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DRI’s work and media campaigns have exposed to the world the horrors these children face. The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, social media, ABC, NPR, NBC, news and documentaries – just to name a few - have continually covered DRI’s work, including DRI’s opinion and editorial pieces, resulting in uninterrupted pressure on those who have the power to assist in making change.

Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommends a ban on shock devices used on children with disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center

April 25, 2014 – Washington, DC - Following testimony yesterday by Disability Rights International (DRI) and several other advocacy organizations, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel on neurological devices has recommended a federal ban on electrical shock devices used to punish and control the behavior of children with disabilities– a practice condemned by the United Nations to be torture under international law.

Following DRI report, the Republic of Georgia guarantees life-saving medical care to children with hydrocephalus

April 29, 2014 – Washington, DC – Disability Rights International (DRI) applauds the Georgian government for accepting DRI’s recommendation and adopting guidelines which guarantee immediate life-saving surgeries for children with hydrocephalus.

Eric Rosenthal op-ed in the Chicago Tribune, "Helping the Children in Ukraine"

Helping the children in Ukraine

By Eric Rosenthal Chicago Tribune May 08, 2014 at 12:00 am Outside the Ukrainian town of Drohobych, in a clearing in the forest, there is an old monastery that has been converted into an orphanage for 75 girls. It is one of hundreds of Ukrainian orphanages that house at least 85,000 children who live cut off from society. When I visited last year, I witnessed a scene painfully played out too many times in Ukraine: a mother saying goodbye to her child.

BBC World News covers DRI report on human rights abuses in the Republic of Georgia

Washington, DC--January 10, 2014 -- BBC World News today aired a report publicizing the findings of Disability Rights International's (DRI) investigation into human rights abuses against children and adults with disabilities in the Republic of Georgia.

"Georgia has become one of the first ex-Soviet republics to abolish state orphanages in favour of foster care. But disabled children continue to be marginalised and face the prospect of life-long isolation from society," reports the BBC.

Following release of human rights report, DRI calls for Georgian government to take immediate action

David Sergienko Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs Government of the Republic of Georgia Dear Mr. Sergienko: On Monday, December 16, Disability Rights International (DRI), a Washington-DC based human rights organization, released a report, “Left Behind: The Exclusion of Children and Adults with Disabilities from Reform and Rights Protection in the Republic of Georgia.”

DRI releases report documenting atrocious human rights abuses in the Republic of Georgia’s orphanages and institutions for people with disabilities

For information contact: Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director, DRI Telephone: +1-202-361-9195 ([email protected]) Eric Mathews: Advocacy Associate, DRI Telephone: +1-202-320-0232 ([email protected])