DRI Calls for Urgent Global Action to End Institutionalization of Children
DRI’s Dragana Ciric Milovanovic addressed the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Committee Wednesday August 28 at 9-10am ET (3-4pm Geneva).
The event marks the anniversary of the UN Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization – human rights standards drafted with assistance of DRI and allies in the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization.
Watch the recording here.
DRI's Priscila Rodríguez speaks at UN Side Event on Strategic Litigation to Protect People with Disabilities
Webinar: Protecting Children & Women with Disabilities from Institutionalization
DRI Pushes for House Passage of International Children with Disabilities Protection Act
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.
Inter- American Commission on Human Rights hears testimony on abuse and torture case filed by DRI and Georgetown Law School’s O’Neil Institute
Washington, DC, July 2023 – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), recently held a public hearing on a case filed against the Mexican government by Disability Rights International (DRI) and Georgetown University Law School’s O'Neill Institute, regarding the abuses and torture perpetrated against children and adults – most with developmental disabilities - who are confined indefinitely to the Casa Esperanza Institution in Mexico.