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Several news organizations report on DRI's announcement to go before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to present cases of abuse and violations against people with disabilities.
Read their coverage here (in Spanish):
"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 La Jornada's coverage (in Spanish) of DRI's latest Mexico report, At the Mexico-US Border and Segregated from Society.
Washington, DC, July 2023 – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), recently held a public hearing on a case filed against the Mexican government by Disability Rights International (DRI) and Georgetown University Law School’s O'Neill Institute, regarding the abuses and torture perpetrated against children and adults – most with developmental disabilities - who are confined indefinitely to the Casa Esperanza Institution in Mexico.