La Jornada reports on DRI's latest Mexico Report (In Spanish)
Read La Jornada's coverage (in Spanish) of DRI's latest Mexico report, At the Mexico-US Border and Segregated from Society.
Joint shadow report to UN CRPD Committee
Disability Rights International (DRI) and a coalition of women, children and disability rights organizations –the “Colectivo Chuhcan” A.C., EQUIS Justice for Women A.C. (EQUIS), Information Group on Elected Reproduction (GIRE), Transversal, Action on the Rights of People with Disabilities A.C. and the Mexico Children’s Rights Network (REDIM), submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the Committee (CRPD Committee).
DRI protests "City of Children" in Armenia
Disability Rights International (DRI) has long been concerned about the human rights of people with disabilities in Armenia. In the 1990’s we trained and supported many impressive disability activists in the country. We worked closely with activists committed to ending the institutionalization of children and people with disabilities in orphanages and other institutions.
Video: History and work of Disability Rights International
Report release - At the US Border and Segregated from Society
Baja California, Mexico, May 2019 - Disability Rights International (DRI) released the report "At the US Border and Segregated from Society" documenting the improper detention, abuse, and death of children and adults with disabilities detained in institutions in Mexico in the State of Baja California. These findings demonstrate the serious risks faced by any child or person with a disability who might be deported from the United States or turned away at the US border.
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’.
Victory for disability rights in Mexico
Mexico City - March 19, 2019 - In a historic ruling, Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice has determined that the guardianship of people with disabilities is unconstitutional and contrary to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
NPR Reports on the FDA's plan to ban devices used to shock students
DRI President, Laurie Ahern, was cited in NPR's recent coverage of the FDA moving to ban devices used to shock students at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Massachusetts. DRI first reported on this practice in the 2010 report, Torture not Treatment.