Baroness Jane Campbell of Surbiton DBE
Independent Crossbench Member of the House of Lords and disability rights campaigner
“No rights, no freedom”
About Jane
Jane Campbell has a long history of parliamentary lobbying for disabled people’s civil and human rights. She has been particularly active in creating structures which encourage disabled people from all sectors of society to take control of their lives and influence political and social change. Jane was a Commissioner at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) from 2006-2009, and a Commissioner of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) from its inception in 2000.
Among her publications, Jane co-authored Disability Politics (with Mike Oliver) in 1996; and contributed a chapter to Disabled People and the Right to Life (ed Luke Clements and Janet Read) in 2008.
Jane Campbell has been recognised for her work twice in the Queen’s birthday honours (in 2000 with an MBE and again in 2006 when she was made a Dame), and is the recipient of three honorary doctorate degrees.
Jane is a founding member of Not dead Yet UK, a network of disabled people who oppose the assisted dying movement.
Publications / Media
Disability Politics
This powerful book presents a series of perspectives on the process of self-organisation of disabled people which has taken place over the last thirty years.
Disabled People and the Right to Life
The most basic of human rights, the right to life, is the focus of this book.
Opinion Pieces
Why is it so hard to understand that disabled people do not want to die?
That is a question I ask myself every time I hear someone campaigning for a change in the law on assisted suicide. Do they want everyone to have the right to be assisted to die when life feels too hard to bear? “Never”, they are always at pains to point out, “any...
Paralympics
Paralympics – I am a convert... And why am I surprised? I feel the need to hold my hand up and confess, until 2 weeks ago I never watched sport, except for Wimbledon. I believed sports bored me to tears. So, there was I ready with my Netflix box sets to get through...
Statement from Baroness Campbell of Surbiton on the publication of the final report of the Infected Blood Inquiry – May 20th.
Secrets, lies and cover ups. That’s what we’ve been fed for 40 years. Today is the culmination of the campaign for truth and justice to be served – a turning point for so many people who have had their lives shattered by the infected blood scandal.
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