Perfil de Anna Arstein-Kerslake, J.D.
Before beginning work as a DREAM researcher, she worked on disability rights issues in the Brussels office of Human Rights Watch. Her training in human rights comes from her year as a student attorney in the International Women’s Human Rights (IWHR) Clinic at CUNY School of Law, and her course work at University College London (UCL), where she spent a semester studying EU Law and Human Rights Law. From 2008-2010 she sat on the Association of the Bar of the City of New York (ABCNY) Committee on Legal Issues Affecting People with Disabilities, where she participated in awareness raising of the UN CRPD and organized a panel discussion on domestic violence as is affects people with disabilities. Anna has also completed internships at the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the New York State Division of Human Rights (DHR), New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI), the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice Human Rights Division, and Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad (CERMI).
Anna has held a variety of positions in the field of disability rights, ranging from Community Support Service Provider to Human Rights Researcher. She has experience in several areas, including domestic violence issues, discrimination law, international human rights law, and disability rights law.
