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Watch video - Webinar on Family and Community Integration of Children under CRPD
On April 30, 2019, the European Network on Independent Living and Disability Rights International held a webinar on ‘Family and Community Integration of Children under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): Implications for Group Homes and Residential Care of New Human Rights Standards and Findings from Research’.
DRI wins case to end torture
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.
DRI files case demanding US end torture of children - story in the Guardian
In 2010, Disability Rights International filed an "urgent appeal" to the United Nations to stop the use of electric shocks as punishment against children with disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center in Massachusetts.
DRI hosts UN panel on children's rights at disability conference (COSP)
The panel will discuss strategies to end violence against children in institutions by enforcing their right to grow up in a family.
Dragana Ciric Milovanovic, DRI-Serbia, speaks at UN on violence against women
Dragana Ciric Milovanovic, Director of DRI's European Regional Office, speaks at the United Nations in New York in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Reception honoring David Morrissey - June 2
Join DRI in celebrating two outstanding disability activists as they transition to new roles -
David Morrissey is leaving the United States International Council on Disabilities after many dedicated years as Executive Director
Priscila Rodriguez, formerly Director of DRI's country office in Mexico City, has joined DRI's Washington office as Associate Director for Advocacy
Please join us for a reception
Watch Eric Rosenthal at UN - Protecting Children from Torture
DRI Executive Director Eric Rosenthal participated in an event launching the book Protecting Children against Torture in Detention: Global Solutions for a Global Problem.
- Watch the livestream of the event here - Eric begins speaking at the 48:00 minute mark.
Protecting Children against Torture in Detention: Global Solutions for a Global Problem
Associate Director for Advocacy joins DRI's DC office
Priscila Rodriguez joins DRI's DC office as Associate Director of Advocacy and Lisbet Brizuela is the new Director of DRI's Mexico and Central America office.
Eric Rosenthal delivers commencement address at Georgetown Law Center
Watch Rosenthal's commencement address at Georgetown University Law Center here.