Webinar recording: A Global Controversy: International Human Rights Implications of Replacing Orphanages with Small Group Homes
A Global Controversy: International Human Rights Implications of Replacing Orphanages with Small Group Homes
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.
More than 200 endorsements of Call to Action to protect the right to family
At least 10 million children around the world grow up without the love and care of a family in orphanages, institutions and “residential care.” More than a billion dollars a year in development and charity money supports orphanages, residential care, and group homes.
Call to action to protect the right to family life - webinar recordings
Reflections, practices and call to action in advance of the CRC’s Committee Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care
Call to action to protect the right to family life & prevent institutionalization for all children
The signatories to this call to action acknowledge the leadership of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in their efforts to harmonize international human rights standards concerning children deprived of parental care.
Webinars September 7 & 8: Advancing the right to family life for all children
Reflections, practices and call to action in advance of the CRC’s Committee Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care
July 7 webinar - children with disabilities in Bulgaria
On July 7, 2021, DRI hosted a webinar A Dead End for Children: the continued institutionalization of children with disabilities in Bulgaria
Serbian Ministers Urged to Resign Over DRI Report
Balkan Insight reported on the response to DRI's latest report, Serbia's Forgotten Children:
"A damning report alleging horrific neglect and abuse in Serbian social protection homes has prompted demands that the Prime Minister and and Social Affairs Minister resign."
Report: Serbia's Forgotten Children
Disability Rights International and Mental Disability Rights initiative of Serbia released a report today, Forgotten Children of Serbia, documenting that Serbia has failed to address severe human rights violations and abuses in its institutions that constitute inhuman and degrading treatment – and in some cases amount to torture.
June 17 webinar - transitional justice and disability
Transitional Justice and Disability in the Americas: Accountability for Serious and Pervasive Human Rights Violations
Justicia transicional y discapacidad en las Américas: rendición de cuentas por violaciones graves a derechos humanos