DRI petition leads to UN condemnation of Mexico institutions. Video shows atrocious abuses and recommended reforms.
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The Meeting Place provides brief and accessible selection of recent highlights and opinions, relevant for children with disabilities. Led by Disability Rights International, and in collaboration with the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GC-DI) and Lumos Foundation, The Disability Rights Initiative for Children works to bring together the disability and child rights communities — creating a true meeting place for collaboration, shared learning, and coordinated action.
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Based on years of human rights fact-finding in Mexico, DRI submitted a petition to for an official UN Inquiry. As a result, the United Nations has found "grave and systemic" human rights violations in Mexico's institutions for children with disabilities. The UN reports linked here includes legal findings and recommendations for reform that Mexico must take to meet its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The UN also issued a detailed report of factual findings based on its visit to Mexico. To read the report in English or Spanish, click read more below.
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There are one billion children and adults with disabilities worldwide, most still segregated from society in abusive institutions, living in poverty, or left without educational and economic opportunity.
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