Yvette Maker

Regulating restraint use in mental health and aged care settings: Lessons from the Oakden scandal

Yvette Maker, Bernadette McSherry

Journal article  |  2019  |  Alternative Law Journal

This article argues that there exist unnecessary gaps in the regulation of the use of physical, mechanical and chemical restraints..

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND MENTAL HEALTH: CHALLENGES FOR LAW AND PRACTICE

Bernadette McSherry, Yvette Maker

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Law and Medicine

From Safety Nets to Support Networks: Beyond 'Vulnerability' in Protection for Consumers with Cognitive Disabilities

Y Maker, Jeannie Paterson, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Bernadette McSherry, Lisa Brophy

Journal article  |  2018  |  University of New South Wales Law Journal

This article considers the significance of the obligations in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabili..

Ensuring Equality for Persons with Cognitive Disabilities in Consumer Contracting: An International Human Rights Law Perspective

Y Maker, Anna Arstein-Kerslake, Bernadette McSherry, Jeannie Paterson, Lisa Brophy

Journal article  |  2018  |  Melbourne Journal of International Law

This article explores the implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘CRPD’) for th..

Disability Human Rights Clinics as a model for teaching Participatory International Human Rights Lawyering

Yvette Maker, Jana Offergeld, Anna Arstein-Kerslake

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal of Clinical Legal Education

The Disability Human Rights Clinic (DHRC) was established at Melbourne Law School, the University of Melbourne, in 2015.  Its supe..

Supporting People with Decision-Making Impairments: Choice, Control and Consumer Transactions

Y Maker, B McSherry, L Brophy, J Paterson, A Arstein-Kerslake

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Law and Medicine

A key goal of the National Disability Insurance Scheme is to increase the choice and control that people with disabilities have ov..

Income support for Australian carers since 1983: social justice, social investment and the cloak of gender neutrality

Yvette Maker, Dina Bowman

Journal article  |  2012  |  Australian Journal of Social Issues