Katja Karjalainen

Professor of Law and Welfare

University of Lapland

Finland

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Professor Katja Karjalainen is a faculty member in the Faculty of Law at the University of Lapland, Finland. Her research areas encompass law and welfare, with a focus on child adoption, surrogacy, and the protection of vulnerable adults under international frameworks. Recent publications address the adequacy of legal protections for weaker parties, the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and contributions to scholarly works related to disability services and cross-border legal issues.

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Katja Karjalainen

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Articles (8)

Acquiring a child abroad and paths to parenthood in Finland: The difference between private adoptions and international surrogacy arrangements

Inadequacy of Weaker Party Protection in Relation to Substantive Equality: A Capabilities Approach to Grounds for Discrimination and the Privatization of Disability Services*

Cross-border protection of adults: what could the EU do better?†

Representation of Vulnerable Adults in Finland in the Light of the CRPD

Research Handbook on Surrogacy and the Law. Edited by Katarina Trimmings, Sharon Shakargy, and Claire Ahmad.

Supporting continued work under the UNCRPD – views of employees living with mild cognitive impairment or early onset dementia

Festskrift till Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg, Marie Linton and Mosa Sayed (eds)

On the obligation to make reasonable accommodation for an employee with a disability

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Jennifer Boger

Ann-Charlotte Nedlund

Arlene Astell

Marjo Ylhäinen

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