On February, 23 G. Anthony Giannoumis, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Oslo and Akershus University College, will give a guest lecture entitled ‘ICT Accessibility in the UN Convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities’ within the LLM module on International and European Disability Law . The lecture will take place at 9 am in Rowan House Room 2.21.
The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was the first UN convention to obligate States Parties to ensure access to information and communication technologies for persons with disabilities. This lecture explores why the drafters found it necessary to include such an obligation, and examines how States Parties may fulfill this obligation. The presentation concludes by posing a model for implementing the CRPD's obligations for ICT accessibility, which draws upon theories of networked multilevel governance.
G. Anthony Giannoumis is currently an Associate Professor of universal design at the Department of Computer Science at Oslo and Akershus University College (Norway), and an international research fellow at the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University (USA). His research focuses on technology law and policy. He is currently researching the implementation of policies aimed at ensuring equal access to technology. His research interests include universal design, international governance, social regulation, and standardization, and he has also conducted research on assistive technology and intellectual property.
Anthony has already visited the Department of Law in 2015 and has edited together with Dr. Delia Ferri a Special Issue of the International review of law computers & technology on “Fostering Accessible Technology and Sculpting an Inclusive Market through Regulation”. Further to its success, the Special Issue has also been published as a book by Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/Fostering-Accessible-Technology-through-Regulation/Ferri-Giannoumis/p/book/9781138216532).