‘We Got Lucky with the Judge’: Access to Justice for Disabled Women in Iceland

Eliona Gjecaj (), Anna Lawson, Rannveig Traustadóttir and James Gordon Rice
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Eliona Gjecaj: Centre for Disability Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland
Anna Lawson: School of Law the Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
Rannveig Traustadóttir: Centre for Disability Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland
James Gordon Rice: Centre for Disability Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland

Laws, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-19

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: access to justice; disabled women; UN CRPD; violence; Iceland; court (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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