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We Want To Go Home (30 sec PSA)

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30-second PSA for Disability Rights International's (DRI) Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children.

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We Want To Go Home (60 sec PSA)

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60-second PSA for Disability Rights International's (DRI) Worldwide Campaign to End the Institutionalization of Children

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Residential Care Controversy: The Promise of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to Protect All Children

Reports and Publications

15 November, 2021

Conflicting interpretations of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) send mixed messages on the safety and legitimacy of residential care, resulting in the replacement of large institutions with smaller ones often called ‘residential care’ or ‘group homes.’ This article demonstrates how the family inclusion mandate of General Comment No. 5 is rooted in the ‘human rights model of disability,’ fundamental to equal protection under the CRPD for all children with actual or perceived disabilities. The article proposes solutions to ensure full implementation of both the CRC and CRPD.

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More than 200 endorsements of Call to Action to protect the right to family

News Article

17 September, 2021

At least 10 million children around the world grow up without the love and care of a family in orphanages, institutions and “residential care.” More than a billion dollars a year in development and charity money supports orphanages, residential care, and group homes.

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Webinar recording: A Global Controversy: International Human Rights Implications of Replacing Orphanages with Small Group Homes

News Article

17 September, 2021

A Global Controversy: International Human Rights Implications of Replacing Orphanages with Small Group Homes

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Call to action to protect the right to family life - webinar recordings

News Article

13 September, 2021

Reflections, practices and call to action in advance of the CRC’s Committee Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care

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Call to action to protect the right to family life & prevent institutionalization for all children

News Article

13 September, 2021

The signatories to this call to action acknowledge the leadership of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in their efforts to harmonize international human rights standards concerning children deprived of parental care.