Rosemary Kayess is a leading disability rights activist, academic, and lawyer. She contributed to drafting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and successfully lobbied for its ratification in Australia. She teaches international human rights law and publishes extensively on international human rights for people with disability. She is currently Vice Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh3zkmPhS9w Human rights medal![Rosemary Kayess winner of the 2019 Human Rights Medal](/sites/default/files/styles/full_content_hero_image/public/2019-12/rosemary-kayess1440x779.jpg?itok=DmHknWvx)