New York – June 3, 2013 – Eric Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Disability Rights International, is the 2013 recipient of The Charles Bronfman Prize. The following announcement was released by the Charles Bronfman Award 

 

Each year, The Charles Bronfman Prize - and an accompanying $100,000 award - goes to a young humanitarian whose work is informed by Jewish values and has global impact that changes lives and inspires others. As the founder of Disability Rights International (DRI), Rosenthal has provided global leadership and effected worldwide change on this critical issue. He has documented human rights conditions in over two dozen nations, has trained and inspired activists to work to protect people with disabilities in their own countries, and has recently launched the Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children. He and his partners have worked - often under dangerous conditions – to create a world in which all people with disabilities can enjoy basic human rights. 

 

Read the full announcement here.