Mexico City - March 19, 2019 - In a historic ruling, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice has determined that the guardianship of people with disabilities is unconstitutional and contrary to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
DRI President, Laurie Ahern, was cited in NPR's recent coverage of the FDA moving to ban devices used to shock students at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Massachusetts. DRI first reported on this practice in the 2010 report, Torture not Treatment.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued an immediate ban on the shock treatment used on children and adults with disabilities at a school in Massachusetts.
In November, DRI filed a petition against the United States before the IACHR to demand that the United States impose a federal ban on this practice and end the use of shocks on all residents at the school.
Dear DRI supporter,
It is hard to believe, but it has been 25 years since Disability Rights International (DRI) was founded!
In the beginning, we were trying to convince the world that disability rights were human rights, that all people – regardless of a disability – are protected by the same human rights. And due in part to our work over many years – via investigations, exposés, reports, trainings, media coverage and advocacy – the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) was born.
The Guardian covers DRI's latest report, Infanticide and Abuse: Killing and Confinement of Children with Disabilities in Kenya, documenting the intense pressure that Kenyan parents face - to murder their own children - if they are born with a disability.
From the article:
Thomson Reuters Foundation News recently released an article, Stigma, poverty leave 'cursed' disabled children neglected in Kenya's orphanages, covering DRI's latest report - Infanticide and Abuse: Killing and confinement of children with disabilities in Kenya.
Nairobi, Kenya - September 27, 2018 - Disability Rights International (DRI) released a report today documenting the intense pressure that Kenyan parents face - to murder their own children - if they are born with a disability. Children with disabilities are considered cursed or possessed. And throughout Kenya many believe that having such a child is punishment for the sins of the mother.
A new article from BBC News, Infanticide in Kenya: ‘I was told to kill my disabled baby’, was released covering DRI's latest Kenya report, Infanticide and Abuse: Killing and confinement of children with disabilities in Kenya.
Here is a brief excerpt of their coverage: