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 (LLB (Kent), LLM (Maastricht), PhD (Bristol)) is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law at Cardiff School of Law and Politics. Emily specialises in International Disability Human Rights Law focusing on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Prior to taking up this role she was a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter working on the GW4 Project The ‘Delegalized Space’ & ‘DIY’ Family Justice .
Dr Kakoullis and Professor Johnson have recently co-edited Recognising human rights in different cultural contexts: the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (2020).
Biography
Education and Qualifications
2015: 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 (Kakoullis, 2015).
2006: LLM in European Law, University of Maastricht.
2005: LLB in Law, University of Kent.
Professional memberships
Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA)
Member of the Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR)
Publications
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. and Anastasiou, D. eds. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities A Commentary. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press
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 Human Rights Law: Health & Disability
- Module Tutor for Social Care Rights and the Law
LLB Modules:
- Module Tutor for Human Rights Law
Supervision:
- Supervision of LLM Dissertations
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).
