John Rudolf, The New York Times Sunday Review - Where Mental Asylums Live On
Opinion by John Rudolf, The New York Times Sunday Review - Where Mental Asylums Live On
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.
DRI helps Mexican activists fight human rights abuses
October 22nd, 2013 -- Washington, DC -- The New York Times today published an article profiling the Colectivo Chuhcan, Mexico's first human rights advocacy organization led by persons with psychiatric disabilities.
Support Families, Not Orphanages.
August 10th, 2013 -- Washington, DC -- The Washington Post on Saturday published an Op-Ed written by Disability Rights International's (DRI) President Laurie Ahern calling for a paradigm shift in how the world acts to protect vulnerable children. Read the Op-Ed here.
Orphanages are no place for children
Published in The Washington Post
An estimated 8 million to 10 million infants and children live in orphanages around the world, and aid agencies, churches and governments provide hundreds of millions of dollars in the hope that they can help vulnerable children find sanctuary in these institutions. This hope is badly misplaced. Orphanages are not safe places for children.
Disability Rights International opens Kiev, Ukraine advocacy office
July 24, 2013--Kyiv, Ukraine-- Disability Rights International (DRI) is proud to announce the creation of its newest advocacy office in Kyiv, Ukraine. DRI also has regional offices in the Balkans, based in Serbia, and the Americas, based in Mexico City. DRI-Ukraine is affiliated with DRI but is locally-controlled by Ukrainian advocacy leaders.
DRI submits amicus brief to Mexican Supreme Court in a landmark case for disability rights
Mexico City, Mexico- July 16, 2013 - Disability Rights International (DRI) and partners in Mexico presented an amicus brief last week to the Mexican Supreme Court in the case of Ricardo Adair, a 24-year old Mexican youth with Asperger Syndrome. Ricardo has lived under the legal guardianship of his parents since 2007, when a judicial review decided he was unable to make decisions on his own.
DRI Ambassador Holly Valance Promotes Worldwide Campaign to End Institutionalization of Children
DRI Perspective, "Segregation and Abuse in Institutions," published in 2013 UNICEF Report
"The detention of children in institutions is a fundamental human rights violation. We can bring it to an end, on a worldwide scale, through a moratorium on new placements." -DRI Perspective in 2013 UNICEF State of the World's Children Report
Click here to read DRI's contribution to UNICEF's report.
Eric Rosenthal, Founder & Executive Director of DRI, receives 2013 Charles Bronfman Award
New York – June 3, 2013 – Eric Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Disability Rights International, is the 2013 recipient of The Charles Bronfman Prize.
DRI’s Serbia affiliate releases human rights report: The Hidden and Forgotten
Washington, DC -- May 6, 2013 -- Last week, DRI's affiliate in Serbia, the Mental Disability Rights Initiative of Serbia (MDRI-S), released the English version of The Hidden and Forgotten, a human rights report exposing the abuses inside Serbia's institutions for children and adults with disabilities. Click here to read the report.