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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.

Your support is crucial to Disability Rights International

Dear DRI Supporter,

We know you care about children with disabilities and the work of Disability Rights International – and we continue to need your support. There were a total of 60 infants at this Kenyan facility, with only 4 caregivers, barely able to wash, feed and change diapers. No time for play, hugs, kisses or responding to a cry of fear or the need for touch. Even orphanages with the best intentions cannot provide for the needs of infants and toddlers in a large group setting. No matter how clean or humane they might appear, physical and psychological damage will occur.

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.

Desinformémonos reports DRI will denounce Mexico before the IACHR

"DRI announced that in the absence of progress and commitment from the Mexican State, it will go to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to present cases of "atrocious" abuses and violations against people with disabilities "committed with the consent of authorities.""

Read the full article here (published in Spanish). 

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