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DRI’s work and media campaigns have exposed to the world the horrors these children face. The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, social media, ABC, NPR, NBC, news and documentaries – just to name a few - have continually covered DRI’s work, including DRI’s opinion and editorial pieces, resulting in uninterrupted pressure on those who have the power to assist in making change.

The United Nations calls again for investigation of JRC's shock treatments

Washington, DC-- A scathing article concerning the abuses against children with disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) was published Saturday by the Guardian of London. Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, told the Guardian he is "very concerned," about the use of electric shocks as aversive treatment on children with disabilities at JRC.

DRI Calls for Speedy US Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

May 25, 2012--Washington, DC-- Disability Rights International (DRI) applauds the bipartisan group of U.S. Senators who earlier today released a unified statement urging the U.S. to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Watch DRI's Video Documentation of Human Rights Violations in Mexican Institutions

March 26, 2012--Washington, DC--On Friday, Disability Rights International (DRI) and a coalition of partners from Mexico challenged the Mexican government at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director of DRI, presented video evidence of torture in Mexico's psychiatric institutions, orphanages and other social care facilities. Please watch and share DRI's video testimony.

Disability Rights International to Testify on Torture in Mexico

Washington, DC – March 20, 2012 – Disability Rights International (DRI) and a coalition of partners from Mexico will testify before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) at a public hearing this Friday.  DRI’s findings in Mexico are “deeply disturbing” said DRI Executive Director Eric Rosenthal, J.D., “and the Mexican government must be pressured to protect its most vulnerable citizens – those locked away for a lifetime because they have a disability – living in orphanages, psychiatric institutions and other social care facilities.”

French Government Announces Recommendations to End Torturous Practice Against Children With Autism

Washington, DC - March 13, 2012 - The French government announced last week that it is "formally opposed" to the practice of "packing therapy" - a so-called treatment for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders or psychosis, treated in an estimated 300 psychiatric and educational facilities across the country under the auspices of the French Ministry of Health. 

Disability Rights International Alleges Torturous Practice Against Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in France

Washington, DC – February 23, 2012 - Disability Rights International (DRI) calls on the French government to end the barbaric and archaic practice of “packing therapy” – a so called treatment for children diagnosed with autism – and children with psychosis - treated in psychiatric and educational facilities managed by the French Ministry of Health across the country. 

6 months old, and left to die.

Dear DRI Supporters,

Several weeks ago, I visited a baby house in Eastern Europe. It houses about 130 infants and small children, a third of whom are children with disabilities. Most babies are eventually returned to their birth parents, put into foster care or are adopted. But not the babies with disabilities. They have nowhere to go.