Orphanages are no place
for children
Investigations
Documenting and reporting on the pervasive and abusive practice of institutionalizing children and adults with disabilities.
Advocacy
Global campaigns to end institutionalization and empower people with disabilities to make change in their own societies.
Strategic Litigation
To protect victims of abuse and ensure their full inclusion in society through international human rights bodies.
Latest Updates
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The International Children with Disabilities Protection Act protects children with disabilities to live and grow up in a family and avoid being placed in an institution or orphanage. It is everything we've fought for over 30 years.
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Disability Rights International (DRI) and our affiliate Disability Rights Ukraine (DRU) have, over a ten-year period¹, documented the human rights concerns of more than 100,000 Ukrainian children – with and without disabilities – placed in congregate settings and left to grow up segregated from families and society in orphanages, boarding schools, psychiatric facilities, and other institutions.
There are one billion children and adults with disabilities worldwide, most still segregated from society in abusive institutions, living in poverty, or left without educational and economic opportunity.
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