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.”
Tbilisi, Georgia – December 16, 2013 – Disability Rights International, an international human rights organization based in Washington, DC, released a report today documenting atrocious human rights violations in the Republic of Georgia’s orphanages and institutions for persons with disabilities. The report is the product of a three-year investigation by disability experts and health professionals from the United States.
Opinion by John Rudolf, The New York Times Sunday Review - Where Mental Asylums Live On
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.