‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland
In this paper we aim to make a valuable contribution to the surprisingly limited body of research on access to justice for disabled women who have been subjected to violence. Using an interdisciplinary sociolegal approach, this paper carries out an empirical qualitative study of one Icelandic court...
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ftleedsuniv:oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:198843 2023-06-11T04:13:09+02:00 ‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland Gjecaj, E Lawson, A Traustadóttir, R Rice, JG 2023-04 text https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/198843/ https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/198843/1/laws-12-00021-v2.pdf en eng MDPI https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/198843/1/laws-12-00021-v2.pdf Gjecaj, E, Lawson, A orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-0100 , Traustadóttir, R et al. (1 more author) (2023) ‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland. Laws, 12 (2). 21. ISSN 2075-471X cc_by_4 Article NonPeerReviewed 2023 ftleedsuniv 2023-05-04T22:17:09Z In this paper we aim to make a valuable contribution to the surprisingly limited body of research on access to justice for disabled women who have been subjected to violence. Using an interdisciplinary sociolegal approach, this paper carries out an empirical qualitative study of one Icelandic court case and draws on this to provide a critical analysis of access to justice issues for disabled women who have been subjected to gender-based violence. Much about this case suggests that it is a positive example of justice being accessed, and we identify a number of features of the case as particularly significant in this regard. We reflect on how these positive aspects of the case can inform initiatives to enhance access to justice for disabled women and highlight ways in which Icelandic justice processes could more firmly embed the international human rights standards set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland White Rose Research Online (Universities of Leeds, Sheffield & York) |
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In this paper we aim to make a valuable contribution to the surprisingly limited body of research on access to justice for disabled women who have been subjected to violence. Using an interdisciplinary sociolegal approach, this paper carries out an empirical qualitative study of one Icelandic court case and draws on this to provide a critical analysis of access to justice issues for disabled women who have been subjected to gender-based violence. Much about this case suggests that it is a positive example of justice being accessed, and we identify a number of features of the case as particularly significant in this regard. We reflect on how these positive aspects of the case can inform initiatives to enhance access to justice for disabled women and highlight ways in which Icelandic justice processes could more firmly embed the international human rights standards set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
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‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland |
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‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland |
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https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/198843/1/laws-12-00021-v2.pdf Gjecaj, E, Lawson, A orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-0100 , Traustadóttir, R et al. (1 more author) (2023) ‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland. Laws, 12 (2). 21. ISSN 2075-471X |
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