Reflections from the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the Developing Treaty on the Rights of Older Persons

Name: Reflections from the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the Developing Treaty on the Rights of Older Persons
Start: 2026-05-08
End: 2026-05-08
Location: Bonavero Institute of Human Rights - Gilly Leventis Meeting Room

Speaker(s):

Professor Michael Ashley Stein

Series:

Medical Law and Ethics Discussion Group Seminar Series

Associated with:

Family and Medical Law Discussion Group Bonavero Institute of Human Rights Children's and Family Law Discussion Group The Oxford University Disability Law and Policy Project

About the event

Event date:

8 May 2026

Event time:

15:30 - 17:00

Oxford week:

TT 2

Audience:

Anyone

Venue:

Bonavero Institute of Human Rights - Gilly Leventis Meeting Room

Organised by:

Medical Law and Ethics Discussion Group

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The Family and Medical Law Discussion Group (FMLDG) is pleased to welcome Professor Michael Ashley Stein, co-founder and Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, to give an online talk on the development of a new United Nations (UN) Treaty on the Rights of Older Persons. The talk will draw upon his experience of participating in the drafting of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and his world-leading expertise in disability law and policy. This will be followed by Q&A.

The event will be hybrid: the in-person venue is the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights on the grounds of Mansfield College, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TF, whilst this Teams link can be used to join online.

Date and time: Friday, 8 May, 3.30pm-5.00pm BST (Oxford) or 10:30am-12.00pm EDT (Boston)