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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.
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DRI Op-Ed published in Chicago Tribune: Now is the time for international aid to protect Ukraine’s most vulnerable

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May 8, 2014 – Washington, DC – This morning, the Chicago Tribune published an Op-Ed by Disability Rights International (DRI) Executive Director Eric Rosenthal calling for urgent international action to protect the 85,000 children detained in Ukraine’s orphanages. Instead of funding the orphanages that segregate children from society, DRI is urging the United States and other international donors to support programs to help families who wish to keep their children out of institutions.
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Following DRI report, the Republic of Georgia guarantees life-saving medical care to children with hydrocephalus

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April 29, 2014 – Washington, DC – Disability Rights International (DRI) applauds the Georgian government for accepting DRI’s recommendation and adopting guidelines which guarantee immediate life-saving surgeries for children with hydrocephalus.

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Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommends a ban on shock devices used on children with disabilities at the Judge Rotenberg Center

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April 25, 2014 – Washington, DC - Following testimony yesterday by Disability Rights International (DRI) and several other advocacy organizations, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel on neurological devices has recommended a federal ban on electrical shock devices used to punish and control the behavior of children with disabilities– a practice condemned by the United Nations to be torture under international law.

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BBC World News covers DRI report on human rights abuses in the Republic of Georgia

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Washington, DC--January 10, 2014 -- BBC World News today aired a report publicizing the findings of Disability Rights International's (DRI) investigation into human rights abuses against children and adults with disabilities in the Republic of Georgia.

"Georgia has become one of the first ex-Soviet republics to abolish state orphanages in favour of foster care. But disabled children continue to be marginalised and face the prospect of life-long isolation from society," reports the BBC.

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Following release of human rights report, DRI calls for Georgian government to take immediate action

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David Sergienko Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs Government of the Republic of Georgia 

Dear Mr. Sergienko: On Monday, December 16, Disability Rights International (DRI), a Washington-DC based human rights organization, released a report, “Left Behind: The Exclusion of Children and Adults with Disabilities from Reform and Rights Protection in the Republic of Georgia.”

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DRI releases report documenting atrocious human rights abuses in the Republic of Georgia’s orphanages and institutions for people with disabilities

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Tbilisi, Georgia – December 16, 2013 – Disability Rights International, an international human rights organization based in Washington, DC, released a report today documenting atrocious human rights violations in the Republic of Georgia’s orphanages and institutions for persons with disabilities. The report is the product of a three-year investigation by disability experts and health professionals from the United States.