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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.

Based on DRI's reporting, UN Committee issues historic recommendation to Guatemala to abolish the institutionalization of all children

Washington, DC, Guatemala City - September 2, 2016 -  The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) has issued its Concluding Observations to the State of Guatemala. 

Many thanks to Holly and Nick

Holly Valance, DRI’s International Ambassador – and a UK based actress, singer and television host – and her husband Nick Candy, a developer and international entrepreneur, have been incredibly supportive and generous benefactors to the work of DRI for many years. They are both fiercely committed to the human rights of people with disabilities and have a special place in their hearts for the plight of institutionalized children.

DRI staff threatened on eve of press conference in Mexico City

DRI founder and Executive Director Eric Rosenthal, along with DRI’s Mexico staff, were threatened last evening with violence against them if they held today’s planned press conference, where they will announce legal action against the government, for allowing egregious human rights abuses against children and adults with disabilities, to continue unabated, despite reports from DRI. Watch ABC World News with David Muir tonight – DRI’s work in Mexico

Check out our new Strategic Litigation page!

One of DRI’s main strategic goals is to advance the right of all people with disabilities to live as part of society. While Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities establishes a right to live in the community with choices equal to others, millions of children and adults with disabilities remain detained in orphanages, psychiatric facilities, and other institutions around the world.