in different cultural contexts: the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities , and is on the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice .
Biography
Education and Qualifications
- PhD in Law, University of Bristol A Shift from Welfare to Rights: A Case Study of the Ratification Process for the Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities in Cyprus
- LLM in European Law, University of Maastricht
- LLB in Law, University of Kent
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA)
- Member of the Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR)
Academic positions
- Research Fellow, University of Exeter
Speaking engagements
Committees and reviewing
- Editorial Board, International Journal of Disability and Social Justice
- Journal Reviewer, Laws
- Steering Group, Welsh Government's Strengthening and Advancing Equality and Human Rights Steering Group
Publications
2021
- Rotarou, E. S., Sakellariou, D., Kakoullis, E. J. and Warren, N. 2021. Disabled people in the time of COVID-19: identifying needs, promoting inclusivity. Journal of Global Health 11(1), article number: 3007. (10.7189/jogh.11.03007)
2020
- Kakoullis, E. J. and Johnson, K. eds. 2020. Recognising human rights in different cultural contexts: the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. Palgrave Macmillan.
2019
- Kakoullis, E. J. 2019. Monitoring mechanisms designed to serve persons with intellectual disabilities: exploring the implementation of article 16 CRPD in Cyprus. International Journal of Law in Context 15(1), pp. 33-50. (10.1017/S1744552318000101)
2018
- Kakoullis, E. and Ikehara, Y. 2018. Article 1 purpose. In: Bantekas, I., Stein, M. A. and Anastasiou, D. eds. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Commentary. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 35-62.
2017
- Kakoullis, E., Series, L. and Tarrant, A. 2017. Comments on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Draft General Comment No. 5 (2017) Article 19 CRPD: Living independently and being included in the community. Documentation. United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. Available at: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/WSArticle19.aspx
Teaching
LLM modules:
- Module Leader and Tutor for International Disability Human Rights Law (CLT664)
- Module Leader and Tutor for Social Care Rights and the Law (CLT632)
Supervision:
- Supervision of LLM Dissertations
Teaching academic affiliations & training:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Research Interests:
- International Disability Human Rights Law, focusing on the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD);
- The interaction between the UN CRPD and domestic cultural contexts;
- Participation and inclusion of persons with disabilities;
- Monitoring mechanisms designed to serve persons with disabilities and the implementation of Article 16 - Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse (CRPD 2006).
Research Centres
- Member of the Centre for Human Rights and Public Law (CHRPL);
- Member of the Centre for Health and Social Care Law (CHSCL).
