Gerison Lansdown

International children’s rights consultant, advocate and lecturer, acting as Chair of the children's rights charity Child to Child.
Formerly founder director of the Children’s Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), she is a visiting scholar at Queen’s University, Belfast, a senior associate of the International Institute for Child Rights and Development in Victoria, Canada, and was actively involved in the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Gerison’s publications include: The Evolving Capacities of the Child, UNICEF, 2005; A Human Rights Based Approach to Education for All, UNICEF/UNESCO, 2007; See Me Hear Me, a Guide to the CRPD for Children with Disabilities, Save the Children 2009; Every Child’s Right to be Heard: A Resource Guide on the UNCRC General Comment 12, Save the Children/UNICEF, 2011 and A Toolkit for Monitoring and Evaluating Children’s Participation, Plan/CWC/UNICEF/World Vision/Save the Children, 2014.