Our work in Argentina

October 9 - DRI holds hearing at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

News Article

Disability Rights International, the Rapporteur of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and disability and human rights organizations from Argentina, Guatemala and Peru will hold a public hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the urgent need to guarantee the right to community integration for persons with disabilities in the continent, in the context of the pandemic.

Ruined Lives: Segregation from Society in Argentina’s Psychiatric Asylums

Reports and Publications

Documents human rights violations perpetrated against approximately 25,000 people detained in Argentina’s psychiatric institutions. More than 80 percent of these people are detained for more than a year— and many are detained for life. Two-thirds of all psychiatric beds are part of the public health system.