Human Rights | Disability Rights International

Sin Justicia: Tortura, tráfico y segregación en México

22 July, 2015

Detrás de las puertas cerradas de las instituciones para personas con discapacidad en la Ciudad de México, ocurren abusos atroces que constituyen nada menos que tortura. A los niños y adultos se les niega cualquier tipo de tratamiento médico, éstos languidecen cubiertos en su propia orina y heces, en condiciones deshumanizantes e inmundas.

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Twice Violated

1 April, 2015

The present report is based on the results of a year-long study carried out by Disability Rights International (DRI) together with the Women’s Group of the Colectivo Chuhcan –the first organization in Mexico directed by persons with psychosocial disabilities.

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Al Jazeera - Forced Sterilization in Mexico

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International Collaboration For Inclusion: A study funded by the United States Department of State

1 April, 2014

Lessons from international experience in responding to the urgent human rights needs of children with disabilities in Ukraine’s orphanage system

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DRI helps Mexican activists fight human rights abuses

22 October, 2013

October 22nd, 2013 -- Washington, DC -- The New York Times today published an article profiling the Colectivo Chuhcan, Mexico's first human rights advocacy organization led by persons with psychiatric disabilities.

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Orphanages are no place for children

9 August, 2013

Published in The Washington Post

An estimated 8 million to 10 million infants and children live in orphanages around the world, and aid agencies, churches and governments provide hundreds of millions of dollars in the hope that they can help vulnerable children find sanctuary in these institutions. This hope is badly misplaced. Orphanages are not safe places for children.

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The Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities in the New Mexican Criminal Justice System

1 June, 2013

For any criminal justice system to work effectively, it is essential to take into account the rights of persons with mental disabilities given that they are more likely than the rest of the population to be involved in criminal proceedings – either as defendants, victims or witnesses.During criminal proceedings, these persons with physical and mental disabilities face numerous obstacles to effective exercise of their right to justice.

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