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Senate Briefing & Reception
Celebrating International Day of Disability and the International Children with Disabilities Protection Act
Bipartisan Senators Introduce International Children with Disabilities Protection Act in US Congress
This bill represents everything we’ve been working on for over two decades. All children — especially children with disabilities — need our support to live and grow up in a loving family. And they need protection against being placed in orphanages or other institutions.
— Laurie Ahern, President, Disability Rights International
International Children with Disabilities Protection Act ; S.4982 — 117th Congress (2021-2022)
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 for submissions to UN working group on deinstitutionalization
On behalf of the United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD) and Disability Rights International (DRI), we are writing to let you know about a regional “consultation” being organized by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) to solicit input from people with disabilities and their allies on experiences and concerns related to the issue of deinstitutionalization.
Torture at Massachusetts school - Eric Rosenthal on Today Show
| "You don't have to be a human rights lawyer to see there is something deeply wrong here." - Eric Rosenthal |
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