Institutional Disability-Related Activities
Adviser to the government
of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
on drafting legislation to implement the CRPD
(2021)
Adviser to the government
of the Canton of Geneva
on drafting a disability policy aimed at implementing the CRPD
(2020 - 2021)
Expert witness
to the Political Institutions Committee of the Swiss National Council
on the extension of the public referendum on international treaties
(2020)
Member
U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(2019 - 2022)
Member
OPD advisory board for strategic litigation
(2019 - present)
Expert witness
to the Committee of the Swiss National Council on Social Security and
Health
on the use of surveillance to counter fraud in the social insurance
framework
(2018)
Adviser to the governments
of the Cantons of Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Valais
on drafting of disabilities rights legislation aimed at implementing the CRPD
(2016 - 2021)
Participant, Swiss Government workshops: Developing Federal policy on disability
Workshops shaped main topics included in the report by the
Federal Department of the Interior on the Development of a Federal Policy on
Disability, January 11, 2017.
(2015 - 2016)
Organization of annual conference on disability rights
together with Inclusion Handicap and the Federal Bureau for the Equality of People with Disabilities
(2014 - present)
Member of Steering Committee on Disability
The committee shaped the further activities by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in the area of
disability studies.
(2014)
Member of Steering Committee: Evaluation of the Federal Disability Act
The Federal Department of the Interior Committee designed the public tender for the
evaluation of the Federal Disability Act and supervised its realization by a
private contractor, specialised on evaluation services (Büro Bass) in conjunction with the Zürich College
of
Applied Sciences. The Evaluation resulted in the „Final Report: Evaluation of
the Federal Disability Act“ (in French) of August 2015.
(2013 - 2015)